Sixth Sunday of Easter
Lectionary: 55
17 MAY 2020 A.D.


Reading 1
ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17

Philip went down to the city of Samaria
and proclaimed the Christ to them.
With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip
when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing.
For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice,
came out of many possessed people,
and many paralyzed or crippled people were cured.
There was great joy in that city.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God,
they sent them Peter and John,
who went down and prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
for it had not yet fallen upon any of them;
they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then they laid hands on them
and they received the Holy Spirit.


Responsorial Psalm
PS 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20

R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,
sing praise to the glory of his name;
proclaim his glorious praise.
Say to God, “How tremendous are your deeds!”
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

“Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,
sing praise to your name!”
Come and see the works of God,
his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

He has changed the sea into dry land;
through the river they passed on foot;
therefore let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his might forever.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare
what he has done for me.
Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness!
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.


Reading 2
1 PT 3:15-18

Beloved:
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an explanation
to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope,
but do it with gentleness and reverence,
keeping your conscience clear,
so that, when you are maligned,
those who defame your good conduct in Christ
may themselves be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good,
if that be the will of God, than for doing evil.

For Christ also suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh,
he was brought to life in the Spirit.


Alleluia
JN 14:23

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord,
and my Father will love him and we will come to him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.


Gospel
JN 14:15-21

Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,
because it neither sees nor knows him.
But you know him, because he remains with you,
and will be in you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
In a little while the world will no longer see me,
but you will see me, because I live and you will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father
and you are in me and I in you.
Whoever has my commandments and observes them
is the one who loves me.
And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

Overview of the Gospel:

• This Sunday’s reading takes place at the Last Supper (John chapters 13—17), and is a
continuation of last week’s reading.

• Now that Jesus is about “to pass from this world to the Father” (John 13:1), he explains to his
own how he will continue to reveal himself to them. He promises them that he will send the
Holy Spirit, “another Advocate,” or Paraclete. The Greek word, paracletos, means one who
stands beside and defends. It can also mean consoler, comforter, intercessor, mediator or
spokesman.

• Jesus had often promised to send the Spirit (John 14:26; 15:36; 16:7-14; Matthew 10:20), and
he does so in a limited way on the evening of Easter (John 20:22).

• The fullness of the Holy Spirit, however, will be sent by Jesus to his disciples 50 days after his
Resurrection on Pentecost. Through the Holy Spirit Jesus will be with his Church always until
he comes again in glory (verse 18).


"Those who are led by the Holy Spirit have true ideas; that is why so many ignorant people are wiser than the learned. The Holy Spirit is light and strength."  ~St. John Vianney

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth,...

~ Bishop Robert Barron

Alive in the Spirit - Scott Hahn

Monseigneur Charles Pope Homily

This stood out to me in a way that is had not previously.

While belief and baptism may be sufficient for salvation, this says that they may not be sufficient to allow believers to most fully live as Christians.

The sacrament of Confirmation is clearly formed on this passage.

Thanks for posting every week, back to mass, finally.