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Year C. (16/5/10)
Seventh
Sunday of Easter
Reading 1
Stephen,
filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked up intently to heaven
and saw the glory of God
and Jesus standing at the
right hand of God,
and Stephen said, “Behold, I
see the heavens opened
and the Son of Man standing
at the right hand of God.”
But they cried out in a loud
voice,
covered their ears, and
rushed upon him together.
They threw him out of the
city, and began to stone him.
The witnesses laid down their
cloaks
at the feet of a young man
named Saul.
As they were stoning Stephen,
he called out,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Then he fell to his knees and
cried out in a loud voice,
“Lord, do not hold this sin
against them;”
and when he said this, he
fell asleep.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (1a and 9a) The
Lord is king, the most high over all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD is king; let the
earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Justice and judgment are the
foundation of his throne.
R. The Lord is king, the
most high over all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The heavens proclaim his
justice,
and all peoples see his
glory.
All gods are prostrate before
him.
R. The Lord is king, the
most high over all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You, O LORD, are the Most
High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
R. The Lord is king, the
most high over all the earth.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2
I, John, heard a voice
saying to me:
“Behold, I am coming soon.
I bring with me the
recompense I will give to each
according to his deeds.
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end.”
Blessed are they who wash
their robes
so as to have the right to
the tree of life
and enter the city through
its gates.
“I, Jesus, sent my angel to
give you this testimony for the churches.
I am the root and offspring
of David,
the bright morning star.”
The Spirit and the bride say,
“Come.”
Let the hearer say, “Come.”
Let the one who thirsts come
forward,
and the one who wants it
receive the gift of life-giving water.
The one who gives this
testimony says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
Gospel
Lifting up his eyes to
heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
“Holy Father, I pray not only
for them,
but also for those who will
believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and
I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe
that you sent me.
And I have given them the
glory you gave me,
so that they may be one, as
we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may be brought to
perfection as one,
that the world may know that
you sent me,
and that you loved them even
as you loved me.
Father, they are your gift to
me.
I wish that where I am they
also may be with me,
that they may see my glory
that you gave me,
because you loved me before
the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world
also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know
that you sent me.
I made known to them your
name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you
loved me
may be in them and I in them.”
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