First Reading
Acts 14:19-28
In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
After they had proclaimed the good news to that city, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, "It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God." They appointed presbyters for them in each Church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord. Finally, they sailed back to Antioch, called the Church together, and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
This is the word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21
R. (see 12) Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom. (or: Alleluia.)
1. Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
2. Making known to men your might and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
3. May my mouth speak the praise of the LORD, and may all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Alleluia
See Luke 24:46, 26
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and so enter into his glory.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
John 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."
"You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me."
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.