FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - YEAR A
Readings
First: Acts 6: 1-7 - The apostles asked the community to elect seven men to take over the daily bread distribution, so that they themselves could focus on prayer and service of the Word.
Psalm: 32 - May your love be upon us O Lord as we place all our hope in you / Ring out your joy to the Lord / For the word of the Lord is faithful / the Lord looks on those who revere him..
Second: I Peter 2: 4-9 - The stone the builders rejected has proven to be the cornerstone .. you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation ... God called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Gospel: John 14: 1-12 - Jesus said "I am going now to prepare a place for you ... I am the Way, the Truth and the Life ... whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself ... because I am going to the Father.
Themes
Our royal priesthood - Jesus the Way, the Truth, the Life. Faithfulness. Service
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Picture: "What is Truth? Christ before Pilate," by Nikolai Ge (1831–1894), in Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Public Domain.
