Gospel
Reading
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:8.11
Alleluia, alleluia!
God is love;
let us love one another
as God has loved us.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill.
There he sat down and was
joined by his disciples. Then he began
to speak. This is what he taught
them:
' How happy the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for
what is right
they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the
cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
' Happy are you when people abuse you
and persecute you and speak
all kinds of calumny against you on my
account. Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4: 12
Alleluia, alleluia!
As long as we love one anothe
God will live in us,
and his love will be complete in us.
Alleluia!
A
reading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew
Jesus said to his disciples: ' You are
the salt of the earth. But if salt
becomes tasteless, what can make it salty
again? It is good for
nothing, and can only be thrown out to
be trampled underfoot by men.
'You are the light of the world. A city
built on a hilltop cannot be
hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it
under a tub; they put on the
lamp-stand where it shines for everyone
in the house. In the same way
your light must shine in the sight of
men, so that, seeing your good
works, they may give the praise to your
Father in heaven.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4 : 16
Alleluia, alleluia!
Anyone who lives in love
lives in God,
and God lives in him.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew
Jesus said to his disciples:
'It is not those who say to me, "Lord,Lord",
who will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but the person who
does the will of my Father in
heaven.
'Therefore, everyone who listens to these
words of mine and acts on
them will be like a sensible man who built
his house on rock. Rain
came down, floods rose, gales blew and
hurled themselves against the
house, and it did not fall: it was founded
on rock. But everyone who
listens to these words of mine and does
not act on them will be like a
stupid man who built his house on sand.
Rain came down, floods rose,
gales blew and struck that house, and
it fell; and what a fall it had!'
Jesus had now finished what he wanted
to say, and his teaching
made a deep impression on the people because
he taught them with
authority, and not like their own scribes.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:7
Alleluia, alleluia!
Everyone who loves
is begotten by God,
and knows God.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew
Some Pharises approached Jesus, and to
test him they said, 'Is it
against the Law for a man to divorce his
wife on any pretext
whatever?' He answered, 'Have you not
read that a creator from the
beginning made them male and female and
that he said: This is why a
man must leave father and mother, and
cling to his wife, and the two
become one body? They are no longer two,
therefore, but one body. So
then, what God has united, man must not
divide.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:8.11
Alleluia,alleluia!
God is love; let us love one another
as God has loved us.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Matthew
A lawyer, to disconcert Jesus, put a question,
'Master, which is the
greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus
said, 'You must love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, and with all
your mind. This is the greatest and the
first commandment. The
second resembles it: You must love your
neighbour as yourself. On
these two commandments hang the whole
Law, and the Prophets
also.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:7
Alleluia,alleluia!
Everyone who loves
is begotten by God,
and knows God.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to Mark
Jesus said, 'From the beginning of creation
God made them male and
female. This is why a man must leave father
and mother, and the two
become one body. They are no longer two,
therefore, but one body. So
then, what God has united , man must not
divide.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:12
Alleluia,alleluia!
As long as we love one another
God will live in us,
and his love will be complete in us.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to John
There was a wedding in Cana in Galilee.
The mother of Jesus was
there, and Jesus and his disciples had
also been invited. When they
ran out of wine, since the wine provided
for the wedding was all
finished, the mother of Jesus said to
him,'They have no wine.' Jesus
said, 'Woman why turn to me? My hour has
not come yet.' His mother
said to the servants, 'Do whatever he
tells you.' There were six stone
water jars standing there, meant for the
ablutions that are customary
among the Jews: each could hold twenty
or thirty gallons. Jesus said
to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,'
and they filled them to the
brim. 'Draw some out now,' he told them,
'and take it to the steward.'
They did this; the steward tasted the
water, and it had turned into
wine. Having no idea where it had came
from - only the servants who had
drawn the water knew - the steward called
in the bridegroom and said,
'People generally serve the best wine
first, and keep the cheaper sort
till the guests have plenty to drink,
but you have kept the best
wine till now.'
This was the first of the signs given
by Jesus: it was given at Cana
in Galilee. He let his glory be seen,
and his disciples believed in him.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:16
Alleluia, alleluia!
Anyone who lives in love
lives in God,
and God lives in him.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to John
Jesus said to his disciples:
'As the Father has loved me,
so I have loved you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments
you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love.
I have told you this
so that my own joy may be with you
and your joy be complete.
This is my commandment:
love one another,
as I have loved you.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:8. 11
Alleluia,alleluia!
God is love;
let us love one another
as God has loved us.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to John
Jesus said to his disciples:
'This is my commandment:
love on another,
as I have loved you.
A man can have no greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends.
You are my friends,
If you do as I command you.
I shall not call you servants anymore,
because a servant does not know
his masters business;
I call you friends,
because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
You did not choose me,
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
and then the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Gospel
Acclamation 1 Jn 4:12
Alleluia, alleluia!
As long as we love on another
God will live in us,
and his love will be complete in us.
Alleluia!
A reading from the holy Gospel according
to John
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
'Holy Father,
I pray not only for these,
but for those also
who through their words will believe in
me.
May they all be one.
Father, may they be one in us,
as you are in me and I am in you,
so that the world may believe it was you
who sent me.
I have given them the glory you gave to
me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so completely one
that the world will realise that it was
you who sent me
and that I have loved them as much as
you have loved me.
Father,
I want those that you have given me
to be with me where I am,
so that they may always see the glory
you have given me
because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
Father, Righteous One,
the world has not known you,
but I have known you,
and these have known
that you have sent me.
I have made your name known to them
and will continue to make it known,
so that the love with which you loved
me may be in them,
and so that I may be in them.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.