{"id":11764,"date":"2024-05-11T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T11:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=11764"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:45:49","slug":"may-24-sunday-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"May 24 Sunday Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:219px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">May 2024 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" style=\"width:1020px;height:185px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture<\/strong> <strong>Readings for Sundays in May 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Select Month:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/january-24-sunday-readings\/\">January<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/february-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>February<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>March<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/april-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>April<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>May<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/june-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>June<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/july-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>July<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/august-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>August<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/september-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>September<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/october-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>October<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/november-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>November<\/strong><\/a>  \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/december-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b323dea40c506df93f10ef09a40a868\"><strong>Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61ef3d600f799c7b5e674c2c40366a87\"><strong>May 2024&nbsp; &#8211; Year B<br>Season of Easter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/#5thEaster\">Sunday 28th April 2024 &#8211; 5th Sunday of Easter<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/#6thEaster\">Sunday 5th May 2024 &#8211; 6th Sunday of Easter<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/#7thEaster\">Sunday 12th May 2024 &#8211; 7th Sunday of Easter<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/#Pentecost\">Sunday 19th May 2024 &#8211; PENTECOST SUNDAY<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/#Trinity\">Sunday 26th May &#8211; TRINITY SUNDAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5thEaster\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <b>Sunday 28th April 2024 &#8211; Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/p> <\/b>\n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5th-Sunday-of-Easter-2024.png' alt='5th Sunday of Easter' class='wp-image-11612' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>  \n\n<b>   <p> \n A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Acts 9:26-31   <\/b>   <BR> \n\n <i>   Barnabas explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul on his journey   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   When Saul got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they could not believe he was really a disciple. Barnabas, however, took charge of him, introduced him to the apostles, and explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul and spoken to him on his journey, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. Saul now started to go round with them in Jerusalem, preaching fearlessly in the name of the Lord. But after he had spoken to the Hellenists, and argued with them, they became determined to kill him. When the brothers knew, they took him to Caesarea, and sent him off from there to Tarsus.   <br> \n The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up, living in the fear of the Lord, and filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n Psalm: 21(22):26-28,30-32   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n My vows I will pay before those who fear him.   <BR> \n The poor shall eat and shall have their fill.   <BR> \n They shall praise the Lord, those who seek him.   <BR> \n May their hearts live for ever and ever!   <\/p> \n\n <p>   All the earth shall remember and return to the Lord,   <BR> \n all families of the nations worship before him;   <BR> \n They shall worship him, all the mighty of the earth;   <BR> \n before him shall bow all who go down to the dust.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   And my soul shall live for him, my children serve him.   <BR> \n They shall tell of the Lord to generations yet to come,   <BR> \n declare his faithfulness to peoples yet unborn:   <BR> \n \u2018These things the Lord has done.\u2019   <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the First Letter of St John 3:18-24   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   His commandments are these: that we believe in his Son and that we love one another.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <ul>    My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk,   <BR> \n but something real and active; only by this can we be certain   <BR> \n that we are children of the truth   <BR> \n and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence,   <BR> \n whatever accusations it may raise against us,   <BR> \n because God is greater than our conscience and he knows everything.   <BR> \n My dear people,   <BR> \n if we cannot be condemned by our own conscience,   <BR> \n we need not be afraid in God\u2019s presence,   <BR> \n and whatever we ask him, we shall receive,   <BR> \n because we keep his commandments   <BR> \n and live the kind of life that he wants.   <BR> \n His commandments are these:   <BR> \n that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ   <BR> \n and that we love one another as he told us to.   <BR> \n Whoever keeps his commandments   <BR> \n lives in God and God lives in him.   <BR> \n We know that he lives in us   <BR> \n by the Spirit that he has given us.   <\/ul>  \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 15:1-8   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p>   Jesus said to his disciples:   <\/p> \n <ul> \u201cI am the true vine,   <BR> \n and my Father is the vinedresser.   <BR> \n Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away,   <BR> \n and every branch that does bear fruit   <BR> \n he prunes to make it bear even more.   <BR> \n You are pruned already,   <BR> \n by means of the word that I have spoken to you.   <BR> \n Make your home in me, as I make mine in you.   <BR> \n As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,   <BR> \n but must remain part of the vine,   <BR> \n neither can you unless you remain in me.   <BR> \n I am the vine,   <BR> \n you are the branches.   <BR> \n Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty;   <BR> \n for cut off from me you can do nothing.   <BR> \n Anyone who does not remain in me   <BR> \n is like a branch that has been thrown away \u2013 he withers;   <BR> \n these branches are collected and thrown on the fire,   <BR> \n and they are burnt.   <BR> \n If you remain in me and my words remain in you,   <BR> \n you may ask what you will and you shall get it.   <BR> \n It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit,   <BR> \n and then you will be my disciples.\u201d   <\/ul> <br>\n\n\n<p id=\"6thEaster\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n <p> <b>Sunday 5th May 2024 &#8211; Sixth Sunday of Easter<\/p> <\/b>\n\n<p><img src= https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/6th-Sunday-of-Easter-2024-V2.png  alt= 6th Sunday of Easter  class= wp-image-11737  style= width:160px \/><\/p>  \n\n <p>   <b> \n\n A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48   <\/b>   <BR> \n\n <i>   The Holy Spirit has been poured out on the pagans too.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. \u201cStand up,\u201d he said \u201cI am only a man after all!\u201d   <BR> \n\n Then Peter addressed them: \u201cThe truth I have now come to realise\u2019 he said \u2018is that God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.\u201d   <BR> \n\n While Peter was still speaking the Holy Spirit came down on all the listeners. Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were all astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit should be poured out on the pagans too, since they could hear them speaking strange languages and proclaiming the greatness of God. Peter himself then said, \u201cCould anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have?\u201d He then gave orders for them to be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterwards they begged him to stay on for some days.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n Psalm: 97(98):1-4   <br>   <\/b> \n\n Sing a new song to the Lord   <BR> \n for he has worked wonders.   <BR> \n His right hand and his holy arm   <BR> \n have brought salvation.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   The Lord has made known his salvation;   <BR> \n has shown his justice to the nations.   <BR> \n He has remembered his truth and love   <BR> \n for the house of Israel.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   All the ends of the earth have seen   <BR> \n the salvation of our God.   <BR> \n Shout to the Lord, all the earth,   <BR> \n ring out your joy.    <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the First Letter of St John 4:7-10   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   God is love.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <ul>   My dear people,   <BR> \n let us love one another   <BR> \n since love comes from God   <BR> \n and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.   <BR> \n Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,   <BR> \n because God is love.   <BR> \n God\u2019s love for us was revealed   <BR> \n when God sent into the world his only Son   <BR> \n so that we could have life through him;   <BR> \n this is the love I mean:   <BR> \n not our love for God,   <BR> \n but God\u2019s love for us when he sent his Son   <BR> \n to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.    <\/ul> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 15:9-17   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p>   Jesus said to his disciples:   <\/p> \n <ul> \u201cAs the Father has loved me,   <BR> \n so I have loved you. Remain in my love.   <BR> \n If you keep my commandments   <BR> \n you will remain in my love,   <BR> \n just as I have kept my Father\u2019s commandments   <BR> \n and remain in his love.   <BR> \n I have told you this   <BR> \n so that my own joy may be in you   <BR> \n and your joy be complete.   <BR> \n This is my commandment:   <BR> \n love one another, as I have loved you.   <BR> \n A man can have no greater love   <BR> \n than to lay down his life for his friends.   <BR> \n You are my friends,   <BR> \n if you do what I command you.   <BR> \n I shall not call you servants any more,   <BR> \n because a servant does not know   <BR> \n his master\u2019s business;   <BR> \n I call you friends,   <BR> \n because I have made known to you   <BR> \n everything I have learnt from my Father.   <BR> \n You did not choose me:   <BR> \n no, I chose you;   <BR> \n and I commissioned you   <BR> \n to go out and to bear fruit,   <BR> \n fruit that will last;   <BR> \n and then the Father will give you   <BR> \n anything you ask him in my name.   <BR> \n What I command you is to love one another.\u201d   <\/ul>  <br> \n\n\n\n<p id=\"7thEaster\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n <p> <b>Sunday 12th May 2024 &#8211; Seventh Sunday of Easter<\/p> <\/b> \n\n<p><img src= https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7th-Sunday-of-Easter-2024.png  alt= 7th Sunday of Eater  class= wp-image-11614  style= width:160px \/><\/p>  \n\n <b> \n <p>   A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 10:34, 37-43   <\/b>   <BR> \n\n <i>   We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: \u201cYou must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses \u2013 we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead \u2013 and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.\u201d   <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n Psalm: 117(118):1-2, 16-17, 22-23   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,   <BR> \n for his love has no end.   <BR> \n Let the sons of Israel say:   <BR> \n \u2018His love has no end.\u2019   <\/p> \n\n <p>   The Lord\u2019s right hand has triumphed;   <BR> \n his right hand raised me up.   <BR> \n I shall not die, I shall live   <BR> \n and recount his deeds.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   The stone which the builders rejected   <BR> \n has become the corner stone.   <BR> \n This is the work of the Lord,   <BR> \n a marvel in our eyes.   <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Colossians 3:1-4   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God\u2019s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God\u2019s weakness is stronger than human strength.  <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 20: 1-9   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   He must rise from the dead   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. \u201cThey have taken the Lord out of the tomb\u201d she said \u201cand we don\u2019t know where they have put him.\u201d   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.   <\/p> <br>\n\n\n<p id=\"Pentecost\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<p><b>Sunday 19th May 2024 &#8211; PENTECOST SUNDAY<\/p> <\/b><\/b> <\/p> \n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pentecost-2024.png\" alt=\"PENTECOST SUNDAY\" class=\"wp-image-11739\" style=\"width:202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pentecost-2024.png 897w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pentecost-2024-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pentecost-2024-768x540.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n <b>   <p>  A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11   <\/b>   <BR> \n\n <i>   They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   When Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.<br>\nNow there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, each one bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. \u201cSurely\u201d they said \u201call these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as visitors from Rome \u2013 Jews and proselytes alike \u2013 Cretans and Arabs; we hear them preaching in our own language about the marvels of God.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n Psalm: 103(104): 1, 24, 29-31, 34   <BR>   <\/b> \n\nBless the Lord, my soul!   <BR> \nLord God, how great you are,   <BR> \nHow many are your works, O Lord!   <BR> \nThe earth is full of your riches.   <\/p> \n\n<p>   You take back your spirit, they die,   <BR> \nreturning to the dust from which they came.   <BR> \nYou send forth your spirit, they are created;   <BR> \nand you renew the face of the earth.   <\/p> \n\n<p>   May the glory of the Lord last for ever!   <BR> \nMay the Lord rejoice in his works!   <BR> \nMay my thoughts be pleasing to him.   <BR> \nI find my joy in the Lord.   <\/p> \n\n \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Galatians 5:16-25   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   The fruit of the Spirit.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   If you are guided by the Spirit you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence, since self-indulgence is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out your good intentions. If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you. When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: fornication, gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels; disagreements, factions, envy; drunkenness, orgies and similar things. I warn you now, as I warned you before: those who behave like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. What the Spirit brings is very different: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. There can be no law against things like that, of course. You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires.<br>\nSince the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit.<\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 15:26-27; 16:12-15   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   The Spirit of truth will lead you to the complete truth   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p>Jesus said to his disciples:<br>\n<ul> \u201cWhen the Advocate comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father,<br>\nthe Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness.<br>\nAnd you too will be witnesses, <br>\nbecause you have been with me from the outset.<br>\n\u201cI still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now.<br>\nBut when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth,<br>\nsince he will not be speaking as from himself<br>\nbut will say only what he has learnt;<br>\nand he will tell you of the things to come.<br>\nHe will glorify me, since all he tells you will be taken from what is mine.<br>\nEverything the Father has is mine; that is why I said:<br>\nAll he tells you will be taken from what is mine.\u201d<\/ul> <br>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"Trinity\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<p><b>Sunday 19th May 2024 &#8211; TRINITY SUNDAY<\/p> <\/b><\/b> <\/p> \n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Trinity-Sunday-2024.png\" alt=\"TRINITY SUNDAY\" class=\"wp-image-11760\" style=\"width:169px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Trinity-Sunday-2024.png 897w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Trinity-Sunday-2024-287x300.png 287w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Trinity-Sunday-2024-768x802.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n <b>   <p>  A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40   <\/b>   <BR> \n\n <i>   The Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   Moses said to the people: \u201cPut this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so majestic, from one end of heaven to the other? Was anything ever heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive? Has any god ventured to take to himself one nation from the midst of another by ordeals, signs, wonders, war with mighty hand and outstretched arm, by fearsome terrors \u2013 all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt? <br>\n\u201cUnderstand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: the Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today, so that you and your children may prosper and live long in the land that the Lord your God gives you for ever.\u201d  <\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n Psalm: 32(33):4-6, 9, 18-20, 22   <BR>   <\/b> \n\nFor the word of the Lord is faithful<BR>\nand all his works to be trusted.<BR>\nThe Lord loves justice and right<BR>\nand fills the earth with his love.   <\/p>\n\n<p>   By his word the heavens were made,<BR>\nby the breath of his mouth all the stars.<BR>\nHe spoke; and it came to be.<BR>\nHe commanded; it sprang into being.   <\/p>\n\n<p>   The Lord looks on those who revere him,<BR>\non those who hope in his love,<BR>\nto rescue their souls from death,<BR>\nto keep them alive in famine.   <\/p>\n\n<p>   Our soul is waiting for the Lord.\nThe Lord is our help and our shield.\nMay your love be upon us, O Lord,\nas we place all our hope in you.   <\/p>\n\n\n \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:14-17   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   You received the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, Abba, Father!&#8217;   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'>   Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, \u201cAbba, Father!\u201d The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.<\/p> \n\n <p>   <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew 28:16-20   <BR>   <\/b> \n\n <i>   Baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.   <\/i>   <\/p> \n\n  <p style='text-align: justify;'>   The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.\u201d<\/p> <br>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style='text-align: justify;'><font size=\"1\"><i>Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission. <br>\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England. <br>\nCopyright \u00a9 2019-2026 Prayerfulness.com. Users must not reproduce, download, store in any medium, distribute, transmit or retransmit or manipulate any text contained in this website except for non-commercial worship purposes. 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