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June 2025 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong> Readings for Sundays in June 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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

Select Month:<\/strong> January<\/a><\/strong> \/ February<\/strong><\/a> \/ March<\/strong><\/a> \/ April<\/strong><\/a> \/ May<\/strong><\/a> \/ June<\/strong><\/a> \/ July<\/strong><\/a> \/ August<\/strong><\/a> \/ September<\/strong><\/a> \/ October<\/strong><\/a> \/ November<\/strong><\/a> \/ December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

June 2025  – Year C<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Sunday 1st June – 7th Sunday of Easter<\/a>
Sunday 8th June 2025 – Pentecost<\/a>
Sunday 15th June 2025 – The Most Holy Trinity<\/a>
Sunday 22nd June 2025 – The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ<\/a>
Sunday 29th June 2025 – St Peter and St Paul<\/a>
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Sunday 1st June 2025 – 7th Sunday of Easter<\/b><\/p> \n\n

Seventh sunday of Easter<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 7:55-60 <\/b>
\n\n The stoning of Stephen <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God\u2019s right hand. \u2018I can see heaven thrown open\u2019 he said \u2018and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.\u2019 At this all the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they all rushed at him, sent him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses put down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. As they were stoning him, Stephen said in invocation, \u2018Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.\u2019 Then he knelt down and said aloud, \u2018Lord, do not hold this sin against them\u2019; and with these words he fell asleep. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 96(97):1-2b,6-7,9
<\/b> \n\nThe Lord is king, let earth rejoice,
\nthe many coastlands be glad.
\nHis throne is justice and right. <\/p> \n\n

The skies proclaim his justice;
\nall peoples see his glory.
\n All you spirits, worship him. <\/p> \n\n

For you indeed are the Lord
\nmost high above all the earth,
\nexalted far above all spirits. <\/p> \n\n \n

A reading from the Book of the Apocalypse 22:12-14,16-17,20 <\/b>
\n\n Come, Lord Jesus <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

I, John, heard a voice speaking to me: \u2018Very soon now, I shall be with you again, bringing the reward to be given to every man according to what he deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Happy are those who will have washed their robes clean, so that they will have the right to feed on the tree of life and can come through the gates into the city.
\n\u2018I, Jesus, have sent my angel to make these revelations to you for the sake of the churches. I am of David\u2019s line, the root of David and the bright star of the morning.\u2019
\nThe Spirit and the Bride say, \u2018Come.\u2019 Let everyone who listens answer, \u2018Come.\u2019 Then let all who are thirsty come: all who want it may have the water of life, and have it free.
\nThe one who guarantees these revelations repeats his promise: I shall indeed be with you soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St John 17:20-26
<\/b> \n\n Father, may they be completely one <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: <\/p> \n\n

\u2018Holy Father,
\nI pray not only for these,
\nbut for those also
\nwho through their words will believe in me.
\nMay they all be one.
\nFather, may they be one in us,
\nas you are in me and I am in you,
\nso that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
\nI have given them the glory you gave to me,
\nthat they may be one as we are one.
\nWith me in them and you in me,
\nmay they be so completely one
\nthat the world will realise that it was you who sent me
\nand that I have loved them as much as you loved me.
\nFather, I want those you have given me
\nto be with me where I am,
\nso that they may always see the glory you have given me
\nbecause you loved me before the foundation of the world.
\nFather, Righteous One,
\nthe world has not known you,
\nbut I have known you,
\nand these have known that you have sent me.
\nI have made your name known to them
\nand will continue to make it known,
\nso that the love with which you loved me may be in them,
\nand so that I may be in them.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 8th June 2025 – Pentecost Sunday<\/b><\/p>\n\n

Fourth Sunday of Easter<\/p> \n\n \n

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 <\/b>
\n\n They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

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.
\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. \u2018Surely\u2019 they said \u2018all 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.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 103(104):1,24,29-31,34
<\/b> \n\nBless the Lord, my soul!
\nLord God, how great you are,
\nHow many are your works, O Lord!
\nThe earth is full of your riches. <\/p> \n\n

You take back your spirit, they die,
\nreturning to the dust from which they came.
\nYou send forth your spirit, they are created;
\nand you renew the face of the earth. <\/p> \n\n

May the glory of the Lord last for ever!
\nMay the Lord rejoice in his works!
\nMay my thoughts be pleasing to him.
\nI find my joy in the Lord. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:8-17
<\/b> \n\n Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

People who are interested only in unspiritual things can never be pleasing to God. Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him. Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
\nSo then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
\nEveryone 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, \u2018Abba, Father!\u2019 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 coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St John 14:15-16, 23-26
<\/b> \n\n The Holy Spirit will teach you everything <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: <\/p> \n\n

\u2018If you love me you will keep my commandments.
\nI shall ask the Father,
\nand he will give you another Advocate
\nto be with you for ever.
\n\u2018If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
\nand my Father will love him,
\nand we shall come to him and make our home with him.
\nThose who do not love me do not keep my words.
\nAnd my word is not my own:
\nit is the word of the one who sent me.
\nI have said these things to you while still with you;
\nbut the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
\nwhom the Father will send in my name,
\nwill teach you everything
\nand remind you of all I have said to you. <\/p>
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Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/p> \n\n \n

A reading from the Book of Proverbs 8:22-31 <\/b>
\n\n Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Wisdom of God cries aloud:
\nThe Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded,
\nbefore the oldest of his works.
\nFrom everlasting I was firmly set,
\nfrom the beginning, before earth came into being.
\nThe deep was not, when I was born,
\nthere were no springs to gush with water.
\nBefore the mountains were settled,
\nbefore the hills, I came to birth;
\nbefore he made the earth, the countryside,
\nor the first grains of the world\u2019s dust.
\nWhen he fixed the heavens firm, I was there,
\nwhen he drew a ring on the surface of the deep,
\nwhen he thickened the clouds above,
\nwhen he fixed fast the springs of the deep,
\nwhen he assigned the sea its boundaries
\n\u2013 and the waters will not invade the shore \u2013
\nwhen he laid down the foundations of the earth,
\nI was by his side, a master craftsman,
\ndelighting him day after day,
\never at play in his presence,
\nat play everywhere in his world,
\n delighting to be with the sons of men. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 8:4-9
<\/b> \n\nWhen I see the heavens, the work of your hands,
\nthe moon and the stars which you arranged,
\nwhat is man that you should keep him in mind,
\nmortal man that you care for him? <\/p> \n\n

Yet you have made him little less than a god;
\nwith glory and honour you crowned him,
\ngave him power over the works of your hand,
\nput all things under his feet. <\/p> \n\n

All of them, sheep and cattle,
\nyes, even the savage beasts,
\nbirds of the air, and fish
\nthat make their way through the waters. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 5:1-5
<\/b> \n\n The love of God has been poured into our hearts <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God\u2019s glory. But that is not all we can boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St John 16:12-15
<\/b> \n\n In the Son of Man, God has been glorified <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: <\/p> \n\n

\u2018I still have many things to say to you
\nbut they would be too much for you now.
\nBut when the Spirit of truth comes
\nhe will lead you to the complete truth,
\nsince he will not be speaking as from himself
\nbut will say only what he has learnt;
\nand he will tell you of the things to come.
\nHe will glorify me,
\nsince all he tells you
\nwill be taken from what is mine.
\nEverything the Father has is mine;
\nthat is why I said:
\nAll he tells you
\nwill be taken from what is mine.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 22nd June 2025 – The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ <\/b><\/p> \n\n

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A reading from the Book of Genesis 14:18-20 <\/b>
\n\n Melchizedek brought bread and wine <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Melchizedek king of Salem brought bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High. He pronounced this blessing: <\/p> \n\n

\u2018Blessed be Abram by God Most High, creator of heaven and earth,
\nand blessed be God Most High for handing over your enemies to you.\u2019
\nAnd Abram gave him a tithe of everything. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 109(110):1-4
<\/b> \n\nThe Lord\u2019s revelation to my Master:
\n\u2018Sit on my right:
\nyour foes I will put beneath your feet.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n

The Lord will wield from Zion
\nyour sceptre of power:
\nrule in the midst of all your foes. <\/p> \n\n

A prince from the day of your birth
\non the holy mountains;
\nfrom the womb before the dawn I begot you. <\/p> \n\n

The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change.
\n\u2018You are a priest for ever,
\na priest like Melchizedek of old.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 11:23-26
<\/b> \n\n Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

This is what I received from the Lord, and in turn passed on to you: that on the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, \u2018This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.\u2019 In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, \u2018This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.\u2019 Until the Lord comes, therefore, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming his death. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 9:11-17
<\/b> \n\n The feeding of the five thousand <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus made the crowds welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing.
\nIt was late afternoon when the Twelve came to him and said, \u2018Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.\u2019 He replied, \u2018Give them something to eat yourselves.\u2019 But they said, \u2018We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.\u2019 For there were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, \u2018Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.\u2019 They did so and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd. They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps remaining were collected they filled twelve baskets. <\/p>
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Sunday 29th June 2025 – St Peter and St Paul <\/b><\/p> \n\n

St Peter and St Paul<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 3:1-10 <\/b>
\n\n I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus, walk! <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past. He was a cripple from birth; and they used to put him down every day near the Temple entrance called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from the people going in. When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them. Both Peter and John looked straight at him and said, \u2018Look at us.\u2019 He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them, but Peter said, \u2018I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!\u2019 Peter then took him by the hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly his feet and ankles became firm, he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God. Everyone could see him walking and praising God, and they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. They were all astonished and unable to explain what had happened to him. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 18(19):2-5
<\/b> \n\nThe heavens proclaim the glory of God,
\nand the firmament shows forth the work of his hands.
\nDay unto day takes up the story
\nand night unto night makes known the message. <\/p> \n\n

No speech, no word, no voice is heard
\nyet their span extends through all the earth,
\ntheir words to the utmost bounds of the world. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Galatians 1:11-20
<\/b> \n\n God specially chose me while I was in my mother\u2019s womb <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Good News I preached is not a human message that I was given by men, it is something I learnt only through a revelation of Jesus Christ. You must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors.
\nThen God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother\u2019s womb, called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the pagans. I did not stop to discuss this with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me, but I went off to Arabia at once and later went straight back from there to Damascus. Even when after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him for fifteen days, I did not see any of the other apostles; I only saw James, the brother of the Lord, and I swear before God that what I have written is the literal truth. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St John 21:15-19
<\/b> \n\n Feed my lambs, feed my sheep <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus showed himself to his disciples, and after they had eaten he said to Simon Peter, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?\u2019 He answered, \u2018Yes Lord, you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Feed my lambs.\u2019 A second time he said to him, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me?\u2019 He replied, \u2018Yes, Lord, you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Look after my sheep.\u2019 Then he said to him a third time, \u2018Simon son of John, do you love me?\u2019 Peter was upset that he asked him the third time, \u2018Do you love me?\u2019 and said, \u2018Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Feed my sheep. <\/p> \n\n

\u2018I tell you most solemnly,
\nwhen you were young
\nyou put on your own belt
\nand walked where you liked;
\nbut when you grow old
\nyou will stretch out your hands,
\nand somebody else will put a belt round you
\nand take you where you would rather not go.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n

In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, \u2018Follow me.\u2019 <\/p>
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