6th SUNDAY OF EASTER, Year A. Mass prayers and readings.

6th SUNDAY OF EASTER, Year A. Mass prayers and readings.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard; proclaim to the ends of the earth: the Lord has freed his people, alleluia.
[–» Greeting]
The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said.

COLLECT
Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion, these days of joy which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and what we relive in remembrance may we always hold to in what we do. Through our Lord. 

READING I
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,
sing praise to the glory of his name;
proclaim his glorious praise.
Say to God, “How tremendous are your deeds!” R.

“Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,
sing praise to your name!”
Come and see the works of God,
his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam. R.

He has changed the sea into dry land;
through the river they passed on foot;
therefore let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his might forever. R.

READING II
1 Pt 3:15-18

Beloved: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the will of God, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the Spirit.

I saw no temple in the city for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb.

GOSPEL
Jn 14:23–29

Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father,  and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” 

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[–»  Creed, Universal Prayer]
[–»  Offertory]

The Creed is said.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
May our prayers rise up to you, O Lord, together with the sacrificial offerings, so that, purified by your graciousness, we may be conformed to the Sacraments of your mighty love. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Eucharistic Prayer]
[–» Preface of Easter]

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
If you love me, keep my commandments, says the Lord, and I will ask the Father and he will send you another Paraclete, to abide with you for ever, alleluia.
[–» Communion]

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Almighty ever-living God, who restore us to eternal life in the Resurrection of Christ, increase in us the fruits of this paschal Sacrament and pour into our hearts the strength of this saving food. Through Christ our Lord.
[–» Concluding Rite]
 
A formula of Solemn Blessing may be used.