Sixth Sunday of Easter Worship Aid
Entrance Song – Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
1. Jesus Christ is ris’n today, Alleluia! Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia! Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia! Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
2. Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia! Unto Christ, our heav’nly King, Alleluia! Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
3. But the pains which he endured, Alleluia! Our salvation have procured; Alleluia! Now he reigns above as King, Alleluia! Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
First Reading – Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing. For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice, came out of many possessed people, and many paralyzed or crippled people were cured. There was great joy in that city. Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad.
Second Reading – 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.
Gospel Reading – JN 14:15-21
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.”
Offertory Song – The Strife Is O’er
Refrain: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
1. The strife is o’er, the battle done; Now is the Victor’s triumph won; O let the song of praise be sung: Alleluia!
2. On the third morn he rose again, Glorious in majesty to reign; O let us swell the joyful strain: Alleluia!
3. O Risen Lord, all praise to thee, Who from our sin has set us free, That we may live eternally! Alleluia!
Spiritual Communion – St. Vincent Pallotti
Jesus, Infinite Love, truly God and truly man, my food and drink, I desire you and I wish to desire you with the fullness of love with which you are desired by the Angels, the Saints and their Queen, the Most Holy Mary, with the fullness of love of her own heart. And relying on your infinite mercy which does not reject even the most miserable – indeed it seeks them out, I wish to receive you in every moment, forever; and I wish to make as many acts of love and of adoration as you deserve and for all the goals that are pleasing to you. Amen.
Closing Song – Immaculate Mary
Refrain: Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria!
1. Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in heaven with Jesus our King.
2. In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; On earth we your children invoke your fair name.
3. We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, And bless, Holy Mary, the land of our birth.