Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 26th May, 2024
Sunday, The Most Holy Trinity
At the Last Supper, Christ explained to the Apostles that he could not teach them everything because they were not sufficiently receptive during his lifetime, . The Holy Spirit will be charged with continuing Christ’s work for all the days of the future Church. It is the love of the Father that gives us his Son, while the Holy Spirit is ever leading us to know more of the truth.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy 4:32-34. 39-40
The Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other.
Moses said to the people:
‘Put this question, then, 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 – all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt?
Understand 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.’
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 32
Response Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.
1. The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. Response
2. By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars.
He spoke; and they came to be. He commanded; they sprang into being. Response
3. The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love,
to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. Response
4. Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield.
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:14-17
You received the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father.
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, ‘Abba, Father!’
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.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation Apoc 1-8
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
The God who is, who was, and who is to come.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 28:16-20 Glory to you, O Lord
Baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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,
‘All 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.’
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Taken from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, published and copyright 1966, by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd
