Janet Walmsley-Heron@KZfaq.com./@janetwalmsley-heron.com./
FRIDAY SEVENTH DAY OF EASTER
LITURGICAL READINGS LEADING
UP to PENTECOST the BIRTHDAY
of the CHURCH SUNDAY
FIRST READING
A READING from the ACTS of the APOSTLES
25: 13-21
PAUL is on his way to ROME. JESUS FORETELLS
PETER'S LAST DAYS WHICH WILL BE IN ROME.
A DEAD MAN CALLED JESUS WHOM PAUL
ALLEGED TO BE ALIVE.
PSALM 102 (103) 1-2: 11-12, 19-
RESPONSE:
THE LORD HAS SET HIS SWAY IN HEAVEN
or ALLELUIA!
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!
The HOLY SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU
EVERYTHING and REMIND YOU of
ALL I HAVE SAID to YOU.
ALLELUIA!
GOSPEL
A Reading from the HOLY GOSPEL According
to MATTHEW 21: 15-19
FEED MY LAMBS, FEED MY SHEEP.
REFLECTION:
At the LAST SUPPER according to the GOSPEL of JOHN, JESUS Announced to HIS DISCIPLES that HE LOVED them as the FATHER LOVED HIM. JESUS went on to call on HIS DISCIPLES to REMAIN in HIS LOVE.
JESUS would LOVE THEM to the END: HIS LOVE for them would be FAUTHFUL. HE asked in RETURN that their LOVE for HIM would be FAITHFUL.. However
PETER did NOT REMAIN in JESUS' LOVE, his LOVE for JESUS did NOT turn out to be FAUTHFUL as HE DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES. That is the context for
the rosen lord asking PETER the QUESTION THREE
TIMES in Today's Gospel Reading,
'SIMON SON of JOHN, DO YOU LOVE ME?'
JESUS was giving PETER the opportunity to
RENEW his LOVE, to come HOME to the LORD's
LOVE ONCE MORE. ONLY then could PETER
be given the RESPONSIBILTY of the
pastoral CARE of the LORD's FLOCK, the
other DISCIPLES. JESUS made no MENTION
of PETER'S DENIALS. HE SIMPLY INVITED
HIM to RENEW HIS LOVE.
PRAYERS
for the HOLY SPIRIT
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