Liturgical colour: Red
| First Reading: Acts 2:1-11 ‘They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.’ | When the day of Pentecost arrived, the Apostles were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. And they were amazed and astonished, saying, ‘Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians — we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.’ |
| Ps 104(103):1ab, 24ac. 29b-30. 31, 34. ℟ cf. 30 Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. or: Alleluia. | Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. or: Alleluia. Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, how great you are! How many are your works, O LORD! The earth is full of your creatures. Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. or: Alleluia. You take away their breath, they die, returning to the dust from which they came. You send forth your spirit, and they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. or: Alleluia. May the glory of the LORD last for ever! May the LORD rejoice in his works! May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will rejoice in the LORD. Send forth your spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. or: Alleluia. |
| Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 ‘In one Spirit we were all baptised into one body.’ | Brothers and Sisters: No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptised into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one Spirit. |
Gospel Acclamation: cf. Alleluia, alleluia. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia. | John 20:19-23 ‘As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. Receive the Holy Spirit.’ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.’ |