FIRST
READING: Acts
2: 1 - 11
1
And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all
together in one place:
2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind
coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3
And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it
sat upon every one of them:
4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak
with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
5
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven.
6
And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and
were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in
his own tongue.
7
And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all
these, that speak, Galileans?
8
And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?
9
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and inhabitants of Mesopotamia,
Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
10
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome,
11
Jews also, and proselytes, Cretes, and Arabians: we have heard them
speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.
PSALM:
Psalms 104:
1, 24, 29 - 31, 34
1
Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great.
Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
24
How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom:
the earth is filled with thy riches.
29
But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt
take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to
their dust.
30
Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou
shalt renew the face of the earth.
31
May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in
his works.
34
Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the
Lord.
SECOND
READING: 1
Corinthians 12: 3 -
7, 12 - 13
3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man, speaking by the
Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus. And no man can say the Lord
Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost.
4
Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit;
5
And there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord;
6
And there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who
worketh all in all.
7
And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto
profit.
12
For as the body is one, and hath many members; and all the members of
the body, whereas they are many, yet are one body, so also is Christ.
13
For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or
Gentiles, whether bond or free; and in one Spirit we have all been
made to drink.
GOSPEL:
John 20:
19 - 23
19
Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the
doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear
of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them:
Peace be to you.
20
And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The
disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
21
He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath
sent me, I also send you.
22
When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them:
Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
23
Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins
you shall retain, they are retained.
