FIRST
READING: 1
John 3: 13-18
13
Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.
15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.
16
In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down
his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17
He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother
in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity
of God abide in him?
18
My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in
deed, and in truth.
PSALM:
Psalms 116:
10-13, 16-17
10
I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled
exceedingly.
11
I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
12
What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered
unto me?
13
I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name
of the Lord.
16
O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy
handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
17
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call
upon the name of the Lord.
GOSPEL:
John 15: 12-17
12
This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved
you.
13
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for
his friends.
14
You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
15
I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things
whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
16
You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed
you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
17
These things I command you, that you love one another.
