FIRST READING:
Acts 2: 1 - 11
1
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one
place.
2
And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and
resting on each one of them.
4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5
Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every
nation under heaven.
6
And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were
bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7
And they were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all these
who are speaking Galileans?
8
And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
9
Par'thians and Medes and E'lamites and residents of Mesopota'mia,
Judea and Cappado'cia, Pontus and Asia,
10
Phryg'ia and Pamphyl'ia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to
Cyre'ne, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11
Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the
mighty works of God."
PSALM:
Psalms 104: 1, 24, 29 - 31,
34
1
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou
art clothed with honor and majesty,
24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them
all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
29
When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away
their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30
When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou
renewest the face of the ground.
31
May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in
his works,
34
May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
SECOND READING:
1 Corinthians 12: 3 - 7, 12 -
13 Or Galatians
5: 16 - 25
3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit
of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say
"Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
6
and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who
inspires them all in every one.
7
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
12
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.
13
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body -- Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free -- and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Or
16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the
flesh.
17
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires
of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each
other, to prevent you from doing what you would.
18
But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.
19
Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity,
licentiousness,
20
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness,
dissension, party spirit,
21
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned
you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the
kingdom of God.
22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23
gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
24
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
its passions and desires.
25
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
GOSPEL: John
20: 19 - 23 Or
John 15: 26 - 27; John
16: 12 - 15
19
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors
being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
20
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then
the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
21
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has
sent me, even so I send you."
22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,
"Receive the Holy Spirit.
23
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the
sins of any, they are retained."
Or
26
But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he
will bear witness to me;
27
and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the
beginning.
12
"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them
now.
13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth;
for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he
will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
14
He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to
you.
15
All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take
what is mine and declare it to you.
