FIRST READING
John 16:12-15
12“I still have 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 but will speak whatever he hears,
and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify
me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the
Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine
and declare it to you.
Reader: Word of God. Word of life.
All: Thanks be to God!
SECOND READING
John 20:19-23
19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the
doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he
said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples
rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be
with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 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 them; if you retain the sins
of any, they are retained.”
Reader: Word of God. Word of life.
All: Thanks be to God!