MASS READING - SUNDAY 21 MAY 2017
6th Sunday of Easter Liturgical Colour: White. Readings at Mass If the Ascension of the Lord is going to be celebrated next Sunday, the alternative Second Reading and Gospel shown here (which would otherwise have been read on that Sunday) may be used today. ________ Entrance Antiphon Cf. Is 48: 20 Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard; proclaim to the ends of the earth: The Lord has freed his people, alleluia. ________ Collect Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honour of the risen Lord, and that what we relive in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Acts 8:5-8,14-17 Philip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them. The people united in welcoming the message Philip preached, either beca...