First Reading

Acts of the Apostles (Acts 6: 8-15)

They could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Stephen, filled with grace and power,
was working great wonders and signs among the people.
Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen,
Cyreneans, and Alexandrians,
and people from Cilicia and Asia,
came forward and debated with Stephen,
but they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
Then they instigated some men to say,

“We have heard him speaking blasphemous words
against Moses and God.”

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes,
accosted him, seized him,
and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
They presented false witnesses who testified,

“This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law.
For we have heard him claim
that this Jesus the Nazorean will destroy this place
and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him
and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

— The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30

Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

Though princes meet and talk against me,
your servant meditates on your statutes.
Yes, your decrees are my delight;
they are my counselors.

I declared my ways, and you answered me;
teach me your statutes.
Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.

Remove from me the way of falsehood,
and favor me with your law.
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.

One does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (Jn 6: 22-29)

Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life.

[After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.]
The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea
saw that there had been only one boat there,
and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat,
but only his disciples had left.
Other boats came from Tiberias
near the place where they had eaten the bread
when the Lord gave thanks.
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they themselves got into boats
and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
And when they found him across the sea they said to him,

“Rabbi, when did you get here?”

Jesus answered them and said,

“Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me
not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

So they said to him,

“What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”

Jesus answered and said to them,

“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”

— The Gospel of the Lord.

First Reading

The Acts afo Apostles (Acts 5: 27-32, 40b-41)

We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit.

When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles in
and made them stand before the Sanhedrin,
the high priest questioned them,

“We gave you strict orders, did we not,
to stop teaching in that name?
Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching
and want to bring this man's blood upon us.”

But Peter and the apostles said in reply,

“We must obey God rather than men.
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus,
though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior
to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
We are witnesses of these things,
as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

The Sanhedrin ordered the apostles
to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.
So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,
rejoicing that they had been found worthy
to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

— The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 30: 2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13

I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.

Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.

Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper.
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

Second Reading

The Book of Revelation (Revelation 5: 11-14)

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches.

I, John, looked and heard the voices of many angels
who surrounded the throne
and the living creatures and the elders.
They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor and glory and blessing.”

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and in the sea,
everything in the universe, cry out:

“To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor, glory and might,
forever and ever.”

The four living creatures answered,

“Amen,”

and the elders fell down and worshiped.

— The word of the Lord.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.

Christ is risen, creator of all; he has shown pity on all people.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (John 21: 1-19)

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish.

At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself in this way.
Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter said to them,

“I am going fishing.”

They said to him,

“We also will come with you.”

So they went out and got into the boat,
but that night they caught nothing.
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them,

“Children, have you caught anything to eat?”

They answered him,

“No.”

So he said to them,

“Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.”

So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,

“It is the Lord.”

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
and jumped into the sea.
The other disciples came in the boat,
for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
dragging the net with the fish.
When they climbed out on shore,
they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus said to them,

“Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them,

“Come, have breakfast.”

And none of the disciples dared to ask him,

“Who are you?”

because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,

“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”

Simon Peter answered him,

“Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him,

“Feed my lambs.”

He then said to Simon Peter a second time,

“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Simon Peter answered him,

“Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him,

“Tend my sheep.”

Jesus said to him the third time,

“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time,

“Do you love me?”

and he said to him,

“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him,

“Feed my sheep.
Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger,
you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted;
but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands,
and someone else will dress you
and lead you where you do not want to go.”

He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God.
And when he had said this, he said to him,

“Follow me.”

— The Gospel of the Lord.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.

Christ is risen, creator of all; he has shown pity on all people.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (John 21: 1-14)

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish.

At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself in this way.
Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter said to them,

“I am going fishing.”

They said to him,

“We also will come with you.”

So they went out and got into the boat,
but that night they caught nothing.
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them,

“Children, have you caught anything to eat?”

They answered him,

“No.”

So he said to them,

“Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.”

So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,

“It is the Lord.”

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
and jumped into the sea.
The other disciples came in the boat,
for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
dragging the net with the fish.
When they climbed out on shore,
they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus said to them,

“Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them,

“Come, have breakfast.”

And none of the disciples dared to ask him,

“Who are you?”

because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.

— The Gospel of the Lord.

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