Readings and Questions of the Week

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web site lists all Mass readings.  Click Mass Readings to read these.

The page for each day contains a link to an audio (.mp3) file in which the readings for the current day are read aloud.  [You can also get readings for the next several months by clicking on the calendar in the left margin; if you are a reader who wishes to check pronunciations, audio files for the current month are available at this link:   http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings-audio.cfm.]

John 15:9-17

Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give
you. This I command you: love one another.”

Sixth Sunday of Easter:

“No greater love than this, than to lay down one’s life for a friend.” Jesus asks us to go and bear fruit in his name. This week, we think about the compassion, love, and kindness we show to our friends and take the time to express gratitude and appreciation.”

Question of the Week:
Adult: This week how can you show love for someone who rubs you the wrong way or someone you consider offensive?
Child: To love means to care for another as Jesus cares for us. When have you shown love for someone you do not like?
Word of the Week: friends
Journal Starter: I think I am a good….