Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 14:21-27/Rv 21:1-5a/Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
Revelation 21:1-2, NRSVCE
Monday
Acts 14:5-18/Jn 14:21-26
“Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways; yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good—giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”
Acts 14:15-17, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Acts 14:19-28/Jn 14:27-31
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
John 14:27. NRSVCE
Wednesday
Acts 15:1-6/Jn 15:1-8
“When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.” The apostles and the elders met together to consider this matter.”
Acts 15:4-6, NRSVCE
Thursday
Acts 15:7-21/Jn 15:9-11
“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.”
John 15:9, NRSVCE
Friday
Acts 15:22-31/Jn 15:12-17
“we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Acts 15:25-26, NABRE
Saturday
Acts 16:1-10/Jn 15:18-21
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”
John 15:18-19, NABRE
