Sunday

5 May 2013

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Cycle C Click here for all content for this cycle Sixth Sunday of Easter, Cycle C

SUNDAY SUMMARY

Acts of the Apostles 15:1-2, 22-29 Dissent in Antioch about the status of Gentiles brings Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem.

Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 God’s radiance shines on those who respond to divine mercy and guidance.

Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 In the new Jerusalem, the entire city functions as the divine dwelling-place.

John 14:23-29 Just as Jesus abides in his Father, his Spirit also abides in his followers.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

From the most abstract theological arguments to comparisons to sunbeams and shamrocks, the Trinity has always been hard to explain.

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Exploring the word

God’s last known address

Where is God? Most of the time we probably don’t care—or, more tactfully, we don’t consider God’s whereabouts and may frankly prefer that God maintain a divine aloofness so we can get on with our lives without interference from supernatural sources.

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Homily stories

Gone but not absent

ANYONE who has experienced the death of a loved one knows how devastated Jesus’ disciples must have felt when he told them he was going away for good. The “Advocate” he promised to send must have seemed like a poor substitute for the flesh-and-blood Jesus whom they had come to love and depend upon.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

As our celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection continues in this Easter season, we turn to God with faith in God’s mercy.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

What Revelation’s author was seeing was a vision of the oncoming future when “the Lord God almighty and the Lamb,” God the Father and Christ, will live face-to-face with all those who have believed in them.

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Sign & sacrament

Living stones unite

For centuries Christians have built places of worship. From the most ornate cathedrals to the simplest meeting houses, faith communities have recognized the need for a space in which to come together to feel close to God.

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Quotes

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. —Italian proverb

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