THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER C Lectionary # 48
What does it take to show your love? The Gospels tell us that no one has any greater love than this—willingness to lay down life for a friend. Today's readings show disciples putting such love into practice in response to the witness of Jesus' love for them.
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41. Early church preaching focused on Jesus' interpretation of Torah (“speaking in the name of Jesus”), on the self-sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, and, unfortunately, on accusations that the Jewish leadership was heavily involved in the death of Jesus (“You . . . want to bring this man's blood upon us”). Some of the leaders were probably involved in preparing evidence to turn over to Pilate, but we have to deal with the “blood guilt” accusation (“you had him killed by hanging him on a tree”) that led to centuries of anti-Judaism and terrible persecutions. Such accusations stemmed from Christian bitterness after Christians were expelled from some of the synagogues as heretics, but they led to condemnation of a whole ethnic group for the actions of a few people. They also led to the Holocaust.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (29) 30
This is the thanksgiving song of an individual freed from a deadly illness. Being brought back from the “netherworld” is applied, in this season, to Jesus' resurrection.
I Will Praise You, Lord (Alstott) CBW 80
I Will Praise You, Lord (Carroll/Gelineau) WOR 841/LPGG 827
I Will Praise You, Lord (Daigle) PCY4 16
I Will Praise You, Lord (Guimont) RS 59/LPMG 48
I Will Praise You, Lord (Haas) PCY3 7
I Will Praise You, Lord (Hillert) PMB 621/PRM C58
I Will Praise You, Lord (Inwood) MI-BB/GC 41/JS 32/RS 60/GP 192/SP2 12
I Will Praise You, Lord (Ridge) GP 193/SP3 22/MI-BB
I Will Praise You, Lord (Schiavone) JS 926/LP 70
Te Ensalazaré, Señor (Florián) Cantos 60
Te Ensalazaré, Señor/I Will Praise You (Reza) FYC 193
Common Psalm: Ps (65) 66
Let All the Earth Cry Out with Joy
Revelation 5:11-14. In this vision of heavenly worship, John quotes part of a hymn (“Worthy is the Lamb”) and a doxology (“To the one who sits on the throne”) that may have been part of worship in early Johannine communities. Having their own sung worship quoted as part of heavenly worship would help these communities understand their link with the reign of God.
John 21:1-19. In this post-resurrection appearance, Jesus performs a familiar miracle, which leads Peter to recognize him. He also shows that he is not a ghost by, presumably, eating some of the fish that he has prepared for breakfast. Finally, he questions Simon Peter's love, echoing the three times Peter denied Jesus in the courtyard of the high priest (John 18:17 , 25-27). Because of his love for Jesus, Peter will also suffer death.
Songs for the Liturgy
A Living Hope (2) WC 370/CBW 613/PMB 284
*Alabaré (2) GC 542/RS 662/GP 680
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (2) WOR 494,495/WC 709/MI-BB/LMGM 88, 89/JS 463/GP 421/RS 632/WS/PMB 368/JS 482
*All You Nations (E) WC 393/WS/PMB 153
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (2,G) WOR 737/CBW 426/WC 707/GP 419/MI-BB/LMGM 67/JS 477/RS 914/GC 484/WS/PMB 352
*Around the Throne a Glorious Band (2) WOR 719/CBW 450
At the Lamb's High Feast (2) WOR 459, 460/CBW 375/BB/WC 565/JS 424/RS 578/GC 433/GP 394/WS/PMB 271
Be Not Afraid (1) GP 602/GC 608/CBW 481/MI-BB/LMGM 123/WC 830/JS 706/RS 734/WS/PMB 446
Behold the Lamb (2,G) MI-BB/GC 823/GP 524/JS 809
Christian, Do You Hear the Lord (G) WOR 594
Come Away to the Skies (2) GC 440/WC 889
Crown Him with Many Crowns (2) WOR 496/WC 712/CBW 437/MI-BB/LMGM 68/JS 480/GP 420/RS 626/GC 485/WS/PMB 359
For You Are My God (1) GP 612/CBW 483/MI-BB/GC 616/JS 710
Gift of Finest Wheat (G) WOR 736/CBW 603/WC 634/GP 525/MI-BB/LMGM 136/JS 803/RS 912/GC 815/WS/PMB 300
Go (G) LMGM 66/GC 454/RS 604/WS/PMB 478
Heavenly Hosts in Ceaseless Worship (2) WOR 522/RS 661
Here in This Place -- Haas (G) GC 839
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord (G) WOR 726/CBW 424/WC 855/RS 854/GC 806/WS/PMB 320
I Know That My Redeemer Lives -- Hatton (1,Ps) WOR 445/MI-BB/WC 713/LMGM 63/GC 430/JS 131/RS 582/GP 388/WS/PMB 363
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (2) WOR 510/GC 507/WC 776/RS 651/WS/PMB 404
In the Breaking of the Bread/Cuando Partimos el Pan del Señor (G) JS 808/MI-BB/GC 841/WC 626/RS 932/GP 508/WS/PMB 303
Jesus Is Our King (2,G) LMGM 91
*Lift Up Your Hearts (E) GP 676./GC 558/MI-BB/JS 620/RS 691
Morning Has Broken (Ps) WOR 674/WC 588/GC 756/JS 871/MI-BB/CBW 651/GP 728/RS 859/WS/PMB 281
*Now the Feast and Celebration (2) GC 742/RS 853
*O Risen Christ, You Search Our Hearts (G) HG 129
Shepherd of Our Hearts (G) GC 829
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (G) WOR 728/MI-BB/WC 628/GC 840/JS 825/GP 501/WS/PMB 296
Splendor and Honor (2) CBW 685
Take and Eat, v 3 (2) GC 831/WC 651/MI-BB/RS 910/CBW 611/WS
The God of Abraham Praise (2) WOR 537/JS 602/RS 685/GC 544/MI-BB
The Lord Is My Hope (Ps) JS 730/MI-BB/GC 613/GP 631
The Song of the Supper (G) GC 845
*This Is the Feast of Victory (2) WOR 458/WC 886/JS 428/MI-BB/RS 583/GC 429/CBW 396/WS/PMB 489
What Wondrous Love Is This (2) WOR 600/WC 541/GP 642/MI-BB/JS 755/GC 627/RS 749/WS/PMB 253
Without Seeing You (G) GC 844