SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER C Lectionary #57

Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the church seeks to live in love and share the gift of peace, Jesus' final gift to us.

Acts 15:1-2, 22-29. The first great crisis that the church had to face was how to deal with Gentile converts. Paul and Barnabas had gone beyond what other apostles were doing by preaching to Gentiles who had embraced the Jewish faith and even to those who had not become Jews. One faction of the church insisted that all who believed in Jesus also had to follow Jewish practice and the Torah. The issue was addressed at the “Council of Jerusalem,” the first major meeting of church leaders to deal with a problem. They sought to act under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (66) 67

This psalm was probably composed as a thanksgiving for a good harvest. It may have been sung at the feast of Tabernacles. It is used here because of its invitation to the nations to join in praising God.

A Dios Den Gracias (Espinosa) FYC 215

La Tierra Ya Germinó/The Earth Has Yielded (Cortés)--Respuesta II FYC 216

Let All the Nations (Warner) PST 22

Let the Peoples Praise You (Jordan/Stanbrook Abbey) CBW 105

O God, Let All the Nations (Guimont) GC 66/LPMG 72

O God, Let All the Nations (Kremer/Gelineau) WOR 850/RS 95/LPGG 855

O God, Let All the Nations (Proulx) WC 395/WS/PRM C61/PMB 630

O God, Let All the Nations (Schiavone) LP 79/JS 935

O God, Let All the Nations (Smith) GP 218/SP5 36/MI-BB/JS 55

Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (65) 66

Let All the Earth Cry Out with Joy

Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23. The vision of the New Jerusalem links the Jewish heritage of the church (twelve gates on which were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes) with the apostolic preaching (twelve courses of foundation stones with the names of the twelve apostles). Christians have no need of a fixed location for their worship, however, because in this new city “the temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.”

John 14:23-29. Continuing to read from the Last Supper discourse, we learn that our ability to live the new commandment will be supported by the Holy Spirit. Jesus' final gift to us is a peace that the world cannot give.

Songs for the Liturgy

Arise and Shine (2) CBW 341

Arise, Shine Forth (2) CBW 342

Christ = s Peace (G) JS 844

City of God (2) GP 548/GC 678/MI-BB/WC 767/JS 830/RS 799/CBW 345

Come Down, O Love Divine (G) WOR 472/CBW 407/MI-BB/WC 586/JS 461/RS 617/GC 465

Come, Holy Ghost (G) WOR 482/CBW 416/WC 731/GP 402/MI-BB/LMGM 69/JS 458/RS 611/GC 469/WS/PMB 372

Come, Our Almighty King (G) WC 739/LMGM 76/WOR 487/MI-BB/WS/PMB 378/JS 471

Creator Spirit, Lord of Grace (G) CBW 409/WC 585/WS/PMB 280/JS 457

Do Not Be Afraid (G) GP 630/MI-BB

Dona Nobis Pacem (G) GC 730/JS 348/RS 832/GP 653/BB/MI-BB/JS 742, 744

Dwelling Place (G) GP 591/GC 594

Envía Tu Espíritu (G) JS 463/GC 459/MI-BB/GP 407

Filled with the Spirit's Power (1,G) CBW 413

Gift of God (G) WC 600/WS 433/PMB 289

Good Friday Hymn (G) GC 406

Holy Spirit, Lord of Love (G) CBW 417

*I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (2) WOR 510/GC 507/RS 651/WC 776/WS/PMB 404

I Will Be with You (G) GC 455/RS 603

Into Our Hearts, O Spirit, Come (G) WC 579

Jerusalem , My Destiny (2) GC 390

Jerusalem , My Happy Home (2) WOR 690/CBW 601/WC 839/MI-BB/JS 788/RS 871/GC 771/WS/PMB 454

*Jesus, the Bread of Life, v 3 (G) LMGM 141/GP 527/MI-BB/JS 817

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (G) LMGM 257

Make Our Lives a Prayer of Peace (G) GP 654

May God = s Love Be Fixed above You (G) HG 130

O Day of Peace (G) WOR 654/PMB 460/JS 740

O Holy City , Seen of John (2) WOR 685/GC 767

O Holy Spirit, Come to Bless (G) CBW 410

One Spirit, One Church (G) JS 778/MI-BB/GP 570

Out of Darkness -- Walker (G) MI-BB/JS 765/GC 689/GP 574

*Peace (G) WC 852/MI-BB/JS 741/GP 649/WS/PMB 462

Peace Prayer (G) GP 652

People of Peace (G) GP 564

Prayer of St. Francis (G) RS 830/GC 726/GP 650/WC 854/MI-BB/WS/PMB 459/JS 738

Priestly People, v 4 (2) WC 750/WS/PMB 383

Receive in Your Heart (G) WC 650

Send Down the Fire (G) GC 466

Send Us Your Spirit (G) GC 470/MI-BB/RS 612/GP 410/JS 462

Shalom, My Friends (G) WC 850/WS/PMB 456

Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers (G) WOR 476/CBW 521/WC 733/PMB 374

Spirit Friend (G,C) GC 467/WOR 724/LMGM 125

Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart (G) LMGM 74

*Take and Eat, v 2 (G) GC 831/WC 651/RS 910/CBW 611/WS

There Is a River (2) GP 718/MI-BB/JS 656

*Unless a Grain of Wheat, v 6 (G) GC 697/JS 760, 802/MI-BB/RS 804/GP 579

Veni, Creator Spiritus -- Latin/English (G) WC 584/WOR 479/CBW 418/BB/LMGM 70/JS 457/GC 460

*When We Eat This Bread, v 3 (2) JS 823/MI-BB/GP 510

You Are Mine (G) RS 762/GC 649/WC 846/MI-BB/WS 600