SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER C Lectionary #61
NOTE: In some places, the Ascension is celebrated on this Sunday, and the assigned texts for the Seventh Sunday of Easter are not used. The readings for this Sunday focus on the notion of witness: its cost, its challenge, and its reward.
Acts 7:55-60. Stephen may have been one of those Gentile converts to Judaism who then became a Christian. This group became the focus of discussion at the Council of Jerusalem. Arrested for teaching heresy, he was stoned to death--the punishment that the Torah required. Even as he was dying, he practiced the mercy and forgiveness that Jesus taught and practiced.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (96) 97
This enthronement hymn, praising YHWH as king of the nation, also hails the God of Israel as “Most High over all the earth.”
El Señor Reina (Cortés) FYC 239
The Lord Is King (Cooney) GP 240/SP4 46/MI-BB
The Lord Is King (Guimont) GC 94/LPMG 61
The Lord Is King (Proulx/Gelineau) WOR 854/RS 133/LPGG 859
The Lord Is King (Schiavone) LP 83/JS 939
The Lord Is King (Smith) PRM C63/PMB 634
The Lord Is King (Somerville) CBW 222
The Lord Rules Above (Haas) PCY9 30
Common Psalm: Ps (46) 47
See suggestions for Ascension, Year A
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20. The conclusion of the Book of Revelation looks to the return of Christ, who will bring blessing to those “who wash their robes”—the martyrs. United with the Spirit, the church sings “Come, Lord Jesus.”
John 17:20-26. In the prayer for unity from the Last Supper discourse, Jesus prays that his disciples might have the unity shared by the Father and the Son, because they already share in the “glory” that Jesus has received from the Father.
Songs for the Liturgy
All Are Welcome (G) RS 846/GC 753/WC 861/WS/MI-BB
All the Ends of the Earth B Dufford (Ps) GP 683/MI-BB/JS 595/GC 520
All Things New (2,G) GC 427
All Who Love and Serve Your City (2) WOR 621
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (2) WOR 737/CBW 426/WC 707/GP 419/MI-BB/LMGM 67/JS 477/RS 914/GC 853/WS/PMB 352
As a Fire Is Meant for Burning (G) GC 663/RS 779
As Grains of Wheat (G) MI-BB
As the Grains of Wheat (G) GC 825/RS 921
As We Gather at Your Table (G) RS 848/CBW 583
*At That First Eucharist (G) WOR 733/WC 622/LMGM 134/RS 922/GC 852/GP 511/WS/PMB 292
*Bread of Life, Hope of the World, v 3 (G) JS 819/GC 821/MI-BB/CBW 597/GP 498
Break Not the Circle of Enabling Love (G) CBW 524
Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow (G) CBW 525
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (G) WOR 617/RS 778/GC 662/CBW 430/WC 749/MI-BB/PMB 384/JS 780
Christ Is the King (G) WOR 500/RS 630/GC 481/CBW 387/JS 848
Come to Set Us Free (2) GC 338/GP 298
Come, We That Love the Lord (2) WOR 552
Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race (G) GC 739/RS 837
Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (G) WOR 731/RS 917/JS 797/MI-BB
*Eternal Christ, Who, Kneeling (G) HG 104
Father, We Thank Thee (G) WOR 558/RS 705/GC 568/CBW 528/WC 621/WS/PMB 316
Filled with the Spirit's Power (G) CBW 413
Freedom Is Coming (2) RS 821/GC 723/WC 930/WS
Gather Us In (G) WOR 665/GC 744/MI-BB/WC 860/RS 850/CBW 587/WS
Gather Us Together (G) CBW 601/GP 534/MI-BB/JS 801
Glorious in Majesty (1,Ps,2) WOR 619/RS 791/GC 671
God Is Love (G) JS 749/CBW 591/MI-BB/LMGM 241/RS 744/GC 629/GP 647
God Made from One Blood (G) RS 824
God of All People (2) GC 331/CBW 314
Holy Spirit (G) MI-BB
I Come with Joy, v 3 (G) WC 855/WOR 726/CBW 424/RS 854/GC 806/WS/PMB 320
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (2) WOR 607/MI-BB/LMGM 41, 60/WC 835/JS 729/RS 768/GC 646/GP 633/WS/PMB 452
In Christ There Is a Table Set for All (2) GC 749/RS 836
Jesus Is Our King (G) LMGM 91
Life-Giving Bread, Saving Cup (G) GC 822/RS 920
Lord Christ, the Father's Mighty Son (G) WOR 658
*Lord, Who at Your First Eucharist (G) CBW 605/MI-BB/JS 826
Many Are the Light Beams (G) GC 736/RS 841
Marana, Tha! -- Westphal (2) BB
Maranatha! Alleluia! (2) WOR 454
My Lord Will Come Again (2) GC 769
O Christ, the Great Foundation (2,G) WOR 618/RS 781, 782/CBW 527
O God of Every Nation (G) WOR 650/RS 834
One Bread, One Body (G) GP 499/GC 830/MI-BB/LMGM 139/WC 640/JS 820/RS 915/WS
One Lord (G) MI-BB/GP 453
Out of Darkness B Walker (G) MI-BB/JS 765/GC 689/GP 574
Priestly People, vss 3-4 (2) WC 750/WS/PMB 383
Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Ps,2) WOR 493/MI-BB/LMGM 93/WC 726/JS 478/RS 627/GC 487/PMB 355
Send Us Your Spirit (G) GC 470/MI-BB/RS 612/GP 410/JS 462
Sing a New Church (G) MI-BB/GP 572
*Sing to the Lord (Ps) MI-BB/CBW 569
Soon and Very Soon (2) LMGM 4/GC 770/WC 933/JS 683/MI-BB/RS 870/GP 723/WS/PMB 513
The Broken Body (G) GC 737
The Church's One Foundation (G) CBW 604/GP 573/MI-BB/WC 747/GC 661/JS 779/WS/PMB 385
The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (2) WOR 373/WC 448, 453/JS 319/BB/LMGM 1/RS 497/GC 320/CBW 318/GP 307/WS/PMB 186
There Is One Lord (G) WOR 657/GP 453/GC 809/RS 835/WC 599/MI-BB/WS/PMB 287/JS 699
*They'll Know We Are Christians (G) WC 764/JS 849/MI-BB/GC 735/GP 568/WS/PMB 390
This Is the Feast of Victory (1,2) WOR 458/WC 886/MI-BB/RS 583/GC 429/CBW 396/WC 917/JS 428 /WS/PMB 489
Thy Kingdom Come (2) GP 719/GC 656/RS 776
Ubi Caritas (G) WOR 604/CBW 67, 376/GC 408, 631/WC 807, 810, 815/JS 753, 754, 805/MI-BB/RS 746, 752/GP 364, 365/WS/PMB 428, 430
*Wake the Song of Jubilee (Ps,2) WC 932/PMB 514
We Are Many Parts (G) GC 733/WC 763/MI-BB/RS 840/WS
We Know That Christ Is Raised (2) WOR 721/WC 564/RS 906/CBW 398
*When We Eat This Bread (2) JS 823/MI-BB/GP 510
Where Charity and Love Prevail (G) WC 808, 814/GC 625/MI-BB/JS 756/RS 747/GP 644/WS/PMB 424, 429