First Reading - Acts 2:1-11
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, the disciples
were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from
the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the
entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to
them tongues as of fi re, which parted and came to rest on
each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled
them to proclaim.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under
heaven staying in Jerusalem.
At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they
were confused because each one heard them speaking in
his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement
they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
Then how does each of us hear them in his native
language? We are Parthians, Medes and Elamites, inhabitants
of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and
Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of
Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both
Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet
we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts
of God.”
Responsorial - Psalm Ps 104
R –Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth!
* Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great
indeed! How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is
full of your creatures. R.
* May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord
be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; I will be
glad in the Lord. R.
* If you take away their breath, they perish and return
to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth. R.
Second Reading - 1 Cor 12:3-7. 12-13
Brothers and sisters:
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy
Spirit. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the
same Spirit; there are differ ent forms of service but the
same Lord; there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone. To each individual
the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.
As a body is one, though it has many parts, and all the
parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether
Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all
given to drink of one Spirit.
Sequence
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine!
You, of comforters the best;
You, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below.
In our labor, rest most sweet;
Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.
O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of yours,
And our inmost being fill!
Where you are not, we have naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew;
On our dryness, pour your dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away.
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess you, evermore
In your sevenfold gift descend.
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them your salvation, Lord;
Give them joys that never end.
Amen! Alleluia!
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and
kindle in them the fi re of your love.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Jn 20:19-23
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the
doors were locked, where the disciples were for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them,
had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the
Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said
this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy
Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose
sins you retain are retained.”
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