Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter - 18/5/2026
First Reading
Acts 19:1-8
Paul arrives in Ephesus and finds disciples who had only received John's baptism. He explains that John baptized for repentance, pointing to Jesus. They are then baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, and upon Paul laying hands on them, they receive the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues and prophesying. Paul then preaches boldly in the synagogue for three months.
They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
He said, “Into what then were you baptized?”
They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. They were about twelve men in all.
He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab
- Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. - But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. - A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
Alleluia
Colossians 3:1
Alleluia, alleluia. If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
John 16:29-33
Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
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