THE GOSPEL
John 15:9-17Love one another as I love you.
They were his close friends.
He had chosen them.
So, sad were they.
And sad
was he
that
he must
leave the earth.
Yet he loved them so much
he could not lose them from his life.
He would place his Spirit deep within them.
And within the rest of us.
Soul
of Jesus,
constant companion,
teacher of all good, remind us
what Jesus said and did, and who he is;
how he loves us and makes his home within us.
And the thing that he asks is that we love one another.
THE FIRST READING
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
The Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the word.
The Spirit,
the one that fell upon those
who listened as Peter
preached,
that same Spirit sings
in the streams of
our lives;
cries
out
within the hungry, the immigrant,
the discriminated,
the trafficked,
the children
left alone;
the warming planet,
the lost and lonely:
whispers
inside
our souls.
Lord, unplug our hearts
so that we can
hear.
