Today the Church celebrates the Fifth Sunday of Easter. The assigned readings are Acts 9:26-31, 1 John 3:18-24, and John 15:1-8. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 22 (Psalm 22:26-28, 30-32).
For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:
YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 22 "Praise and Thanksgiving to an Ever-Faithful God"
Today’s Gospel reading is as follows:
Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”
Reflections on these readings:
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 6, 2012)
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for May 6, 2012: 5th Sunday of Easter (5 MAY 12)
Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.: Bearing Much Fruit
The Quiet Corner: The saving love of Jesus will span the centuries (3 MAY 12)
The Lectionary: Finding strength in the risen Christ (Fifth Sunday of Easter B) (3 MAY 12)
Dr. Scott Hahn: On the Vine (May 6th 2012 - Fifth Sunday of Easter)
The Word Encountered: Radical Faith (Fifth Sunday of Easter B)
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