Sixth Sunday of Easter

Today the Church celebrates the Sixth Sunday of Easter. The assigned readings are Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4:7-10; and John 15:9-17. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 98 (Psalm 98:1-4).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Psalm 98: The Lord Has Revealed (Mark Haas)

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflections: Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 6, 2018)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 6, 2018)

Community in Mission: On the Paradoxical Connection Between Love and Law - A Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter (5 MAY 18)

The Sacred Page: All You Need is Love! 6th Sunday of Easter (1 MAY 18)

The Sacred Page:Jesus’ Commandment: Love One Another (The Mass Readings Explained) (30 APR 18)

St. Paul Center: Begotten By Love: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Father George William Rutler Homilies: 2018-05-06 - Sixth Sunday of Easter

Word on Fire: God's Marvelous Choice (Cycle B * Easter * Week 6)

Spirituality of the Readings: Gone for Good? (Sixth Sunday of Easter)

In Exile: Our Need to Pray (Sixth Sunday of Easter)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Who Loves First? (Sixth Sunday of Easter
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The Word Encountered: Hankering after the "Old Faith" (Sixth Sunday of Easter
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Historical Cultural Context: God the Patron (Sixth Sunday of Easter)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Thomas More (Sixth Sunday of Easter)