Seventh Sunday of Easter

Today the Church celebrates the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The assigned readings are Acts 1:12-14, 1 Peter 4:13-16, and John 17:1-11. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 27 (Psalm 27:1, 4, 7-8).

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

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 66 "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy" 

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began.

"I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you gave me is from you, because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you."

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Seventh Sunday Of Easter (May 28, 2017)

The Sacred Page: Seventh Sunday of Easter (24 MAY 17)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Between Ascension and Pentecost (Seventh Sunday of Easter A)

The Word Embodied: The Beyond (Seventh Sunday of Easter A)

Historical Cultural Context: The Meaning and Types of Prayer (Seventh Sunday of Easter A)