(WORD, THEMES AND PROMISES)
READINGS (Cycle B, Year II)
May 5, 2024 – Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/ Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4/ 1 Jn 4:7-10/ Jn 15:9-17
May 12, 2024 – Acts 1:1-11/ Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9/ Eph 1:17-23/ Mk 16:15-20
May 19, 2024 – Acts 2:1-11/ Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34/ 1 Cor 12:3B-7, 12-13/ Jn 20:19-23
May 26, 2024 – Dt 4:32-34, 39-40/ Ps 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22/ Rom 8:14-17/ Mt 28:16-20
COMMUNITY WORD
The Holy Spirit empowers us to remain in God’s love and bear fruit.
ORDER
“Love one another as I love you.” (Jn 15:12)
PROPHECIES:
1. Keep My commandments and you will remain in My love.
2. Be My witnesses and I am with you always.
3. Love one another and remain in Me so that your community will be vibrant; it will prosper and yield much fruit.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Invoke the Holy Spirit in prayer to gain wisdom and understanding.
2. Be proclaimers and doers of God’s word.
3. Show no partiality in sharing God’s mercy and blessings.
THEMES AND PROMISES
Week#1 (6th Sunday of Easter)
Theme: We remain in God’s love and bear fruit when we decide to love one another.
Promise: “…whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.” (Jn 15:16b)
Week#2 (The Ascension of the Lord)
Theme: We remain in God’s love and bear fruit when we evangelize and spread the Good News.
Promise: “…you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon you.” (Acts 1:8a)
Week#3 (Pentecost Sunday)
Theme: We remain in God’s love and bear fruit when we use our spiritual gifts to upbuild the body of Christ.
Promise: “When you send forth your spirit…you renew the face of the earth.” (Ps 104:30)
Week#4 (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)
Theme: We remain in God’s love and bear fruit when we are in communion with the Holy Trinity.
Promise: “…I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Mt 28:20b)