FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
Missa “Cantáte Domino.” “He will teach you all truth.”
Double /White Vestments
“When He the Spirit of truth has come, He will teach you all the truth” (John, 16:13)
INTROIT - Psalm 97: 1-2
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle, alleluia, for the Lord hath done wonderful things, alleluia; He hath revealed His justice in the sight of the Gentiles, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. (Ps. 97: 1) His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory. v. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
COLLECT -
O God, Who makest the faithful to be of one mind and will: grant to Thy people to love that which Thou dost command and to desire that which Thou dost promise, that amid the changes of the world,our hearts may there be fixed where true joys are to be found. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God
Forever and ever.
R.Amen.
EPISTLE - James 1: 17-21
Lesson from the first Epistle of Blessed James the Apostle. Dearly beloved, Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration; begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be some beginning of His creatures. You know, my dearest brethren: And let every man be swift to hear but slow to speak and slow to anger. For the anger of a man worketh not the justice of God. Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL – John 16: 5-14
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: “I go to Him that sent Me: and none of you asketh Me: Whither goest Thou? But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you: but if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He is come, He will convince the world of sin, and of justice and of judgment. Of sin, because they believed not of Me: and of justice, of sin, because they believed not of Me: and of justice, because I go to the Father, and you shall see Me no longer: and of judgment, because the prince of this world is already judged. I have yet many things to say to you; but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will teach you all truth. For He shall not speak of Himself: but what things soever He shall hear He shall speak, and the things that are to come, He shall show you. He shall glorify Me: because He shall receive of Mine and shall show it to you.”
Praise be to Christ
OFFERTORY - Psalm 65: 1-2, 16
Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to His Name: come and hear, and I will tell you, all ye that fear God, what great things the Lord hath done for my soul, alleluia.
SECRET -
O God, who by the holy intercourse of this Sacrifice dost make us partakers of the One Supreme Godhead: grant, we beseech Thee, that as we know Thy truth, so we may follow it by worthy lives. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God
COMMUNION - John 16: 8
When the Paraclete, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will convince the world of sin, and of justice and of judgment, alleluia, alleluia.
POSTCOMMUNION -
Be present with us, O Lord, our God, that by means of these things which we have received in faith, we may be cleansed from our sins and also delivered from all dangers. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God.
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Source – Daily Catholic
Promise of the Paraclete
We know our Lord will not leave His apostles shorthanded for He will send His Spirit, the Holy Ghost which proves the Filioque of the Creed.
Commentary – by: Fr. George Leo Haydock
Commentary on Verse 19: You know, or you are sufficiently instructed in these things. – Let every man be swift to hear the word of God, but slow, or cautious in speaking, especially slow to anger, or to that rash passion of anger, which is never excusable, unless it be through a zeal for God’s honour, and against sin. Wi. – St. James in this epistle does not aim at a regular discourse: he proposes a diversity of moral sentences, which have not much connection with each other. He here instructs the faithful how to behave in conversation. He recommends to them modesty and prudence in their discourses; and rather to be fond of hearing much, than of speaking much; and of practicing the truth, than of preaching it to others. “For not those who understand the law, nor those who preach it are justified before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified before God.” Romans c. ii. 13. C. – A wise man is known by the fewness of his words. Sapiens verbis innotescit paucis. Regl. S. Benedict. c. vii. With hearing, the wise man will become wiser. Sen. lib. ii. de Ira. C. 28. – Anger is a short madness. The best cure is to permit it to subside, and to let our reason have time to reflect upon the propriety of doing what we are at first inclined to. The first motions to anger are frequently indeliberate, and consequently not sinful; but we must be careful to resist as soon as we perceive them, lest they should become too violent, and obtain the consent of our will. C. – Learn of Me, says our Savior, because I am meek and humble of heart. Mat. c. xii. 29. If, says St. Francis de Sales, being stung and bit by detractors and enemies, we fly out, swell, and are enraged, it is a great sign that neither our humility nor meekness are true and sincere, but only apparent and artificial. It is better, says St. Austin, writing to Profuturus, to deny entrance to just and reasonable anger, than to admit it, be it ever so little; because, being once admitted, it is with difficulty driven out again; for it enters as a little twig, and in a moment becomes a beam: and if it can once but get the night of us, and the sun set upon it, which the apostle forbids, it turns into a hatred, from which we have scarcely any means to rid ourselves; for it nourishes itself under a thousand false pretexts, since there was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust. Introduction to a Devout Life, p. 3. c. viii.
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