A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 15:26–16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Beloved: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts.
Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
The Apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole Church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.
After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and said to the Apostles and the presbyters, “My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you that through my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the Gospel and believe.
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you.