Maj 3, 2015

First Reading

The Acts of the Apostles 9: 26-31

9:26	Och när han hade kommit till Jerusalem, han försökte ansluta sig till lärjungarna. Och de var alla rädda för honom, utan att tro att han var en lärjunge.
9:27	Men Barnabas tog honom åt sidan och ledde honom till apostlarna. Och han förklarade för dem hur han hade sett Herren, och att han hade talat med honom, och hur, i Damaskus, han hade handlat troget i Jesu namn.
9:28	Och han var med dem, in och ut i Jerusalem, och handla troget i Herrens namn.
9:29	Han talade också med hedningarna och tvistade med grekerna. Men de försökte döda honom.
9:30	Och när bröderna hade insett detta, de förde honom till Caesarea och skickade honom till Tarsus.
9:31	Säkert, Kyrkan hade fred i hela Judéen och Galileen och Samaria, och det byggdes upp, medan han vandrade i Herrens fruktan, och den fylldes av den helige Andes tröst.

Second Reading

A Reading from the First Letter of Saint John 3: 18-24

3:18	My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.
3:19	På det här sättet, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight.
3:20	For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
3:21	Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;
3:22	and whatever we shall request of him, we shall receive from him. For we keep his commandments, and we do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
3:23	And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Kristus, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
3:24	And those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And we know that he abides in us by this: av Anden, whom he has given to us.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to John 15: 1-8

15:1	“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
15:2	Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit.
15:3	You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you.
15:4	Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are you unable, unless you abide in me.
15:5	I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing.
15:6	If anyone does not abide in me, he will be cast away, like a branch, and he will wither, and they will gather him and cast him into the fire, and he burns.
15:7	If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
15:8	In this, my Father is glorified: that you should bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.