Readings, May 25 -- Year C - 25 May 2025.

Acts 15:1-2.22-29; Responsorial Psalm Ps 67:2-3,5,6 & 8 (R.v.4); Revelations 21:10-14, 22-23; Gospel John 14:23-29.

The first reading recounts that the apostles amicably resolved the issue of the circumcised and uncircumcised, which was dividing the early Church. The second reading tells how John saw the New Jerusalem, the holy city coming from God out of heaven. Jesus bequeathed peace to his apostles in the gospel as a parting gift. The liturgy reminds us that a lack of understanding creates tensions and conflicts. Amid intractable conflicts around the world, we are charged to always invoke the holy spirit as the principal agent of ending family, communal, and religious feuds.

Introduction

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