15 May 2026 (Friday) | Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter | Easter Weekday | Saint Isidore the Farmer, Married Man

15 May 2026 (Friday)

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter.
Easter Weekday/ Saint Isidore the Farmer, Married Man

First Reading: Acts 18: 9-18
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 ℟. 8a or: ℟. Alleluia.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Luke 24: 46, 26
Gospel: John 16: 20-23
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White or Gold.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Acts 18: 9-18

(Reader) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, by a vision: Do not fear, but speak; and hold not thy peace,
10 Because I am with thee: and no man shall set upon thee, to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city.
11 And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13 Saying: This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
14 And when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some matter of injustice, or an heinous deed, O Jews, I should with reason bear with you.
15 But if they be questions of word and names, and of your law, look you to it: I will not be judge of such things.
16 And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17 And all laying hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, beat him before the judgment seat; and Gallio cared for none of those things.
18 But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae: for he had a vow.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.
(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 ℟. 8a or: ℟. Alleluia.

R. (8a) God is king of all the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
2 O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of Joy,
3 For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
4 He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.
5 He hath chosen for us his inheritance the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
6 God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
7 Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.
R. God is king of all the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Luke 24: 46, 26
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
46, 26 Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and so enter into his glory.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: John 16: 20-23

(Reader) A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

20 Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22 So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you.
23 And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you.

(Reader) The Gospel of the Lord.
(All) Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

For our reflection today:

The words of the Popes.

And we must be truthful with ourselves: not all of Christian life is a celebration. Not all of it! We weep, very often we weep. When you are sick; when you have a problem in the family, with your son, with your daughter, your wife, your husband; when you realize that your salary won’t last until the end of the month and you have a sick child; when you realize you cannot pay your mortgage and have to move out… So many problems, so many that we have. But Jesus tells us: “Do not be afraid!” “Yes, you will be sad, you will weep, and there will even be people who take pleasure in this, people who are against you”.  “Your sadness will turn into joy”. But it is difficult, when you go to a man or woman who is sick, who is suffering a lot, to say: “Take heart! Take heart! Tomorrow you will have joy!” No, you cannot say this. We must make them feel how Jesus made them feel. We too, when we are in the midst of darkness, seeing nothing: “I know, Lord, that this sorrow will turn into joy. I don’t know how, but I know it!” An act of faith in the Lord. An act of faith! To be courageous in suffering and to think that afterwards comes the Lord, afterwards comes joy, after the darkness comes the sun. May the Lord give all of us. This joy in hope. (Pope Francis, Homily at Santa Marta, 30 May 2014)

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi / Most High Servant,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih / Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 
(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

My vocation is Blessed and Saints.

"I am the most humble of all the Saints in Heaven" Mary, Mother of God."

"I am the handmaid of the Lord, said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me."

Mother Mary is the most humble Saint in Heaven and she is also the Mother of God for us all
(Luke 1:38)