16 May 2026 (Saturday) | Easter Weekday | Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter

16 May 2026 (Saturday)

Easter Weekday.
Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter.

First Reading: Acts 18: 23-28
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 ℟. 8a or: ℟. Alleluia.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 16: 28
Gospel: John 16: 23b-28
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White or Gold.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Acts 18: 23-28

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

Apollos established from the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.

After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence   through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples.A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria,  an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,   with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,   although he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue;   but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,   they took him aside   and explained to him the Way of God more accurately. And when he wanted to cross to Achaia,  the brothers encouraged him  and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance   to those who had come to believe through grace. He vigorously refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus. The word of the Lord.

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

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 47:2-3, 8-9, 10 ℟. 8a or: ℟. Alleluia.

All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with cries of gladness. For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome, is the great king over all the earth.
℟. God is king of all the earth. or: ℟. Alleluia.
For king of all the earth is God; sing hymns of praise. God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne.
℟. God is king of all the earth. or: ℟. Alleluia.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together   with the people of the God of Abraham. For God’s are the guardians of the earth; he is supreme.
℟. God is king of all the earth. or:℟. Alleluia.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 16: 28
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
(25. I have been telling you these things in veiled language. The hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language but tell you about the Father in plain words. 26. When that day comes you will ask in my name; and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,27. because the Father himself loves you for loving me, and believing that I came from God.28. I came from the Father and have come into the world and now I am leaving the world to go to the Father.' 29. His disciples said, 'Now you are speaking plainly and not using veiled language.30. Now we see that you know everything and need not wait for questions to be put into words; because of this we believe that you came from God.')

Gospel: John 16: 23b-28

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

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. “I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures   but I will tell you clearly about the Father. On that day you will ask in my name,   and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you. For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me   and have come to believe that I came from God.I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.

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

For our reflection today:

The words of the Popes.

We can say that this passage of the Gospel of John is the declaration of ascent to the Father. The Father was always present in Jesus's life , and Jesus spoke about Him. Jesus prayed to the Father. And many times, He spoke about the Father who cares for us, as He cares for the birds, the lilies of the field… the Father. And when the disciples asked to learn how to pray, Jesus taught them to pray to the Father: “Our Father” (Mt 6:9). He always addresses the Father. But in this passage it is very strong; it is also as if He opened the doors of the omnipotence of prayer. This trust in the Father, trust in the Father who is capable of doing everything, This courage to pray, because it takes courage to pray! Praying is going with Jesus to the Father who will give you everything. Courage in prayer, boldness in prayer. (Pope Francis, Homily Santa Marta, 10 May 2020)

Pope Francis 11.05.13 
Holy Mass, Santa Marta         
John  16: 23-28   

Jesus’ wounds are still present on this earth. If we are to recognize them we must come out of ourselves and reach out to our needy brethren, to the sick, the ignorant, the poor and the exploited.

“It means coming out of ourselves”, made possible by prayer, “to the Father in the name of Jesus”. Instead the prayer that “bores us” is “always within us, like a thought that comes and goes, but true prayer is... an exodus from ourselves towards the Father, made “with the intercession of Jesus”.

But how can we recognize Jesus’ wounds? How can we trust in them if we cannot identify them? “Unless we can come out of ourselves towards those wounds, we shall never learn the freedom that brings us to the other way out of ourselves, through the wounds of Jesus”.

The first is “towards the wounds of Jesus, the other is towards the wounds of our brothers and sisters. And this is the path that Jesus wants us to take in prayer”. “If you ask anything of the Father he will give it to you in my name” (Jn16: 23-28). Jesus is disarmingly clear. In these words there is something new, “in my name”.

What does “in my name” mean? It is a new element which Jesus reveals at the Ascension. Jesus, in rising to the Father, left the door open. Not because “he forgot to close it”, but because “he himself is the door”. It is he, our intercessor; so he says: “in my name”. In our prayers let us ask the Father in Jesus’ name: “Look at your Son and do this for me! 

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)