20 May 2026 (Wednesday) | Easter Weekday | Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest, Religious, Missionary | Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter

20 May 2026 (Wednesday)

Easter Weekday/ Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest, Religious, Missionary.
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Acts 20: 28-38
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab ℟. 33a or: ℟. Alleluia.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 17: 17b, 17a
Gospel: John 17: 11b-19
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White or Gold.

First Reading: Acts 20: 28-38

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

28 Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29 I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that for three years I ceased not, with tears to admonish every one of you night and day.
32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up, and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.
33 I have not coveted any man’s silver, gold, or apparel, as
34 You yourselves know: for such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished.
35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.
36 And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with them all.
37 And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
38 Being grieved most of all for the word which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his way to the ship.

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

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab ℟. 33a or: ℟. Alleluia.

R. (33a) Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
29 Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
30 From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
R. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
33 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
34-35a Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
R. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.
35bc Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
36ab God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people.
R. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth.
or
R. Alleluia.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 17: 17b, 17a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
17 Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: John 17: 11b-19

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

11b Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou has given me; that they may be one, as we also are.
12 While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled.
13 And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world; as I also am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from evil.
16 They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19 And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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

For our reflection today:

The words of the Popes.

Divisions among Christians, while they wound the Church, wound Christ; and divided, we cause a wound to Christ: the Church is indeed the body of which Christ is the Head. We know well how much Jesus had at heart that his disciples should remain united in his love. It suffices to consider his words, written in the 17th Chapter of the Gospel according to John, in Jesus’ prayer to the Father when his passion was imminent: “Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one” (Jn 17:11). This unity was already threatened while Jesus was still among them: in the Gospel, in fact, it is recorded that the Apostles argued among themselves about who was the greatest, the most important (cf. Lk 9:46). The Lord, however, emphatically insisted on unity in the name of the Father, allowing us to understand how much more credible our proclamation and our witness will be if we are first able to live in communion and to love each other. (Pope Francis, General Audience, 8 October 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)