6 May 2026 (Wednesday) | Easter Weekday | Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

6 May 2026 (Wednesday)

Easter Weekday.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter.

First Reading: Acts 15: 1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 ℟. 1 or: ℟. Alleluia.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 15: 4a, 5b
Gospel: John 15: 1-8
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White or Gold.

The Word of the day is a daily podcast featuring the readings in the Vatican liturgical calendar accompanied by a commentary from one of the Popes of recent times.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Acts 15: 1-6

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

1 And some coming down from Judea, taught the brethren: That except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved.
2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small contest with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of the other side, should go up to the apostles and priests to Jerusalem about this question.
3 They therefore being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice, and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and ancients, declaring how great things God had done with them.
5 But there arose some of the sect of the Pharisees that believed, saying: They must be circumcised, and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter.

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

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 ℟. 1 or: ℟. Alleluia.

R. (1) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
4ab For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.
4cd the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.
R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
or
R. Alleluia.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 15: 4a, 5b
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
4a, 5b Remain in me as I remain in you, says the Lord. Whoever remains in me will bear much fruit.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: John 15: 1-8

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

1 I am the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
5 I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth.
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.

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

For our reflection today:

The words of the Popes.

Today the Gospel offers us the moment in which Jesus introduces himself as the true vine and invites us to abide in him so as to bear much fruit (cf. Jn 15:1-8). The vine is a plant whose branches form the whole; and the branches are only fruitful insofar as they are joined with the vine. This relationship is the secret of Christian life and John the Evangelist expresses this with the word ‘abide’, which is repeated seven times in today’s passage. “Abide in me”, says the Lord; abide in the Lord. It means abiding in the Lord in order to find the courage to step outside of ourselves, from our comfort zone, from our limited and protected spaces, in order to cast ourselves into the open sea of the needs of others and to give a wide range to our Christian witness in the world. This courage to step outside ourselves and to advance the needs of others is born from faith in the Risen Lord and from the certainty that his Spirit accompanies our history. One of the ripest fruits that springs from communion with Christ is, in fact, the commitment to charity for our neighbour, loving brothers and sisters with self-sacrifice, to the point of the final consequences, as Jesus loved us. (Pope Francis, Regina Caeli, 29 April 2018)

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)