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- Study, Pray, Serve: PentecostPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-301599.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-301599.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-301599.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21724" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
There are MANY choices for Mass readings on the feast of Pentecost, so let’s focus on the themes we find in the Gospel options.
Vigil Mass: John 7:37-39
- Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah, saying that he satisfies the thirsty with living water.
- His disciples later understand that this refers to the gift of the Holy Spirit after the Lord is glorified.
Mass during the Day: John 20:19-23
- Jesus appears to the disciples after his resurrection saying, “Peace be with you.”
- The Lord then breathes on them saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Mass during the Day (2nd Option): John 14:15-16,23b-26
- Jesus teaches that we keep his commandments out of our love for God.
- We are promised the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, who will teach us everything and remind us of what the Lord taught.
Mass Readings – Pentecost (#63)
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7 min - The Ascension of the Lord. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-325117-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-325117-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-325117-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21731" />Photo by Summer Stock on Pexels.com
Before he ascends into heaven, Jesus promises the disciples that the power of the Holy Spirit will come upon them to be Christ’s witnesses to the ends of the earth.
Mass Readings – The Ascension of the Lord (#58)
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8 min - The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-8349109-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-8349109-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-8349109-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21718" />Photo by Marina M on Pexels.com
The encounter between Mary and Elizabeth reveals the coming of Jesus Christ, inviting us to seek out our own encounters with the Lord in prayer, sacrament, and Adoration.
Mass Readings – Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (#572)
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
7 min - Daily Mass: Paul receives a vision to persevere in Corinth. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10121077-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10121077-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10121077-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21707" />Photo by Guillaume Hankenne on Pexels.com
The Lord speaks to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid. Go on speaking and do not be silent for I am with you!”
Mass Readings – Friday of the 6th Week of Easter (#295)
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7 min - Daily Mass: Paul arrives in Corinth and preaches with renewed intensity. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-28180592-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-28180592-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-28180592-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21699" />Photo by Antigoni Ntella on Pexels.com
Paul arrives in Corinth and immediately begins to pour out his life in service for the Gospel by earning a living and preaching the Good News.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 6th Week of Easter (#294)
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St. Paul VI, pray for us!
6 min - Daily Mass: Paul’s preaching in Athens. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-164336.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-164336.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-164336.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21692" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
Paul’s failure in Athens does not lead to discouragement; rather, he remains faithful to Christ and continues to preach the Gospel in other cities.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter (#293)
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8 min - Daily Mass: Even from prison, Paul preaches the Good News. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10473520-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10473520-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-10473520-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21687" />Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com
Beaten with rods and thrown into prison, Paul and Silas pray and sing hymns during an earthquake and lead the jailer to faith in Christ.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 6th Week of the Year (#292)
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St. Augustine of Canterbury, pray for us!
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Paul travels in the region of Macedonia to Philippi, successfully preaching the Gospel for the first time in Europe.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 6th Week of Easter (#291)
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St. Philip Neri, pray for us!
7 min - Study, Pray, Serve: The Ascension of the LordPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-14067123-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-14067123-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pexels-photo-14067123-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21668" />Photo by Jaxon Castellan on Pexels.com
Let’s examine some of the themes we find in the Mass readings for the Ascension of the Lord.
1st Reading – Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11
- Jesus speaks to the apostles after his resurrection and instructs them to wait for the Holy Spirit.
- The Lord ascends into the sky, and two men dressed in white garments tell the disciples that Jesus has been taken up into heaven.
Psalm – 47:2-3,6-9
- “God mounts his throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord.”
- God reigns over all the nations as the people sing joyful praise.
2nd Reading – Ephesians 1:17-23
- We are enlightened by the surpassing power of Christ.
- All authority has been given to the Lord, who is head over all the church.
2nd Reading – Hebrews 9:24-28,10:19-23
- Christ offered his life once for all to take away sin.
- Our trust in the Lord empowers us to hope and hold fast to our confession of faith.
Gospel – Luke 24:46-53
- Speaking to the disciples, Jesus affirms how it was written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead.
- The Lord blesses the disciples and is taken up into heaven.
Mass Readings – The Ascension of the Lord (#58)
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13 min - 6th Sunday of Easter: Christ gives us his peace. Catholic Inspiration
Longing for peace in our lives, we call upon the Holy Spirit to receive Christ’s promise of a peace unlike anything we can find in this world.
Mass Readings – 6th Sunday of Easter (#57)
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