Mass Readings for May 24, 2024

Revelation 21:1-5
Psalms 95:1-7
John 10:22-30

Revelation 21:1-5
(1) I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. (2) I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. (3) I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. (4) He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.” (5) He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

Psalms 95:1-7
(1) Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! (2) Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs! (3) For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. (4) In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. (5) The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. (6) Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, (7) for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

John 10:22-30
(22) It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem. (23) It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. (24) The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (25) Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me. (26) But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. (27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (28) I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (29) My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. (30) I and the Father are one.”