Sixth Sunday of Easter
Reading 1
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Philip went down to the city of Samaria
and proclaimed the Christ to them.
With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip
when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing.
For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice,
came out of many possessed people,
and many paralyzed or crippled people were cured.
There was great joy in that city.
Now when the apostles in Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God,
they sent them Peter and John,
who went down and prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
for it had not yet fallen upon any of them;
they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then they laid hands on them
and they received the Holy Spirit.
Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20Responsorial Psalm
R. (1) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,
sing praise to the glory of his name;
proclaim his glorious praise.
Say to God, “How tremendous are your deeds!”
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
“Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,
sing praise to your name!”
Come and see the works of God,
his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
He has changed the sea into dry land;
through the river they passed on foot;
therefore let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his might forever.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare
what he has done for me.
Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness!
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
1 Pt 3:15-18Reading 2
Beloved:
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an explanation
to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope,
but do it with gentleness and reverence,
keeping your conscience clear,
so that, when you are maligned,
those who defame your good conduct in Christ
may themselves be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good,
if that be the will of God, than for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh,
he was brought to life in the Spirit.
Jn 14:15-21Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,
because it neither sees nor knows him.
But you know him, because he remains with you,
and will be in you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
In a little while the world will no longer see me,
but you will see me, because I live and you will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father
and you are in me and I in you.
Whoever has my commandments and observes them
is the one who loves me.
And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”
Catholic Fundamentalism Interpretation:
Amazingly, Philip was able to speak without interruption, they listened closely to him. (Prompted by The Holy Wireless Connector?)
When they saw his power to clean human programs of corrupting viruses, which came out of them complaining loudly,
and they saw that he could restore nerve, muscle, and bone programs, there was great joy in Samaria.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the city had accepted The Loving Programmer’s new download, they sent Peter and John to them. They went, and prayed for them, that they might receive The Holy Wireless Connector, for it had not fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the Name of The Program, Jesus Christ, who came to earth in perfect, obedient, human form. They laid hands on them, and they received The Holy Wireless Connector and were joined with The Loving Programmer and The Program.
Let all the sub-programs within The Creation Program cry out with joy to The Loving Programmer.
Sing praise to The Loving Programmer’s glorious Name.
Say to The Loving Programmer, "How wonderful are the programs you have written and downloaded!"
Let all the sub-programs within The Creation Program cry out with joy to The Loving Programmer.
Come, and see God’s programming, in action, how much more powerful He is than us human programs.
Let all the sub-programs within The Creation Program cry out with joy to The Loving Programmer.
He re-wrote the programs that kept the Red Sea in place, giving dry land to the freed Hebrews. Let us rejoice in Him forever. He rules by His Programming Power forever.
Let all the sub-programs within The Creation Program cry out with joy to The Loving Programmer.
Those who fear His Power, listen while I describe the programming restorations and alterations He has downloaded for me. Blessed be The Loving Programmer who refused me nothing, neither my prayer nor His kindness.
Let all the sub-programs within The Creation Program cry out with joy to The Loving Programmer.
Beloved,
Make Christ (The Living Program, who came among us in perfect, loving, human, obedient form) the rule by which you do your human programming and operating. Always be ready to tell others that He is the reason for your hope, but do it gently and reverently, not diminishing the power of your testimony by sinning. That way, when you are mocked, they will be put to shame, (for they cannot stop sinning). It is better to suffer for doing good, if that is The Loving Programmer’s will, than (to suffer) for doing evil. For Christ, The Living Program Who came among us in perfect, obedient, human form, had suffered once for our errors, the righteous for the sake of those who were not righteous so that He could lead you to The Loving Programmer. He was put to death in His Body, but The Program was restored by The Holy Wireless Connector.
Jesus said to His disciples, "If you love Me, you will obey My operating instructions. And, I will ask The Loving Programmer and He will give you another Advocate to bring you to Him and Him to you forever.
The Holy Wireless Connector is the Spirit of Truth, whom the worldly cannot download, because the world neither sees nor knows Him.
But, you know Him, because He remains with you, and He will download Himself within you. I will not abandon you, I will come to you.
In a little while, the worldly will no longer be able to see Me, but you will be able to access My Presence because we will both live.
On that day, you will understand that The Program is in My Father, The Loving Programmer and you are in The Program and The Program is in you (especially through the Eucharist).
Whoever downloads My operating instructions and observes (obeys?) them is the one who loves Me. And, whoever loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and let Myself be downloaded within him."
