May 28th : Gospel As the Father sent me, so am I sending you: receive the Holy SpiritA Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.John 20:19-23

May 28th :  Gospel 

As the Father sent me, so am I sending you: receive the Holy Spirit

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.John 20:19-23

In the evening of the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.

‘As the Father sent me,

so am I sending you.’

After saying this he breathed on them and said:

‘Receive the Holy Spirit.

For those whose sins you forgive,

they are forgiven;

for those whose sins you retain,

they are retained.’

The Word of the Lord.