Praying with the Sunday Gospel 6th Sunday of Easter– year C

Praying with the Sunday Gospel
6th Sunday of Easter– year C
John 14:23-29
“A peace the world cannot give is my gift to you”


Jesus said to his disciples:
‘If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him,
and we shall come to him and make our home with him.
Those who do not love me do not keep my words.
And my word is not my own:
it is the word of the one who sent me.
I have said these things to you while still with you;
but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all I have said to you.
Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you,
a peace the world cannot give,
this is my gift to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me say: I am going away, and shall return.
If you loved me you would have been glad to know that I am going to
the Father,
for the Father is greater than I.
I have told you this now before it happens,
so that when it does happen you may believe.’



“Speak Lord your servants are listening”
Slowly read the Gospel passage; listening carefully to the story. Read
it intentionally, so as to perceive the small details we can miss on an
initial reading. These small details might be the bridge between the
Gospel Story and the story of your life.

  • What phrase of word resonated with you in your reading of this text?

Happening
Through the lens of the Gospel we now look with compassion at
the story of our lives
Having listened to the text of the Gospel now let it speak to the text
of your life story. Become aware of where this Gospel story is already
alive in your life or in your community. Or maybe you notice where it is
absent in your life? Where might this Gospel story be inviting life and
hope into aspects of your life that long for resurrection and new life?

Hoping
What do you want to say to the Lord in light of what you have
shared, or what you have heard others share during this time of
prayer?
The Gospel always leads us to places of hope, possibility, and new
beginnings. It awakens us too where and what we should be grateful
for. It leads us to where God is waiting and inviting us to grow in
freedom, inner peace and maturity as a disciple. What prayer is in your
heart as you draw to a close this period of prayer?