The Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16; 8: 6-7
BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills.
My love is like a gazelle, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the window, he peers through the opening.
My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.
'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.'
My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies.
BELOVED: Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death, passion as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of Yahweh himself.
Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown. Were a man to offer all his family wealth to buy love, contempt is all that he would gain.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 103: 1-2, 8, 13, 17-18
[Of David] Bless Yahweh, my soul, from the depths of my being, his holy name;
bless Yahweh, my soul, never forget all his acts of kindness.
Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger and rich in faithful love;
As tenderly as a father treats his children, so Yahweh treats those who fear him;
But Yahweh's faithful love for those who fear him is from eternity and for ever; and his saving justice to their children's children;
as long as they keep his covenant, and carefully obey his precepts.
Response: The Lord is kind and merciful, or the Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.
Psalm 112: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9
Alleluia! How blessed is anyone who fears Yahweh, who delights in his commandments!
His descendants shall be powerful on earth, the race of the honest shall receive blessings:
Riches and wealth for his family; his uprightness stands firm for ever.
For the honest he shines as a lamp in the dark, generous, tender-hearted, and upright.
All goes well for one who lends generously, who is honest in all his dealing;
for all time to come he will not stumble, for all time to come the upright will be remembered.
Bad news holds no fears for him, firm is his heart, trusting in Yahweh.
His heart held steady, he has no fears, till he can gloat over his enemies.
To the needy he gives without stint, his uprightness stands firm for ever; his reputation is founded on strength.
Response: Happy are those who do what the Lord commands
Psalm 145: 8-9, 10, 15, 17-18
Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger, full of faithful love.
Yahweh is generous to all, his tenderness embraces all his creatures.
All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.
All look to you in hope and you feed them with the food of the season.
Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.
He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.
Response: The Lord is compassionate to all creatures.
Second Reading
Colossians 3:12-17
As the chosen of God, then, the holy people whom he loves, you are to be clothed in heartfelt compassion, in generosity and humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with one another; forgive each other if one of you has a complaint against another. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same.
Over all these clothes, put on love, the perfect bond.
And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it is for this that you were called together in one body. Always be thankful.
Let the Word of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God;
and whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him.
Alleluia
1 John 4:16
Those who live in love, live in God, and God in them.
Gospel
John 15:9-12
I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.
John 17:20-26
I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me.
May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognize that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.
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