Reading 1, Revelation 21:9-14

⁹ One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.'

¹⁰ In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.

¹¹ It had all the glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond.

¹² Its wall was of a great height and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an angel, and over the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel;

¹³ on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

¹⁴ The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18

¹⁰ All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.

¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingship and tell of your might,

¹² making known your mighty deeds to the children of Adam, the glory and majesty of your kingship.

¹³ Your kingship is a kingship for ever, your reign lasts from age to age. Yahweh is trustworthy in all his words, and upright in all his deeds.

¹⁷ Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.

¹⁸ He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.

Gospel, John 1:45-51

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.'

⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, 'From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?' Philip replied, 'Come and see.'

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, 'There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.'

⁴⁸ Nathanael asked, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.'

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.'

⁵⁰ Jesus replied, 'You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that.'

⁵¹ And then he added, 'In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.'

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