Pentecost, Sunday May 15th, will be a special day – but we need your help!

We need people to read the Gospel for that day in as many languages as possible. We’ve had a few volunteer that they have a working knowledge of Spanish, German, Italian, French, and even Greek and Latin. We could use some more readers, especially native speakers. This would be a great opportunity to invite someone to come with you that day, so if you know someone who speaks a language other than English, please offer them the opportunity.

This is the Gospel that Father Ted will read:

John 14:8-17

Philip said to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

“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 forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.”

There are a lot of language resources online, but this website yielded th biggest variety of languages, in a highly readable format.

So far, I’ve gathered readings in Spanish, German, French, Italian, Latin, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish, Tagalog, Modern Hebrew, and Thai. There are several African languages available, along with Maori, Chinese, and even Esperanto.

Please email me, Ginny Gibbs, if you’re interested in being a reader.