Summary: Jesus told his disciples that the world would reject them as it rejected him. They would suffer for his name, because the world does not know the One who sent him.
Gospel Acclamation: We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the white-robed army of martyrs praise you. (Te Deum)
Jesus said to his disciples: “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the One who sent me.”