Jubilate Sunday is the third Sunday after Easter. It is called this because in the liturgy the first line of the introit is “Jubilate Deo omnis terra” (“Shout with joy to God, all the earth”) from Psalm 66 (65).

Watchword for the 4^th Sunday in Easter called “Jubilate” from 2 Corinthians 5:17. The apostle St.Paul writes: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

Old Testament reading from the first book of Moses (Genesis) 1:1-4a. 26-31a.2,1-4a:  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.  ³ And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.  ⁴ God saw that the light was good… ²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”  ²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  ²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”  ²⁹ Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.  ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.  ³¹ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good… Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.  ² By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.  ³ And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.  ⁴ This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

First letter of St. John the 5th chapter:  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.  2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.  3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,  4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

Gospel of St. John the 15th chapter: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. (Joh 15:1-8 NIV)