Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 11.19-26
They who were scattered abroad
by the oppression that arose
on account of Stephen
traveled as far as
Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
speaking the word to no one except Jews only.
But there were some among them,
men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
who, when they had come to Antioch,
spoke to the Greeks,
preaching the Lord Jesus.
The hand of the Lord was with them,
and a great number believed
and turned to the Lord.
The report concerning them
came to the ears of the assembly
which was in Jerusalem.
They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,
When he had arrived and seen the grace of God,
he was glad.
He exhorted them all,
that with firmness of heart
they should remain near to the Lord.
For he was a good man,
and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,
and many people were added to the Lord.
Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.
When he had found him,
he brought him to Antioch.
For a whole year they were
gathered together with the assembly,
and taught many people.
It was in Antioch that the disciples
were first called Christians.
Responsorial – Psalm 87.1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 117:1a
R. Praise the Lord all you nations. or R. Alleluia
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
The Lord loves
the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken about you,
city of God.
R. Praise the Lord all you nations. or R. Alleluia
I will record Egypt and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me.
Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia:
“This man was born there.”
Yes, of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one was born in her”;
he will establish her,
the Most High himself, the Lord.
R. Praise the Lord all you nations. or R. Alleluia
They will count, when they enroll the peoples,
“This man was born there.”
Those who sing and those who dance say,
“All my springs are in you.”
R. Praise the Lord all you nations. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 10.22-30
It was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem.
It was winter,
and Jesus was walking in the temple,
in Solomon’s Portico.
So the Jews came around him and said to him,
“How long will you hold us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them,
“I told you, and you do not believe.
The works that I do in my Father’s name,
these testify about me.
But you do not believe,
because you are not of my sheep,
as I told you.
My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them,
and they follow me.
I give eternal life to them.
They will never perish,
and no one will snatch them
out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me,
is greater than all.
No one is able to snatch them
out of my Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one.”
Mass Readings
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 11.1-18
The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea
heard that the Gentiles
had also received the word of God.
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem,
those who were of the circumcision
contended with him, saying,
“You went in to the house of uncircumcised men,
and ate with them!”
But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
“I was in the city of Joppa praying,
and in a trance I saw a vision:
a certain container descending,
like it was a great sheet
let down from heaven by four corners.
It came as far as me.
When I had looked intently at it,
I considered and saw the
four-footed animals of the earth,
wild animals, creeping things,
and birds of the sky.
I also heard a voice saying to me,
‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing
unholy or unclean
has ever entered into my mouth.’
But a voice answered me
the second time out of heaven,
‘What God has cleansed,
Do not call unclean.’
This was done three times,
And then all were drawn up again into heaven.
Behold, immediately three men stood
before the house where I was,
having been sent from Caesarea to me.
The Spirit told me to go with them,
without discriminating.
These six brothers also accompanied me,
and we entered into the man’s house.
He told us how he had seen
the angel standing in his house,
and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa,
and get Simon, who is called Peter,
who will speak to you words
by which you will be saved,
you and all your house.’
As I began to speak,
the Holy Spirit fell on them,
even as on us at the beginning.
I remembered the word of the Lord,
how he said,
‘John indeed baptized in water,
but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’
If then God gave to them the same gift as us,
when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I, that I could withstand God?”
When they heard these things,
they held their peace, and glorified God, saying,
“Then God has also granted
to the Gentiles mind-changing toward life!”
Responsorial – Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 Resp. see 3a)
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 10.1-10
Jesus said:
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
one who does not enter by the door
into the sheepfold,
but climbs up some other way,
that one is a thief and a robber.
But one who enters in by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him,
and the sheep listen to his voice.
He calls his own sheep by name,
and leads them out.
Whenever he brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them,
and the sheep follow him,
for they know his voice.
They will by no means follow a stranger,
but will flee from him;
for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
Jesus spoke this parable to them,
but they did not understand
what he was telling them.
Jesus therefore said to them again,
“Amen, amen, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers,
but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the door.
If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved,
and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
I came that they may have life,
and may have it more abundantly.”
Reading 1 – Acts 11.1-18
The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea
heard that the Gentiles
had also received the word of God.
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem,
those who were of the circumcision
contended with him, saying,
“You went in to the house of uncircumcised men,
and ate with them!”
But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
“I was in the city of Joppa praying,
and in a trance I saw a vision:
a certain container descending,
like it was a great sheet
let down from heaven by four corners.
It came as far as me.
When I had looked intently at it,
I considered and saw the
four-footed animals of the earth,
wild animals, creeping things,
and birds of the sky.
I also heard a voice saying to me,
‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing
unholy or unclean
has ever entered into my mouth.’
But a voice answered me
the second time out of heaven,
‘What God has cleansed,
Do not call unclean.’
This was done three times,
And then all were drawn up again into heaven.
Behold, immediately three men stood
before the house where I was,
having been sent from Caesarea to me.
The Spirit told me to go with them,
without discriminating.
These six brothers also accompanied me,
and we entered into the man’s house.
He told us how he had seen
the angel standing in his house,
and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa,
and get Simon, who is called Peter,
who will speak to you words
by which you will be saved,
you and all your house.’
As I began to speak,
the Holy Spirit fell on them,
even as on us at the beginning.
I remembered the word of the Lord,
how he said,
‘John indeed baptized in water,
but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’
If then God gave to them the same gift as us,
when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was I, that I could withstand God?”
When they heard these things,
they held their peace, and glorified God, saying,
“Then God has also granted
to the Gentiles mind-changing toward life!”
Responsorial – Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 Resp. see 3a)
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 10.1-10
Jesus said:
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
one who does not enter by the door
into the sheepfold,
but climbs up some other way,
that one is a thief and a robber.
But one who enters in by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him,
and the sheep listen to his voice.
He calls his own sheep by name,
and leads them out.
Whenever he brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them,
and the sheep follow him,
for they know his voice.
They will by no means follow a stranger,
but will flee from him;
for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
Jesus spoke this parable to them,
but they did not understand
what he was telling them.
Jesus therefore said to them again,
“Amen, amen, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers,
but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the door.
If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved,
and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
I came that they may have life,
and may have it more abundantly.”
Fourth Sunday of Easter (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 4.8-12
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:
“You rulers of the people, and elders,
if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled human,
by which he has been healed,
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
in him does this one stand here before you whole.
He is ‘the stone which was rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in none other,
for there is not any other name
under heaven, among humans given,
by which we must be saved!”
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29 Resp. 22
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in princes.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Blessed is he who comes in the Lord’s name!
We have blessed you out of the Lord’s house.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – 1 John 3.1-2
Beloved:
Do you see what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called the children of God?
And so we are.
For this reason the world does not know us:
because it did not know him.
Beloved, we are now the children of God;
and what we shall be has not yet appeared.
We know that, when it does appear,
we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him just as he is.
And everyone who has this hope in him,
purifies themself, just as he is pure.
Gospel – John 10.11-18
Jesus said:
I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep.
He who is a hired hand,
and not a shepherd,
who does not own the sheep,
sees the wolf coming,
leaves the sheep and flees.
The wolf snatches the sheep
and scatters them.
This is because he is hired for pay
and does not care about the sheep.
I am the good shepherd.
I know my own,
and mine know me,
even as the Father knows me,
and I know the Father.
I lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep,
which are not of this fold.
I must bring them also,
and they will hear my voice.
They will become one flock
with one shepherd.
For this reason the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
No one takes it away from me,
but I lay it down by myself.
I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again.
I received this commandment from my Father.”
Reading 1 – Acts 4.8-12
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:
“You rulers of the people, and elders,
if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled human,
by which he has been healed,
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
in him does this one stand here before you whole.
He is ‘the stone which was rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in none other,
for there is not any other name
under heaven, among humans given,
by which we must be saved!”
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29 Resp. 22
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord,
than to put confidence in princes.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Blessed is he who comes in the Lord’s name!
We have blessed you out of the Lord’s house.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
R. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia!
Reading 2 – 1 John 3.1-2
Beloved:
Do you see what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called the children of God?
And so we are.
For this reason the world does not know us:
because it did not know him.
Beloved, we are now the children of God;
and what we shall be has not yet appeared.
We know that, when it does appear,
we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him just as he is.
And everyone who has this hope in him,
purifies themself, just as he is pure.
Gospel – John 10.11-18
Jesus said:
I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep.
He who is a hired hand,
and not a shepherd,
who does not own the sheep,
sees the wolf coming,
leaves the sheep and flees.
The wolf snatches the sheep
and scatters them.
This is because he is hired for pay
and does not care about the sheep.
I am the good shepherd.
I know my own,
and mine know me,
even as the Father knows me,
and I know the Father.
I lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep,
which are not of this fold.
I must bring them also,
and they will hear my voice.
They will become one flock
with one shepherd.
For this reason the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
No one takes it away from me,
but I lay it down by myself.
I have power to lay it down,
and I have power to take it again.
I received this commandment from my Father.”
Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 9:31-42
The Church throughout
all Judea and Galilee and Samaria
had peace and were built up.
She multiplied,
walking in the fear of the Lord
and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
As Peter went
throughout all those parts,
he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda.
There he found a human named Aeneas,
who had been bedridden for eight years,
because he was paralyzed.
Peter said to him,
“Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.
Get up and make your bed!”
Immediately he arose.
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him and turned to the Lord.
Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
This woman was full of good works
and acts of mercy which she did.
In those days, she fell sick, and died.
When they had washed her,
they laid her in an upper room.
As Lydda was near Joppa,
the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two men to him,
imploring him not to delay
in coming to them.
Peter got up and went with them.
When he had come,
they brought him into the upper room.
All the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas had made
while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out,
and knelt down and prayed.
Turning to the body, he said,
“Tabitha, get up!”
She opened her eyes,
and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up.
Calling the saints and widows,
he presented her alive.
And it became known
throughout all Joppa,
and many believed in the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the Lord’s name.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Reading 1 – Acts 9:31-42
The Church throughout
all Judea and Galilee and Samaria
had peace and were built up.
She multiplied,
walking in the fear of the Lord
and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
As Peter went
throughout all those parts,
he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda.
There he found a human named Aeneas,
who had been bedridden for eight years,
because he was paralyzed.
Peter said to him,
“Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.
Get up and make your bed!”
Immediately he arose.
All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon
saw him and turned to the Lord.
Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple named Tabitha,
which translated means Dorcas.
This woman was full of good works
and acts of mercy which she did.
In those days, she fell sick, and died.
When they had washed her,
they laid her in an upper room.
As Lydda was near Joppa,
the disciples, hearing that Peter was there,
sent two men to him,
imploring him not to delay
in coming to them.
Peter got up and went with them.
When he had come,
they brought him into the upper room.
All the widows stood by him weeping,
and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas had made
while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out,
and knelt down and prayed.
Turning to the body, he said,
“Tabitha, get up!”
She opened her eyes,
and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up.
Calling the saints and widows,
he presented her alive.
And it became known
throughout all Joppa,
and many believed in the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 116.12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Resp. 12
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
What will I give to the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
I will take the cup of salvation,
and call on the Lord’s name.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
I will pay my vows to the Lord,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
O Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the Lord.
R. What will I give to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 9.1-20
Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest,
and asked for letters from him
to the synagogues of Damascus,
that if he found any who were of the Way,
whether men or women,
he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
As he traveled, as he got close to Damascus,
suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
He fell to the earth,
and heard a voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
He said, “Who are you, Lord?”
The Lord said,
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
But rise up, and enter into the city,
and you will be told what you must do.”
The men who traveled with him
stood speechless,
hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
Saul arose from the ground,
and when his eyes were opened,
he saw nothing.
They led him by the hand,
and brought him into Damascus.
He was without sight for three days,
and neither ate nor drank.
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus n
amed Ananias.
The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!”
He said, “Behold, it is I, Lord.”
The Lord said to him,
“Arise, and go to the street called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas
for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus.
For behold, he is praying,
and in a vision he has seen
a man named Ananias coming in,
and laying his hands on him,
that he might receive his sight.”
But Ananias answered,
“Lord, I have heard from many
about this man,
how much evil he did
to your saints at Jerusalem.
Here he has authority
from the chief priests
to bind all who call on your name.”
But the Lord said to him,
“Go your way,
for he is my chosen vessel
to bear my name
before nations and kings
and the children of Israel.
For I will show him
how many things he must suffer
for the sake of my name.”
Ananias departed
and entered into the house.
Laying his hands on him, he said,
“Brother Saul, the Lord sent me,
Jesus, who appeared to you
on the way which you came,
that you may receive your sight,
and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Immediately something like scales
fell from his eyes, and he received his sight.
He arose and was baptized.
He took food and was strengthened.
Saul stayed several days
with the disciples who were at Damascus.
And immediately in the synagogues
he proclaimed Jesus,
that he is the Son of God.
Responsorial – Psalm 117.1bc, 2 Resp. Mark 16.15
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
For his loving kindness is great toward us.
The Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.52-59
The Jews argued
with one another, saying,
“How can this one
give us his flesh to eat?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Human
and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you.
The one who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise them up
on the last day.
For my flesh is food indeed,
and my blood is drink indeed.
The one who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood
lives in me and I in them.
As the living Father sent me,
and I live because of the Father;
so he who feeds on me,
he will also live because of me.
This is the bread which came down from heaven—
not like that which our fathers ate and died.
The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
He said these things
in the synagogue,
as he taught in Capernaum.
Reading 1 – Acts 9.1-20
Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest,
and asked for letters from him
to the synagogues of Damascus,
that if he found any who were of the Way,
whether men or women,
he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
As he traveled, as he got close to Damascus,
suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
He fell to the earth,
and heard a voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
He said, “Who are you, Lord?”
The Lord said,
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
But rise up, and enter into the city,
and you will be told what you must do.”
The men who traveled with him
stood speechless,
hearing the sound, but seeing no one.
Saul arose from the ground,
and when his eyes were opened,
he saw nothing.
They led him by the hand,
and brought him into Damascus.
He was without sight for three days,
and neither ate nor drank.
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus n
amed Ananias.
The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!”
He said, “Behold, it is I, Lord.”
The Lord said to him,
“Arise, and go to the street called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas
for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus.
For behold, he is praying,
and in a vision he has seen
a man named Ananias coming in,
and laying his hands on him,
that he might receive his sight.”
But Ananias answered,
“Lord, I have heard from many
about this man,
how much evil he did
to your saints at Jerusalem.
Here he has authority
from the chief priests
to bind all who call on your name.”
But the Lord said to him,
“Go your way,
for he is my chosen vessel
to bear my name
before nations and kings
and the children of Israel.
For I will show him
how many things he must suffer
for the sake of my name.”
Ananias departed
and entered into the house.
Laying his hands on him, he said,
“Brother Saul, the Lord sent me,
Jesus, who appeared to you
on the way which you came,
that you may receive your sight,
and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Immediately something like scales
fell from his eyes, and he received his sight.
He arose and was baptized.
He took food and was strengthened.
Saul stayed several days
with the disciples who were at Damascus.
And immediately in the synagogues
he proclaimed Jesus,
that he is the Son of God.
Responsorial – Psalm 117.1bc, 2 Resp. Mark 16.15
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
For his loving kindness is great toward us.
The Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.
R. Go to all the world and preach the Gospel. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.52-59
The Jews argued
with one another, saying,
“How can this one
give us his flesh to eat?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Human
and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you.
The one who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise them up
on the last day.
For my flesh is food indeed,
and my blood is drink indeed.
The one who eats my flesh
and drinks my blood
lives in me and I in them.
As the living Father sent me,
and I live because of the Father;
so he who feeds on me,
he will also live because of me.
This is the bread which came down from heaven—
not like that which our fathers ate and died.
The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
He said these things
in the synagogue,
as he taught in Capernaum.
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1 – Acts 8.26-40
An angel of the Lord
spoke to Philip, saying,
“Arise, and go toward the south
to the way that goes down
from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert.”
He arose and went;
and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia,
a eunuch of great authority under
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
who was over all her treasure,
who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
He was returning and sitting in his chariot,
and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
The Spirit said to Philip,
“Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Philip ran to him
and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet,
and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
He said, “How can I,
unless someone explains it to me?”
He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Now the passage of the Scripture
which he was reading was this:
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he does not open his mouth.
In his humiliation, his rights were taken away.
Who will speak of his kind?
For his life is taken from the earth.”
The eunuch answered Philip,
“Who is the prophet talking about?
About himself, or about someone else?”
Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning from this Scripture,
preached Jesus to him.
As they went on the way,
they came to some water,
and the eunuch said,
“Behold, here is water.
What is keeping me from being baptized?”
He commanded the chariot to stand still,
and they both went down into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch,
and he baptized him.
When they came up out of the water,
the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away,
and the eunuch did not see him anymore,
for he went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip was found at Azotus.
Passing through,
he preached the Gospel to all the cities,
until he came to Caesarea.
Responsorial – Psalm 66.8-9, 16-17, 20 Resp. 1
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Praise our God, you peoples!
Make the sound of his praise heard.
He preserves our life among the living,
and does not allow our feet to be moved.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Come, and hear, all you who fear God.
I will declare what he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth.
He was extolled with my tongue.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Blessed be God, who has not turned away
my prayer nor his loving kindness from me.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.44-51
Jesus said to the crowds:
No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets,
‘They will all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who listens to the Father,
and has learned, comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father,
except he who is from God.
He has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
he who believes in me has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and they died.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that anyone may eat of it and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Reading 1 – Acts 8.26-40
An angel of the Lord
spoke to Philip, saying,
“Arise, and go toward the south
to the way that goes down
from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert.”
He arose and went;
and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia,
a eunuch of great authority under
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
who was over all her treasure,
who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
He was returning and sitting in his chariot,
and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
The Spirit said to Philip,
“Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Philip ran to him
and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet,
and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
He said, “How can I,
unless someone explains it to me?”
He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Now the passage of the Scripture
which he was reading was this:
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he does not open his mouth.
In his humiliation, his rights were taken away.
Who will speak of his kind?
For his life is taken from the earth.”
The eunuch answered Philip,
“Who is the prophet talking about?
About himself, or about someone else?”
Philip opened his mouth,
and beginning from this Scripture,
preached Jesus to him.
As they went on the way,
they came to some water,
and the eunuch said,
“Behold, here is water.
What is keeping me from being baptized?”
He commanded the chariot to stand still,
and they both went down into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch,
and he baptized him.
When they came up out of the water,
the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away,
and the eunuch did not see him anymore,
for he went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip was found at Azotus.
Passing through,
he preached the Gospel to all the cities,
until he came to Caesarea.
Responsorial – Psalm 66.8-9, 16-17, 20 Resp. 1
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Praise our God, you peoples!
Make the sound of his praise heard.
He preserves our life among the living,
and does not allow our feet to be moved.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Come, and hear, all you who fear God.
I will declare what he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth.
He was extolled with my tongue.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Blessed be God, who has not turned away
my prayer nor his loving kindness from me.
R. Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 6.44-51
Jesus said to the crowds:
No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets,
‘They will all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who listens to the Father,
and has learned, comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father,
except he who is from God.
He has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
he who believes in me has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and they died.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that anyone may eat of it and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 7.51-8:1a
Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes:
“You stiff-necked,
uncircumcised in heart and ears,
you always resist the Holy Spirit!
As your fathers did, so you do.
Which of the prophets
did your fathers not persecute?
They killed those who foretold
the coming of the Righteous One,
of whom you have now become
betrayers and murderers.
You received the law
as transmitted by angels,
and did not keep it!”
Now when they heard these things,
they were cut to the heart,
and they gnashed their teeth at him.
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up steadfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of Human
standing at the right hand of God!”
But they cried out with a loud voice,
and stopped their ears,
and rushed at him all together.
They threw him out of the city
and stoned him.
The witnesses placed their garments
at the feet of a young man named Saul.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!”
When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Saul was consenting to his death.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+7b+8a, 17+21ab Resp. 6a
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
For you are my rock and my fortress,
for your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Into your hand I commend my spirit.
You redeem me, O Lord, God of truth.
I trust in the Lord.
I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Make your face to shine on your servant.
Save me in your loving kindness.
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them
from the plotting of man.
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel – John 6.30-35
So the crowd said to Jesus,
“What then do you do for a sign,
that we may see, and believe you?
What do you do?
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness.
As it is written,
‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
it was not Moses who gave
the bread out of heaven,
but my Father gives you
the true bread out of heaven.
For the bread of God is that
which comes down out of heaven
and gives life to the world.”
So they said to him,
“Lord, always give us this bread.”
Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will not hunger,
and he who believes in me will never thirst.
Reading 1 – Acts 7.51-8:1a
Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes:
“You stiff-necked,
uncircumcised in heart and ears,
you always resist the Holy Spirit!
As your fathers did, so you do.
Which of the prophets
did your fathers not persecute?
They killed those who foretold
the coming of the Righteous One,
of whom you have now become
betrayers and murderers.
You received the law
as transmitted by angels,
and did not keep it!”
Now when they heard these things,
they were cut to the heart,
and they gnashed their teeth at him.
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up steadfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of Human
standing at the right hand of God!”
But they cried out with a loud voice,
and stopped their ears,
and rushed at him all together.
They threw him out of the city
and stoned him.
The witnesses placed their garments
at the feet of a young man named Saul.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying,
“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!”
When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Saul was consenting to his death.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+7b+8a, 17+21ab Resp. 6a
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
For you are my rock and my fortress,
for your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Into your hand I commend my spirit.
You redeem me, O Lord, God of truth.
I trust in the Lord.
I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Make your face to shine on your servant.
Save me in your loving kindness.
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them
from the plotting of man.
R. Into your hand I commend my spirit, O Lord. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel – John 6.30-35
So the crowd said to Jesus,
“What then do you do for a sign,
that we may see, and believe you?
What do you do?
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness.
As it is written,
‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
it was not Moses who gave
the bread out of heaven,
but my Father gives you
the true bread out of heaven.
For the bread of God is that
which comes down out of heaven
and gives life to the world.”
So they said to him,
“Lord, always give us this bread.”
Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will not hunger,
and he who believes in me will never thirst.
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 6.8-15
Stephen, full of grace and power,
performed great wonders
and signs among the people.
But some of those
who were of the synagogue
called “The Liberated”,
Cyrenians, Alexandrians,
and those of Cilicia and Asia,
arose, disputing with Stephen.
They were not able to withstand
the wisdom and the Spirit
by which he spoke.
Then they secretly induced men to say,
“We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
They stirred up the people,
the elders, and the scribes,
and came against him and seized him,
and brought him in to the Sanhedrin,
and set up false witnesses who said,
“This human never stops
speaking blasphemous words
against this holy place and the law.
For we have heard him say
that this Jesus of Nazareth
will destroy this place
and will change the customs
which Moses handed on to us.”
All who sat in the Sanhedrin,
fastening their eyes on him,
saw his face like the face of an angel.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.23-24, 26-27, 29-30 Resp. 1ab
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Though princes sit and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
I declared my ways, and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Keep me from the way of deceit.
Grant me your law graciously!
I have chosen the way of truth.
I have set your ordinances before me.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel - John 6.22-29
[Jesus fed the five thousand men,
and then his disciples
saw him walking on the sea.]
On the next day,
the crowd that stood
on the other side of the sea
saw that there was no other boat there,
except the one in which his disciples had embarked,
and that Jesus had not entered
with his disciples into the boat,
but his disciples had gone away alone.
However boats from Tiberias came near
to the place where they ate the bread
after the Lord had given thanks.
So, when the crowd saw
that Jesus was not there,
nor his disciples,
they themselves got into those boats,
and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
When they found him
on the other side of the sea,
they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
Jesus answered them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
you seek me, not because you saw signs,
but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
Do not work for the food which perishes,
but for the food which remains to eternal life,
which the Son of Human will give to you.
For God the Father has sealed him.”
So they said to him,
“What must we do, to do works of God?”
Jesus answered them,
“This is the work of God:
that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Reading 1 – Acts 6.8-15
Stephen, full of grace and power,
performed great wonders
and signs among the people.
But some of those
who were of the synagogue
called “The Liberated”,
Cyrenians, Alexandrians,
and those of Cilicia and Asia,
arose, disputing with Stephen.
They were not able to withstand
the wisdom and the Spirit
by which he spoke.
Then they secretly induced men to say,
“We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
They stirred up the people,
the elders, and the scribes,
and came against him and seized him,
and brought him in to the Sanhedrin,
and set up false witnesses who said,
“This human never stops
speaking blasphemous words
against this holy place and the law.
For we have heard him say
that this Jesus of Nazareth
will destroy this place
and will change the customs
which Moses handed on to us.”
All who sat in the Sanhedrin,
fastening their eyes on him,
saw his face like the face of an angel.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.23-24, 26-27, 29-30 Resp. 1ab
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Though princes sit and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
I declared my ways, and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Keep me from the way of deceit.
Grant me your law graciously!
I have chosen the way of truth.
I have set your ordinances before me.
R. Blessed are those who walk according to the law of the Lord. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel - John 6.22-29
[Jesus fed the five thousand men,
and then his disciples
saw him walking on the sea.]
On the next day,
the crowd that stood
on the other side of the sea
saw that there was no other boat there,
except the one in which his disciples had embarked,
and that Jesus had not entered
with his disciples into the boat,
but his disciples had gone away alone.
However boats from Tiberias came near
to the place where they ate the bread
after the Lord had given thanks.
So, when the crowd saw
that Jesus was not there,
nor his disciples,
they themselves got into those boats,
and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
When they found him
on the other side of the sea,
they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
Jesus answered them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
you seek me, not because you saw signs,
but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
Do not work for the food which perishes,
but for the food which remains to eternal life,
which the Son of Human will give to you.
For God the Father has sealed him.”
So they said to him,
“What must we do, to do works of God?”
Jesus answered them,
“This is the work of God:
that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 5.27-33
When the court officers had brought the Apostles,
they set them before the Sanhedrin.
The high priest questioned them, saying,
“Did we not strictly command you
not to teach in this name?
Behold, you have filled Jerusalem
with your teaching
and intend to bring
this human’s blood on us.”
But Peter and the Apostles answered,
“We must obey God rather than humans.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him at his right hand
to be a Prince and a Savior,
to give repentance to Israel
and remission of sins.
We are His witnesses of these things;
and so also is the Holy Spirit,
whom God has given to those who obey him.”
When they heard this,
they were cut to the heart
and determined to kill them.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2+9, 17-18, 19-20 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.31-36
He who comes from above is above all.
He who is from the earth belongs to the earth,
and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
What he has seen and heard,
to this he testifies;
and no one receives his witness.
Whoever has received his witness
has set his seal to this: that God is true.
For he whom God has sent
speaks the words of God;
for God gives the Spirit without measure.
The Father loves the Son,
and has given all things into his hand.
One who believes in the Son has eternal life,
but one who disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains on him.
Reading 1 – Acts 5.27-33
When the court officers had brought the Apostles,
they set them before the Sanhedrin.
The high priest questioned them, saying,
“Did we not strictly command you
not to teach in this name?
Behold, you have filled Jerusalem
with your teaching
and intend to bring
this human’s blood on us.”
But Peter and the Apostles answered,
“We must obey God rather than humans.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
God exalted him at his right hand
to be a Prince and a Savior,
to give repentance to Israel
and remission of sins.
We are His witnesses of these things;
and so also is the Holy Spirit,
whom God has given to those who obey him.”
When they heard this,
they were cut to the heart
and determined to kill them.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2+9, 17-18, 19-20 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.31-36
He who comes from above is above all.
He who is from the earth belongs to the earth,
and speaks of the earth.
He who comes from heaven is above all.
What he has seen and heard,
to this he testifies;
and no one receives his witness.
Whoever has received his witness
has set his seal to this: that God is true.
For he whom God has sent
speaks the words of God;
for God gives the Spirit without measure.
The Father loves the Son,
and has given all things into his hand.
One who believes in the Son has eternal life,
but one who disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains on him.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 5.17-26
The high priest rose up,
and all those who were with him
(that is the sect of the Sadducees),
and filled with jealousy,
they laid hands on the Apostles,
and put them in the public jail.
But an angel of the Lord
opened the prison doors by night,
and brought them out, and said,
“Go stand and speak in the temple
to the people all the words of this life.”
When they heard this,
they entered into the temple about daybreak
and taught.
When the high priest came,
and those who were with him,
and called the Sanhedrin together,
all the senate of the sons of Israel,
and sent to the prison to have them brought.
But the officers who came
did not find them in the prison.
They returned and reported,
“We found the prison shut and locked,
and the guards standing before the doors,
but when we opened them,
we found no one inside!”
Now when the high priest,
the captain of the temple,
and the chief priests heard these words,
they were very perplexed about them
and what might become of this.
Someone came and told them,
“Behold, the men
whom you put in prison
are in the temple,
standing and teaching the people.”
Then the captain went with the officers,
and brought them without violence,
for they were afraid
that the people might stone them.
Responsorial - Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.16-21
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only-begotten Son,
that whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world
to judge the world,
but that the world should be
saved through him.
Whoever believes in him is not judged.
Whoever does not believe has been judged already,
because they have not believed in the name
of the one and only Son of God.
This is the judgment,
that the light has come into the world,
and humans loved the darkness
rather than the light;
for their works were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light,
and does not come to the light,
lest their works would be exposed.
But they who do the truth come to the light,
that their works may be revealed,
that they have been done in God.
Reading 1 – Acts 5.17-26
The high priest rose up,
and all those who were with him
(that is the sect of the Sadducees),
and filled with jealousy,
they laid hands on the Apostles,
and put them in the public jail.
But an angel of the Lord
opened the prison doors by night,
and brought them out, and said,
“Go stand and speak in the temple
to the people all the words of this life.”
When they heard this,
they entered into the temple about daybreak
and taught.
When the high priest came,
and those who were with him,
and called the Sanhedrin together,
all the senate of the sons of Israel,
and sent to the prison to have them brought.
But the officers who came
did not find them in the prison.
They returned and reported,
“We found the prison shut and locked,
and the guards standing before the doors,
but when we opened them,
we found no one inside!”
Now when the high priest,
the captain of the temple,
and the chief priests heard these words,
they were very perplexed about them
and what might become of this.
Someone came and told them,
“Behold, the men
whom you put in prison
are in the temple,
standing and teaching the people.”
Then the captain went with the officers,
and brought them without violence,
for they were afraid
that the people might stone them.
Responsorial - Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 7a
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. The Lord hears the poor who cry out. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.16-21
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only-begotten Son,
that whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world
to judge the world,
but that the world should be
saved through him.
Whoever believes in him is not judged.
Whoever does not believe has been judged already,
because they have not believed in the name
of the one and only Son of God.
This is the judgment,
that the light has come into the world,
and humans loved the darkness
rather than the light;
for their works were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the light,
and does not come to the light,
lest their works would be exposed.
But they who do the truth come to the light,
that their works may be revealed,
that they have been done in God.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 4.32-37
The multitude of those who believed
were of one heart and soul.
Not one of them said that anything
of their property was their own,
but they had all things in common.
With great power,
the apostles gave their witness
of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
Great grace was on them all.
For there was not any needy among them,
for whoever owned land or houses sold them,
and brought the proceeds
of the things that were sold,
and laid them at the apostles’ feet,
and distribution was made to each,
accordingly as anyone had need.
Joseph, who was named Barnabas by the Apostles
which means “Son of Encouragement”,
a Levite, a Cypriot by kind,
having a field, sold it,
and brought the money
and laid it at the Apostles’ feet.
Responsorial – Psalm 93.1ab, 1cd-2, 5
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
The Lord is robed and armed with strength.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
The world he has established.
It cannot be moved.
Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting, O Lord.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
Your statutes are very trustworthy.
Holiness adorns your house,
O Lord, forever more.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.7b-15
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
Do not marvel that I said to you,
‘You must be born from above.’
The wind blows where it will,
and you hear its sound,
but do not know where it comes from
or where it is going.
So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Nicodemus answered him,
“How can these things happen?”
Jesus answered him,
“Are you the teacher of Israel,
and you do not understand these things?
Amen, amen, I tell you,
we speak that which we know,
and testify of that which we have seen,
and you people do not receive our witness.
If I told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
No one has ascended into heaven,
except he who descended out of heaven:
the Son of Human.
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Human be lifted up,
that whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
Reading 1 – Acts 4.32-37
The multitude of those who believed
were of one heart and soul.
Not one of them said that anything
of their property was their own,
but they had all things in common.
With great power,
the apostles gave their witness
of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
Great grace was on them all.
For there was not any needy among them,
for whoever owned land or houses sold them,
and brought the proceeds
of the things that were sold,
and laid them at the apostles’ feet,
and distribution was made to each,
accordingly as anyone had need.
Joseph, who was named Barnabas by the Apostles
which means “Son of Encouragement”,
a Levite, a Cypriot by kind,
having a field, sold it,
and brought the money
and laid it at the Apostles’ feet.
Responsorial – Psalm 93.1ab, 1cd-2, 5
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
The Lord is robed and armed with strength.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
The world he has established.
It cannot be moved.
Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting, O Lord.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
Your statutes are very trustworthy.
Holiness adorns your house,
O Lord, forever more.
R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty! or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 3.7b-15
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
Do not marvel that I said to you,
‘You must be born from above.’
The wind blows where it will,
and you hear its sound,
but do not know where it comes from
or where it is going.
So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Nicodemus answered him,
“How can these things happen?”
Jesus answered him,
“Are you the teacher of Israel,
and you do not understand these things?
Amen, amen, I tell you,
we speak that which we know,
and testify of that which we have seen,
and you people do not receive our witness.
If I told you earthly things and you do not believe,
how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
No one has ascended into heaven,
except he who descended out of heaven:
the Son of Human.
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of Human be lifted up,
that whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 4.23-31
Having been released,
Peter and John came to their own,
and reported all that the chief priests
and the elders had said to them.
When they heard it,
Together they lifted up
their voice to God and said,
“O Sovereign Lord,
who made the heaven, the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who through the Holy Spirit
by the mouth of our father
David, your servant, said,
“Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take council together,
against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
For truly, in this city
against your holy servant, Jesus,
whom you anointed,
both Herod and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
were gathered together
to do whatever your hand and your will
predestined to happen.
Now, Lord, look at their threats,
and grant to your servants
to speak your word with all boldness,
while you stretch out your hand to heal,
and that signs and wonders
may be done through the name
of your holy servant Jesus.”
When they had prayed,
the place shook
where they were gathered together.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Responsorial – Psalm 2.1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9 Resp. 11d
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us break their bonds apart,
and cast their cords from us.”
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will hold them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his anger,
and terrify them in his wrath:
“I have set my King
on my holy mountain of Zion.”
I will tell of the decree of the Lord.
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son.
Today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will give you
the nations for your inheritance,
the uttermost ends of the earth for your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 3.1-8
There was a human from the Pharisees
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
He came to Jesus by night, and said to him,
“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher
who has come from God,
for no one can do these signs that you do,
unless God is with him.”
Jesus answered him,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless one is born from above,
he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to him,
“How can a human be born when they are old?
Can they enter a second time
into their mother’s womb and be born?”
Jesus answered,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless one is born of water and spirit,
they cannot enter into the Kingdom of God!
That which is born of the flesh is flesh.
That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you,
‘You must be born from above.’
The wind blows where it will,
and you hear its sound,
but do not know where it comes from
or where it is going.
So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Reading 1 – Acts 4.23-31
Having been released,
Peter and John came to their own,
and reported all that the chief priests
and the elders had said to them.
When they heard it,
Together they lifted up
their voice to God and said,
“O Sovereign Lord,
who made the heaven, the earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who through the Holy Spirit
by the mouth of our father
David, your servant, said,
“Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take council together,
against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
For truly, in this city
against your holy servant, Jesus,
whom you anointed,
both Herod and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
were gathered together
to do whatever your hand and your will
predestined to happen.
Now, Lord, look at their threats,
and grant to your servants
to speak your word with all boldness,
while you stretch out your hand to heal,
and that signs and wonders
may be done through the name
of your holy servant Jesus.”
When they had prayed,
the place shook
where they were gathered together.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Responsorial – Psalm 2.1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9 Resp. 11d
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us break their bonds apart,
and cast their cords from us.”
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will hold them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his anger,
and terrify them in his wrath:
“I have set my King
on my holy mountain of Zion.”
I will tell of the decree of the Lord.
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son.
Today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will give you
the nations for your inheritance,
the uttermost ends of the earth for your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
R. Blessed are all those who take refuge in the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 3.1-8
There was a human from the Pharisees
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
He came to Jesus by night, and said to him,
“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher
who has come from God,
for no one can do these signs that you do,
unless God is with him.”
Jesus answered him,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless one is born from above,
he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Nicodemus said to him,
“How can a human be born when they are old?
Can they enter a second time
into their mother’s womb and be born?”
Jesus answered,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless one is born of water and spirit,
they cannot enter into the Kingdom of God!
That which is born of the flesh is flesh.
That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you,
‘You must be born from above.’
The wind blows where it will,
and you hear its sound,
but do not know where it comes from
or where it is going.
So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Divine Mercy Sunday (B)
Official Translation
Second Sunday of Easter
Reading 1 – Acts 4.32-35
The multitude of those who believed
were of one heart and soul.
Not one of them said that anything
of their property was their own,
but they had all things in common.
With great power,
the apostles gave their witness
of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
Great grace was on them all.
For there was not any needy among them,
for whoever owned land or houses sold them,
and brought the proceeds
of the things that were sold,
and laid them at the apostles’ feet,
and distribution was made to each,
accordingly as anyone had need.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Resp. 1
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Now let those who fear the Lord say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
They pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but the Lord helped me.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tents of the righteous.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it!
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
Reading 2 – 1 John 5.1-6
Beloved:
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
has been begotten by God.
Whoever loves the Father
also loves the one begotten of him.
By this we know that
we love the children of God:
when we love God and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments.
His commandments are not burdensome.
For whoever is begotten of God
overcomes the world.
This is the victory that has overcome the world:
your faith.
Who is he who overcomes the world,
If not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he who came by water and blood:
Jesus Christ;
not with the water only,
but with the water and the blood.
It is the Spirit who testifies,
and the Spirit is the truth.
Gospel – John 20.19-31
When therefore it was evening, on that day,
the first day of the week,
and when the doors were locked
where the disciples were assembled,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the middle,
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this,
he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
When he had said this,
he breathed on them, and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit!
Whosoever’s sins you forgive, are forgiven them.
Whosoever’s you retain are retained.”
But Thomas, one of the Twelve,
called Didymus,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him,
“We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see in his hands
the mark of the nails,
and put my finger into
the mark of the nails
and put my hand into his side,
I will not believe.”
After eight days his disciples were again inside,
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, though the doors were locked,
and stood in the middle, and said,
“Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas,
“Bring here your finger,
and see my hands.
Bring here your hand,
and put it into my side.
Do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him,
“Because you have seen me, you have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
So Jesus did many other signs
in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book;
but these are written,
that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in his name.
Second Sunday of Easter
Reading 1 – Acts 4.32-35
The multitude of those who believed
were of one heart and soul.
Not one of them said that anything
of their property was their own,
but they had all things in common.
With great power,
the apostles gave their witness
of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
Great grace was on them all.
For there was not any needy among them,
for whoever owned land or houses sold them,
and brought the proceeds
of the things that were sold,
and laid them at the apostles’ feet,
and distribution was made to each,
accordingly as anyone had need.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Resp. 1
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Now let those who fear the Lord say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
They pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but the Lord helped me.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tents of the righteous.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it!
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. or R. Alleluia
Reading 2 – 1 John 5.1-6
Beloved:
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
has been begotten by God.
Whoever loves the Father
also loves the one begotten of him.
By this we know that
we love the children of God:
when we love God and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments.
His commandments are not burdensome.
For whoever is begotten of God
overcomes the world.
This is the victory that has overcome the world:
your faith.
Who is he who overcomes the world,
If not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he who came by water and blood:
Jesus Christ;
not with the water only,
but with the water and the blood.
It is the Spirit who testifies,
and the Spirit is the truth.
Gospel – John 20.19-31
When therefore it was evening, on that day,
the first day of the week,
and when the doors were locked
where the disciples were assembled,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the middle,
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this,
he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
When he had said this,
he breathed on them, and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit!
Whosoever’s sins you forgive, are forgiven them.
Whosoever’s you retain are retained.”
But Thomas, one of the Twelve,
called Didymus,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him,
“We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see in his hands
the mark of the nails,
and put my finger into
the mark of the nails
and put my hand into his side,
I will not believe.”
After eight days his disciples were again inside,
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, though the doors were locked,
and stood in the middle, and said,
“Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas,
“Bring here your finger,
and see my hands.
Bring here your hand,
and put it into my side.
Do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him,
“Because you have seen me, you have believed.
Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
So Jesus did many other signs
in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book;
but these are written,
that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in his name.
Easter Saturday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 4.13-21
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and had perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men,
they marveled.
They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Seeing the man who was healed standing with them,
they could say nothing against it.
So they commanded them to
go out of the Sanhedrin,
and they conferred among themselves, saying,
“What shall we do to these men?
For indeed a remarkable miracle has been done through them,
as can plainly be seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem,
and we cannot deny it.
But so that this spreads no further among the people,
let us threaten them, that from now on
they do not speak to anyone in this name.”
They called them in,
and commanded them not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answered them,
“Whether it is right in the sight of God
to listen to you rather than to God,
judge for yourselves,
for we cannot help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
When they had further threatened them,
they let them go, finding no way to punish them,
because of the people;
for everyone glorified God because of what had been done.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1+14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21 Resp. 21a
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tents of the righteous.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
The Lord has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous will enter into it.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Gospel - Mark 16.9-15
Now when Jesus had risen early
on the first day of the week,
he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
from whom he had cast out seven demons.
She went and told those who had been with him,
as they mourned and wept.
When they heard that he was alive,
and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
After this, he was revealed in another form
to two of them, as they walked,
on their way into the countryside.
They went away and told it to the rest.
They did not believe them, either.
Afterward he was revealed
to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table,
and he rebuked them
for their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they did not believe those
who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, “Go into all the world,
and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Reading 1 – Acts 4.13-21
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and had perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men,
they marveled.
They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Seeing the man who was healed standing with them,
they could say nothing against it.
So they commanded them to
go out of the Sanhedrin,
and they conferred among themselves, saying,
“What shall we do to these men?
For indeed a remarkable miracle has been done through them,
as can plainly be seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem,
and we cannot deny it.
But so that this spreads no further among the people,
let us threaten them, that from now on
they do not speak to anyone in this name.”
They called them in,
and commanded them not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answered them,
“Whether it is right in the sight of God
to listen to you rather than to God,
judge for yourselves,
for we cannot help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
When they had further threatened them,
they let them go, finding no way to punish them,
because of the people;
for everyone glorified God because of what had been done.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1+14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21 Resp. 21a
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
is in the tents of the righteous.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
The Lord has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous will enter into it.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
R. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me or R. Alleluia.
Gospel - Mark 16.9-15
Now when Jesus had risen early
on the first day of the week,
he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
from whom he had cast out seven demons.
She went and told those who had been with him,
as they mourned and wept.
When they heard that he was alive,
and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
After this, he was revealed in another form
to two of them, as they walked,
on their way into the countryside.
They went away and told it to the rest.
They did not believe them, either.
Afterward he was revealed
to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table,
and he rebuked them
for their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they did not believe those
who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, “Go into all the world,
and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Easter Friday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 4:1-12
After the crippled man was cured,
As Peter and John spoke to the people,
the priests and the captain of the temple
and the Sadducees came to them,
being upset because they taught the people
and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
They laid hands on them,
and put them in custody until the next day,
for it was now evening.
But many of those who heard the word believed,
and the number of the men came to be about 5000.
In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes
were gathered together in Jerusalem.
Annas the high priest was there,
with Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
and as many as were from the high priests kind.
When they had stood them in the middle of them,
they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
“You rulers of the people, and elders,
if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled human,
by which he has been healed,
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
in him does this one stand here before you whole.
He is ‘the stone which was rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in none other,
for there is not any other name
under heaven, among humans given,
by which we must be saved!”
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2+4, 22-24, 25-27a R. 22
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Let those who fear the Lord say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it!
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Save now, I beseech you, O LORD.
O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.
Blessed be he who comes in the name of the LORD.
we have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
God is the LORD, he has shown us light.
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 21.1-14
Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples
at the sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself this way.
Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee,
and two others of his disciples were together.
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They told him, “We too are coming with you.”
They immediately went out, and got into the boat.
That night, they caught nothing.
But when day had already come,
Jesus stood on the beach,
yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
So Jesus said to them,
“Little children, you do not have anything to eat, do you?”
They answered him, “No.”
He said to them,
“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find.”
So they they cast it,
and now they were not able to draw it in
because of the multitude of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,
“It is the Lord!”
Therefore, Simon Peter having heard that it is the Lord,
wrapped his cloak around him for he was naked,
and threw himself into the sea.
But the other disciples came in the boat
for they were not far from the land,
about two hundred cubits away,
dragging the net of fish.
So when they got out on the land,
they saw a fire of coals there,
and fish laid on it, and bread.
Jesus said to them,
“Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land,
It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three;
and even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.”
None of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?”
knowing that it was the Lord.
Then Jesus came and took the bread,
gave it to them and the fish likewise.
This is now the third time
that Jesus was revealed to his disciples,
after he was raised from the dead.
Reading 1 – Acts 4:1-12
After the crippled man was cured,
As Peter and John spoke to the people,
the priests and the captain of the temple
and the Sadducees came to them,
being upset because they taught the people
and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
They laid hands on them,
and put them in custody until the next day,
for it was now evening.
But many of those who heard the word believed,
and the number of the men came to be about 5000.
In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes
were gathered together in Jerusalem.
Annas the high priest was there,
with Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
and as many as were from the high priests kind.
When they had stood them in the middle of them,
they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
“You rulers of the people, and elders,
if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled human,
by which he has been healed,
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
in him does this one stand here before you whole.
He is ‘the stone which was rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in none other,
for there is not any other name
under heaven, among humans given,
by which we must be saved!”
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2+4, 22-24, 25-27a R. 22
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Let those who fear the Lord say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it!
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Save now, I beseech you, O LORD.
O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.
Blessed be he who comes in the name of the LORD.
we have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
God is the LORD, he has shown us light.
R. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 21.1-14
Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples
at the sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself this way.
Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee,
and two others of his disciples were together.
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They told him, “We too are coming with you.”
They immediately went out, and got into the boat.
That night, they caught nothing.
But when day had already come,
Jesus stood on the beach,
yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
So Jesus said to them,
“Little children, you do not have anything to eat, do you?”
They answered him, “No.”
He said to them,
“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find.”
So they they cast it,
and now they were not able to draw it in
because of the multitude of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,
“It is the Lord!”
Therefore, Simon Peter having heard that it is the Lord,
wrapped his cloak around him for he was naked,
and threw himself into the sea.
But the other disciples came in the boat
for they were not far from the land,
about two hundred cubits away,
dragging the net of fish.
So when they got out on the land,
they saw a fire of coals there,
and fish laid on it, and bread.
Jesus said to them,
“Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land,
It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three;
and even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.”
None of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?”
knowing that it was the Lord.
Then Jesus came and took the bread,
gave it to them and the fish likewise.
This is now the third time
that Jesus was revealed to his disciples,
after he was raised from the dead.
Easter Thursday.
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 3.11-26
As the crippled man who was healed
held onto Peter and John,
all the people ran together to them
in the porch that is called Solomon’s porch
greatly amazed.
When Peter saw it, he responded to the people,
“You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this one?
Why do you fasten your eyes on us,
as though by our own power or godliness
we had made him walk?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
the God of our fathers,
has glorified his servant
Jesus, whom you delivered up
and denied in the presence of Pilate,
when he had determined to release him.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One
and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
and killed the Prince of life,
whom God raised from the dead,
to which we are witnesses.
By faith in his name,
this one has been made strong through his name;
you see and know him.
Yes, the faith which is through him
has given him this perfect health
in the presence of you all.
Now, brothers and sisters,
I know that you did this in ignorance,
as did also your rulers.
But the things which God announced
by the mouth of all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer,
he thus fulfilled.
Reconsider therefore, and turn again,
that your sins may be blotted out,
so that there may come times of refreshing
from the presence of the Lord,
and that he may send Christ Jesus,
who was ordained for you before,
whom heaven must receive
until the time of restoration of all things,
of which God spoke long ago
through the mouth of his holy prophets.
For Moses said, “The Lord God will raise up
a prophet for you
from among your brothers, like me.
You shall listen to him
in all things whatever he says to you.
It will be that every soul
that will not listen to that prophet
who will be
utterly destroyed from among the people.”
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel
and those who followed after,
as many as have spoken,
they also told of these days.
You are the sons and daughters of the prophets
and of the covenant which God
made with our fathers, saying to Abraham,
“In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.”
God, having raised up his servant,
sent him to you first, to bless you,
in turning away everyone
of you from your wickedness.”
Responsorial – Psalm 8.2ab+5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 2ab
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth,
What is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
For you have made him a little lower than the gods,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet.
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – Luke 24.35-48
The disciples of Jesus
related the things that happened
along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
As they said these things,
Jesus himself stood among them,
and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
But they were terrified and filled with fear,
and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
He said to them, “Why are you troubled?
Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me.
Touch me and see,
for a spirit does not have flesh and bones,
as you see that I have.”
When he had said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet.
While they still did not believe for joy
and wondered, he said to them,
“Do you have anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
He took it and ate in front of them.
He said to them, “This is what I told you,
while I was still with you,
that all things which are written
in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms,
concerning me must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds,
that they might understand the Scriptures.
He said to them, “Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary
for the Christ to suffer
and to rise from the dead on the third day,
and that reconsideration
and remission of sins
should be preached
in his name to all the nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.
Reading 1 – Acts 3.11-26
As the crippled man who was healed
held onto Peter and John,
all the people ran together to them
in the porch that is called Solomon’s porch
greatly amazed.
When Peter saw it, he responded to the people,
“You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this one?
Why do you fasten your eyes on us,
as though by our own power or godliness
we had made him walk?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
the God of our fathers,
has glorified his servant
Jesus, whom you delivered up
and denied in the presence of Pilate,
when he had determined to release him.
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One
and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
and killed the Prince of life,
whom God raised from the dead,
to which we are witnesses.
By faith in his name,
this one has been made strong through his name;
you see and know him.
Yes, the faith which is through him
has given him this perfect health
in the presence of you all.
Now, brothers and sisters,
I know that you did this in ignorance,
as did also your rulers.
But the things which God announced
by the mouth of all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer,
he thus fulfilled.
Reconsider therefore, and turn again,
that your sins may be blotted out,
so that there may come times of refreshing
from the presence of the Lord,
and that he may send Christ Jesus,
who was ordained for you before,
whom heaven must receive
until the time of restoration of all things,
of which God spoke long ago
through the mouth of his holy prophets.
For Moses said, “The Lord God will raise up
a prophet for you
from among your brothers, like me.
You shall listen to him
in all things whatever he says to you.
It will be that every soul
that will not listen to that prophet
who will be
utterly destroyed from among the people.”
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel
and those who followed after,
as many as have spoken,
they also told of these days.
You are the sons and daughters of the prophets
and of the covenant which God
made with our fathers, saying to Abraham,
“In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.”
God, having raised up his servant,
sent him to you first, to bless you,
in turning away everyone
of you from your wickedness.”
Responsorial – Psalm 8.2ab+5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 2ab
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth,
What is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
For you have made him a little lower than the gods,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet.
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
R. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – Luke 24.35-48
The disciples of Jesus
related the things that happened
along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
As they said these things,
Jesus himself stood among them,
and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
But they were terrified and filled with fear,
and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
He said to them, “Why are you troubled?
Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me.
Touch me and see,
for a spirit does not have flesh and bones,
as you see that I have.”
When he had said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet.
While they still did not believe for joy
and wondered, he said to them,
“Do you have anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
He took it and ate in front of them.
He said to them, “This is what I told you,
while I was still with you,
that all things which are written
in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms,
concerning me must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds,
that they might understand the Scriptures.
He said to them, “Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary
for the Christ to suffer
and to rise from the dead on the third day,
and that reconsideration
and remission of sins
should be preached
in his name to all the nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.
Easter Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 3.1-10
Peter and John were going up into the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
A certain man who was
crippled from his mother’s womb
was carried and laid daily
at the gate of the temple called “Beautiful”,
to ask beg for alms from those who entered the temple.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked to receive alms.
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, together with John, said,
“Look at us.”
He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “Of silver and gold I have none,
but what I have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
get up and walk!”
He took him by the right hand and raised him up.
Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk.
He entered with them into the temple,
walking, leaping, and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and praising God.
They recognized him,
that it was he who used to sit
begging for alms
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and amazement
at what had happened to him.
Responsorial – Psalm 105.1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 3b
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name!
Make his acts known among the nations.
Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Glory in his holy name.
Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord and his strength.
Seek his face forevermore.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
You seed of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He is the Lord, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations:
the covenant which he made with Abraham;
his oath to Isaac.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel - Luke 24.13-35
Two of them were going that very day
to a village named Emmaus,
which was almost seven miles from Jerusalem.
They talked with each other
about all of these things
which had happened.
While they talked and questioned together,
Jesus himself came near,
and went with them.
But their eyes were kept
from recognizing him.
He said to them,
“What is the subject that you are conversing
with one another about while walking?
And they stopped, sorrowful.
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know the things
which have happened there in these days?”
He said to them, “What things?”
They said to him,
“The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people;
and how our chief priests and rulers
delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him.
But we were hoping that it was he
who would redeem Israel.
Yes, and besides all this,
it is now the third day
since these things happened,
and certain women of our company amazed us,
having arrived early at the tomb:
when they did not find his body,
they came saying that they had
even seen a vision of angels,
who said that he was alive.
Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said,
but him they did not see.”
He said to them,
“O fools and slow of heart to believe
in all that the prophets have spoken!
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things
and so enter into his glory?”
Beginning from Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning himself.
They drew near to the village,
where they were going,
and he acted like he would go further.
They urged him, saying, “Stay with us,
for it is almost evening, and the day is already fading.”
He went in to stay with them.
When he had sat down at the table with them,
he took the bread and blessed it.
Breaking it, he gave to them.
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him,
and he vanished out of their sight.
They said to one another,
“Were our hearts not burning within us,
while he spoke to us along the way,
and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem,
and found the eleven gathered together,
and those who were with them, saying,
“The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!”
They related the things
that happened along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
Reading 1 – Acts 3.1-10
Peter and John were going up into the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
A certain man who was
crippled from his mother’s womb
was carried and laid daily
at the gate of the temple called “Beautiful”,
to ask beg for alms from those who entered the temple.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked to receive alms.
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, together with John, said,
“Look at us.”
He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “Of silver and gold I have none,
but what I have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
get up and walk!”
He took him by the right hand and raised him up.
Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk.
He entered with them into the temple,
walking, leaping, and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and praising God.
They recognized him,
that it was he who used to sit
begging for alms
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and amazement
at what had happened to him.
Responsorial – Psalm 105.1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 3b
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name!
Make his acts known among the nations.
Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Glory in his holy name.
Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord and his strength.
Seek his face forevermore.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
You seed of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
He is the Lord, our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations:
the covenant which he made with Abraham;
his oath to Isaac.
R. Rejoice, O hearts of those who seek the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel - Luke 24.13-35
Two of them were going that very day
to a village named Emmaus,
which was almost seven miles from Jerusalem.
They talked with each other
about all of these things
which had happened.
While they talked and questioned together,
Jesus himself came near,
and went with them.
But their eyes were kept
from recognizing him.
He said to them,
“What is the subject that you are conversing
with one another about while walking?
And they stopped, sorrowful.
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know the things
which have happened there in these days?”
He said to them, “What things?”
They said to him,
“The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people;
and how our chief priests and rulers
delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him.
But we were hoping that it was he
who would redeem Israel.
Yes, and besides all this,
it is now the third day
since these things happened,
and certain women of our company amazed us,
having arrived early at the tomb:
when they did not find his body,
they came saying that they had
even seen a vision of angels,
who said that he was alive.
Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said,
but him they did not see.”
He said to them,
“O fools and slow of heart to believe
in all that the prophets have spoken!
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things
and so enter into his glory?”
Beginning from Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning himself.
They drew near to the village,
where they were going,
and he acted like he would go further.
They urged him, saying, “Stay with us,
for it is almost evening, and the day is already fading.”
He went in to stay with them.
When he had sat down at the table with them,
he took the bread and blessed it.
Breaking it, he gave to them.
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him,
and he vanished out of their sight.
They said to one another,
“Were our hearts not burning within us,
while he spoke to us along the way,
and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem,
and found the eleven gathered together,
and those who were with them, saying,
“The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!”
They related the things
that happened along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
Easter Tuesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 2.36-41
On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jews,
“Let all the house of Israel
therefore know for certain
that God has made him both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Now when they heard this,
they were cut to the heart,
and said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles,
“Brothers, what shall we do?”
Peter said to them,
“Repent, and be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins,
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is to you, and to your children,
and to all who are far off,
and all those, however many,
that the Lord our God will call to himself.”
With many other words he testified,
and exhorted them, saying,
“Save yourselves from this corrupt kind!”
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized.
There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Responsorial – Psalm 33.4-5, 18-19, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his loving kindness;
to deliver their soul from death,
to keep them alive in famine.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 20.11-18
Mary Magdalene was
standing outside at the tomb weeping.
So, as she wept,
she stooped and looked into the tomb,
and she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head, and one at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.
They said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them,
“Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I do not know where they have laid him.”
When she had said this,
she turned around and saw Jesus standing,
and did not know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?
Who are you looking for?”
She, supposing him to be the gardener,
said to him,
“Sir, if you have carried him away,
tell me where you have laid him,
and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!”
which means, “Teacher!”
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me,
for I have not yet ascended to my Father;
but go to my brothers, and tell them,
‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went
and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord,
and that he had said these things to her.
Reading 1 – Acts 2.36-41
On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jews,
“Let all the house of Israel
therefore know for certain
that God has made him both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Now when they heard this,
they were cut to the heart,
and said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles,
“Brothers, what shall we do?”
Peter said to them,
“Repent, and be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins,
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is to you, and to your children,
and to all who are far off,
and all those, however many,
that the Lord our God will call to himself.”
With many other words he testified,
and exhorted them, saying,
“Save yourselves from this corrupt kind!”
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized.
There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Responsorial – Psalm 33.4-5, 18-19, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his loving kindness;
to deliver their soul from death,
to keep them alive in famine.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord. or R. Alleluia
Gospel – John 20.11-18
Mary Magdalene was
standing outside at the tomb weeping.
So, as she wept,
she stooped and looked into the tomb,
and she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head, and one at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.
They said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them,
“Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I do not know where they have laid him.”
When she had said this,
she turned around and saw Jesus standing,
and did not know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?
Who are you looking for?”
She, supposing him to be the gardener,
said to him,
“Sir, if you have carried him away,
tell me where you have laid him,
and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!”
which means, “Teacher!”
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me,
for I have not yet ascended to my Father;
but go to my brothers, and tell them,
‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went
and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord,
and that he had said these things to her.
Easter Monday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 2.14, 22-33
On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing up with the Eleven,
lifted up his voice, and proclaimed,
“You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
“Men of Israel, hear these words!
Jesus of Nazareth, a man recommended by God
to you by mighty works and wonders and signs
which God did by him among you,
even as you yourselves know,
This one, being delivered up
by the determined counsel
and foreknowledge of God,
you killed, crucified by the lawless.
God raised him up,
having freed him from the agony of death,
because it was impossible that he should be held by it.
For David says concerning him,
I saw the Lord always before my face,
He is on my right hand; I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced.
Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;
because you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
You made known to me the paths of life.
You will make me full of joy in your presence.’
“Brothers, I may tell you confidently
of the patriarch David,
that he both died and was buried,
and his tomb is with us to this day.
Therefore he was a prophet,
knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him
that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh,
he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne.
Foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was his soul left in Sheol, nor did his flesh see decay.
This Jesus, God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God,
and having received from the Father
the promise of the Holy Spirit, which he has poured out,
as you now see and hear.
Responsorial – Psalm 16.1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
My soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord.”
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
I will bless the Lord, who has given me counsel.
Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel - Matthew 28.8-15
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
departed quickly from the tomb
with fear and great joy,
and ran to bring his disciples word.
As they went to tell his disciples,
behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!”
They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them,
“Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers
that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Now while they were going,
behold, some of the guards came into the city,
and told the chief priests
all the things that had happened.
When they had assembled with the elders,
and had taken counsel,
they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, saying,
“Say ‘His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.’
If this comes to the governor’s ears,
we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.”
So they took the money and did as they were told.
This saying was spread abroad among the Jews
and continues until this day.
Reading 1 – Acts 2.14, 22-33
On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing up with the Eleven,
lifted up his voice, and proclaimed,
“You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
“Men of Israel, hear these words!
Jesus of Nazareth, a man recommended by God
to you by mighty works and wonders and signs
which God did by him among you,
even as you yourselves know,
This one, being delivered up
by the determined counsel
and foreknowledge of God,
you killed, crucified by the lawless.
God raised him up,
having freed him from the agony of death,
because it was impossible that he should be held by it.
For David says concerning him,
I saw the Lord always before my face,
He is on my right hand; I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced.
Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;
because you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
You made known to me the paths of life.
You will make me full of joy in your presence.’
“Brothers, I may tell you confidently
of the patriarch David,
that he both died and was buried,
and his tomb is with us to this day.
Therefore he was a prophet,
knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him
that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh,
he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne.
Foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was his soul left in Sheol, nor did his flesh see decay.
This Jesus, God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God,
and having received from the Father
the promise of the Holy Spirit, which he has poured out,
as you now see and hear.
Responsorial – Psalm 16.1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
My soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord.”
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
I will bless the Lord, who has given me counsel.
Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
R. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel - Matthew 28.8-15
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
departed quickly from the tomb
with fear and great joy,
and ran to bring his disciples word.
As they went to tell his disciples,
behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!”
They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them,
“Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers
that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Now while they were going,
behold, some of the guards came into the city,
and told the chief priests
all the things that had happened.
When they had assembled with the elders,
and had taken counsel,
they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, saying,
“Say ‘His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.’
If this comes to the governor’s ears,
we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.”
So they took the money and did as they were told.
This saying was spread abroad among the Jews
and continues until this day.
Easter Sunday
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 10.34a, 37-43
Peter opened his mouth and said:
You know the things that have happened
throughout all of Judea
beginning from Galilee,
after the baptism which John preached:
Jesus from Nazareth,
him who God anointed
with the Holy Spirit and with power,
who went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of everything he did
both in the countryside of the Jews,
and in Jerusalem;
and they executed him, hanging him on a tree.
God raised him up the third day
and gave him to be revealed,
not to all the people,
but to witnesses
who were chosen beforehand by God,
to us, who ate and drank with him
after he rose from the dead.
He commanded us to preach to the people
and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God
as the judge of living and dead.
All the prophets witness about him,
a forgiveness of sins may be had through his name
by all those who believe in him.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Resp. 24
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
Reading 2 – Colossians 3.1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ,
seek the things that are above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the things that are above,
not on the things that are on the earth.
For you died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, our life, is revealed,
then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Or 1 Corinthians 5.6b-8
Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast
leavens the whole loaf?
Purge out the old yeast,
that you may be a new loaf,
since you are unleavened.
For indeed Christ, our Passover,
has been sacrificed.
Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Gospel – John 20.1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene went early,
while it was still dark, to the tomb,
and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
So she ran and came to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved,
and said to them,
“They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb,
and we do not know where they have laid him!”
Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out,
and they went to the tomb.
They ran together.
But the other disciple outran Peter,
and came to the tomb first.
Stooping and looking in,
he saw the linen cloths lying there,
yet he did not enter in.
Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and entered into the tomb.
He saw the linen cloths lying there,
and the cloth that had been on his head,
not lying with the linen cloths,
but rolled up in a place by itself.
Then the other disciple
who came first to the tomb also entered in,
and he saw and believed.
For as yet they did not know the Scripture,
that he must rise from the dead.
or Luke 24.13-35 (Afternoon Mass)
Two of them were going that very day
to a village named Emmaus,
which was almost seven miles from Jerusalem.
They talked with each other
about all of these things
which had happened.
While they talked and questioned together,
Jesus himself came near,
and went with them.
But their eyes were kept
from recognizing him.
He said to them,
“What is the subject that you are conversing
with one another about while walking?
And they stopped, sorrowful.
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know the things
which have happened there in these days?”
He said to them, “What things?”
They said to him,
“The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people;
and how our chief priests and rulers
delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him.
But we were hoping that it was he
who would redeem Israel.
Yes, and besides all this,
it is now the third day
since these things happened,
and certain women of our company amazed us,
having arrived early at the tomb:
when they did not find his body,
they came saying that they had
even seen a vision of angels,
who said that he was alive.
Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said,
but him they did not see.”
He said to them,
“O fools and slow of heart to believe
in all that the prophets have spoken!
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things
and so enter into his glory?”
Beginning from Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning himself.
They drew near to the village,
where they were going,
and he acted like he would go further.
They urged him, saying, “Stay with us,
for it is almost evening, and the day is already fading.”
He went in to stay with them.
When he had sat down at the table with them,
he took the bread and blessed it.
Breaking it, he gave to them.
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him,
and he vanished out of their sight.
They said to one another,
“Were our hearts not burning within us,
while he spoke to us along the way,
and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem,
and found the eleven gathered together,
and those who were with them, saying,
“The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!”
They related the things
that happened along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
Reading 1 – Acts 10.34a, 37-43
Peter opened his mouth and said:
You know the things that have happened
throughout all of Judea
beginning from Galilee,
after the baptism which John preached:
Jesus from Nazareth,
him who God anointed
with the Holy Spirit and with power,
who went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of everything he did
both in the countryside of the Jews,
and in Jerusalem;
and they executed him, hanging him on a tree.
God raised him up the third day
and gave him to be revealed,
not to all the people,
but to witnesses
who were chosen beforehand by God,
to us, who ate and drank with him
after he rose from the dead.
He commanded us to preach to the people
and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God
as the judge of living and dead.
All the prophets witness about him,
a forgiveness of sins may be had through his name
by all those who believe in him.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Resp. 24
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!
or R. Alleluia.
Reading 2 – Colossians 3.1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ,
seek the things that are above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the things that are above,
not on the things that are on the earth.
For you died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, our life, is revealed,
then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Or 1 Corinthians 5.6b-8
Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast
leavens the whole loaf?
Purge out the old yeast,
that you may be a new loaf,
since you are unleavened.
For indeed Christ, our Passover,
has been sacrificed.
Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Gospel – John 20.1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene went early,
while it was still dark, to the tomb,
and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
So she ran and came to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved,
and said to them,
“They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb,
and we do not know where they have laid him!”
Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out,
and they went to the tomb.
They ran together.
But the other disciple outran Peter,
and came to the tomb first.
Stooping and looking in,
he saw the linen cloths lying there,
yet he did not enter in.
Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and entered into the tomb.
He saw the linen cloths lying there,
and the cloth that had been on his head,
not lying with the linen cloths,
but rolled up in a place by itself.
Then the other disciple
who came first to the tomb also entered in,
and he saw and believed.
For as yet they did not know the Scripture,
that he must rise from the dead.
or Luke 24.13-35 (Afternoon Mass)
Two of them were going that very day
to a village named Emmaus,
which was almost seven miles from Jerusalem.
They talked with each other
about all of these things
which had happened.
While they talked and questioned together,
Jesus himself came near,
and went with them.
But their eyes were kept
from recognizing him.
He said to them,
“What is the subject that you are conversing
with one another about while walking?
And they stopped, sorrowful.
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
“Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know the things
which have happened there in these days?”
He said to them, “What things?”
They said to him,
“The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people;
and how our chief priests and rulers
delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him.
But we were hoping that it was he
who would redeem Israel.
Yes, and besides all this,
it is now the third day
since these things happened,
and certain women of our company amazed us,
having arrived early at the tomb:
when they did not find his body,
they came saying that they had
even seen a vision of angels,
who said that he was alive.
Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said,
but him they did not see.”
He said to them,
“O fools and slow of heart to believe
in all that the prophets have spoken!
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things
and so enter into his glory?”
Beginning from Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning himself.
They drew near to the village,
where they were going,
and he acted like he would go further.
They urged him, saying, “Stay with us,
for it is almost evening, and the day is already fading.”
He went in to stay with them.
When he had sat down at the table with them,
he took the bread and blessed it.
Breaking it, he gave to them.
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him,
and he vanished out of their sight.
They said to one another,
“Were our hearts not burning within us,
while he spoke to us along the way,
and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem,
and found the eleven gathered together,
and those who were with them, saying,
“The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!”
They related the things
that happened along the way,
and how he was recognized by them
in the breaking of the bread.
Holy Saturday - Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Official Translation
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
The Lord looks from heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
The Lord looks from heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
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