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.