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.