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.”