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Year 2 Weekday Reading. (3/4/10)
Easter Vigil
Easter
Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord
At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Reading 1
In
the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless
wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss,
while a mighty wind swept
over the waters.
Then God said,
“Let there be light,” and
there was light.
God saw how good the light
was.
God then separated the light
from the darkness.
God called the light “day,”
and the darkness he called “night.”
Thus evening came, and
morning followed—the first day.
Then God said,
“Let there be a dome in the
middle of the waters,
to separate one body of water
from the other.”
And so it happened:
God made the dome,
and it separated the water
above the dome from the water below it.
God called the dome “the
sky.”
Evening came, and morning
followed—the second day.
Then God said,
“Let the water under the sky
be gathered into a single basin,
so that the dry land may
appear.”
And so it happened:
the water under the sky was
gathered into its basin,
and the dry land appeared.
God called the dry land “the
earth, “
and the basin of the water he
called “the sea.”
God saw how good it was.
Then God said,
“Let the earth bring forth vegetation:
every kind of plant that
bears seed
and every kind of fruit tree
on earth
that bears fruit with its
seed in it.”
And so it happened:
the earth brought forth every
kind of plant that bears seed
and every kind of fruit tree
on earth
that bears fruit with its
seed in it.
God saw how good it was.
Evening came, and morning
followed—the third day.
Then God said:
“Let there be lights in the
dome of the sky,
to separate day from night.
Let them mark the fixed
times, the days and the years,
and serve as luminaries in
the dome of the sky,
to shed light upon the
earth.”
And so it happened:
God made the two great
lights,
the greater one to govern the
day,
and the lesser one to govern
the night;
and he made the stars.
God set them in the dome of the
sky,
to shed light upon the earth,
to govern the day and the
night,
and to separate the light
from the darkness.
God saw how good it was.
Evening came, and morning
followed—the fourth day.
Then God said,
“Let the water teem with an
abundance of living creatures,
and on the earth let birds
fly beneath the dome of the sky.”
And so it happened:
God created the great sea
monsters
and all kinds of swimming
creatures with which the water teems,
and all kinds of winged
birds.
God saw how good it was, and
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fertile, multiply, and
fill the water of the seas;
and let the birds multiply on
the earth.”
Evening came, and morning
followed—the fifth day.
Then God said,
“Let the earth bring forth
all kinds of living creatures:
cattle, creeping things, and
wild animals of all kinds.”
And so it happened:
God made all kinds of wild
animals, all kinds of cattle,
and all kinds of creeping
things of the earth.
God saw how good it was.
Then God said:
“Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness.
Let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
the birds of the air, and the
cattle,
and over all the wild animals
and all the creatures that
crawl on the ground.”
God created man in his image;
in the image of God he
created him;
male and female he created
them.
God blessed them, saying:
“Be fertile and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish
of the sea, the birds of the air,
and all the living things
that move on the earth.”
God also said:
“See, I give you every
seed-bearing plant all over the earth
and every tree that has
seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;
and to all the animals of the
land, all the birds of the air,
and all the living creatures
that crawl on the ground,
I give all the green plants
for food.”
And so it happened.
God looked at everything he
had made, and he found it very good.
Evening came, and morning
followed—the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the
earth and all their array were completed.
Since on the seventh day God
was finished
with the work he had been
doing,
he rested on the seventh day
from all the work he had undertaken.
or
In the beginning, when God
created the heavens and the earth,
God said: “Let us make man in
our image, after our likeness.
Let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
the birds of the air, and the
cattle,
and over all the wild animals
and all the creatures that
crawl on the ground.”
God created man in his image;
in the image of God he
created him;
male and female he created
them.
God blessed them, saying:
“Be fertile and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish
of the sea, the birds of the air,
and all the living things
that move on the earth.”
God also said:
“See, I give you every
seed-bearing plant all over the earth
and every tree that has
seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;
and to all the animals of the
land, all the birds of the air,
and all the living creatures
that crawl on the ground,
I give all the green plants
for food.”
And so it happened.
God looked at everything he
had made, and found it very good.
Ps 104:1-2,
5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35
Responsorial Psalm
R. (30) Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD, my God, you are great
indeed!
You are clothed with majesty
and glory,
robed in light as with a
cloak.
R. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
You fixed the earth upon its
foundation,
not to be moved forever;
with the ocean, as with a
garment, you covered it;
above the mountains the
waters stood.
R. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
You send forth springs into
the watercourses
that wind among the
mountains.
Beside them the birds of
heaven dwell;
from among the branches they
send forth their song.
R. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from
your palace;
the earth is replete with the
fruit of your works.
You raise grass for the
cattle,
and vegetation for man’s use,
Producing bread from the
earth.
R. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
How manifold are your works,
O LORD!
In wisdom you have wrought
them all—the earth is full of your creatures.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your
Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
or
Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13,
20 and 22
R. (5b) The earth is full
of the goodness of the Lord.
Upright is the word of the
LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
R. The earth is full of the
goodness of the Lord.
By the word of the LORD the
heavens were made;
by the breath of his mouth all their host.
He gathers the waters of the
sea as in a flask;
in cellars he confines the deep.
R. The earth is full of
the goodness of the Lord.
Blessed the nation whose God
is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
From heaven the LORD looks
down;
he sees all mankind.
R. The earth is full of
the goodness of the Lord.
Our soul waits for the LORD,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O LORD, be
upon us
who have put our hope in you.
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Gn
22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Reading 2
God put Abraham to the test.
He called to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am, “ he
replied.
Then God said:
“Take your son Isaac, your
only one, whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah.
There you shall offer him up
as a holocaust
on a height that I will point
out to you.”
Early the next morning
Abraham saddled his donkey,
took with him his son Isaac
and two of his servants as well,
and with the wood that he had
cut for the holocaust,
set out for the place of
which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham got
sight of the place from afar.
Then he said to his servants:
“Both of you stay here with
the donkey,
while the boy and I go on
over yonder.
We will worship and then come
back to you.”
Thereupon Abraham took the
wood for the holocaust
and laid it on his son
Isaac’s shoulders,
while he himself carried the
fire and the knife.
As the two walked on
together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham:
“Father!” Isaac said.
“Yes, son, “ he replied.
Isaac continued, “Here are
the fire and the wood,
but where is the sheep for
the holocaust?”
“Son,” Abraham answered,
“God himself will provide the
sheep for the holocaust.”
Then the two continued going
forward.
When they came to the place
of which God had told him,
Abraham built an altar there
and arranged the wood on it.
Next he tied up his son
Isaac,
and put him on top of the
wood on the altar.
Then he reached out and took
the knife to slaughter his son.
But the LORD’s messenger called
to him from heaven,
“Abraham, Abraham!”
“Here I am!” he answered.
“Do not lay your hand on the
boy,” said the messenger.
“Do not do the least thing to
him.
I know now how devoted you
are to God,
since you did not withhold
from me your own beloved son.”
As Abraham looked about,
he spied a ram caught by its
horns in the thicket.
So he went and took the ram
and offered it up as a
holocaust in place of his son.
Abraham named the site
Yahweh-yireh;
hence people now say, AOn the mountain the LORD will see.”
Again the LORD’s messenger
called to Abraham from heaven and said:
“I swear by myself, declares
the LORD,
that because you acted as you
did
in not withholding from me
your beloved son,
I will bless you abundantly
and make your descendants as
countless
as the stars of the sky and
the sands of the seashore;
your descendants shall take
possession
of the gates of their
enemies,
and in your descendants all
the nations of the earth shall find blessingC
all this because you obeyed
my command.”
or
God put Abraham to the test.
He called to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am, “ he replied.
Then God said:
“Take your son Isaac, your
only one, whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah.
There you shall offer him up
as a holocaust
on a height that I will point
out to you.”
When they came to the place
of which God had told him,
Abraham built an altar there
and arranged the wood on it.
Then he reached out and took
the knife to slaughter his son.
But the LORD’s messenger
called to him from heaven,
“Abraham, Abraham!”
“Here I am, “ he answered.
“Do not lay your hand on the
boy, “ said the messenger.
“Do not do the least thing to
him.
I know now how devoted you
are to God,
since you did not withhold
from me your own beloved son.”
As Abraham looked about,
he spied a ram caught by its
horns in the thicket.
So he went and took the ram
and offered it up as a
holocaust in place of his son.
Again the LORD’s messenger
called to Abraham from heaven and said:
“I swear by myself, declares the
LORD,
that because you acted as you
did
in not withholding from me
your beloved son,
I will bless you abundantly
and make your descendants as
countless
as the stars of the sky and
the sands of the seashore;
your descendants shall take
possession
of the gates of their
enemies,
and in your descendants all
the nations of the earth shall find blessingC
all this because you obeyed my command.”
Responsorial Psalm 2
R. (1) You are my
inheritance, O Lord.
O LORD, my allotted portion
and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my
lot.
I set the LORD ever before
me;
with him at my right hand I
shall not be disturbed.
R. You are my inheritance,
O Lord.
Therefore my heart is glad
and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in
confidence;
because you will not abandon
my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your
faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. You are my inheritance,
O Lord.
You will show me the path to
life,
fullness of joys in your
presence,
the
delights at your right hand forever.
R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Reading 3
The LORD said to Moses, “Why
are you crying out to me?
Tell the Israelites to go
forward.
And you, lift up your staff
and, with hand outstretched over the sea,
split the sea in two,
that the Israelites may pass
through it on dry land.
But I will make the Egyptians
so obstinate
that they will go in after
them.
Then I will receive glory
through Pharaoh and all his army,
his chariots and charioteers.
The Egyptians shall know that
I am the LORD,
when I receive glory through
Pharaoh
and his chariots and
charioteers.”
The angel of God, who had
been leading Israel’s camp,
now moved and went around
behind them.
The column of cloud also,
leaving the front,
took up its place behind
them,
so that it came between the
camp of the Egyptians
and that of Israel.
But the cloud now became dark,
and thus the night passed
without the rival camps
coming any closer together
all night long.
Then Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea,
and the LORD swept the sea
with a strong east wind
throughout the night
and so turned it into dry
land.
When the water was thus
divided,
the Israelites marched into
the midst of the sea on dry land,
with the water like a wall to
their right and to their left.
The Egyptians followed in
pursuit;
all Pharaoh’s horses and
chariots and charioteers went after them
right into the midst of the
sea.
In the night watch just
before dawn
the LORD cast through the
column of the fiery cloud
upon the Egyptian force a
glance that threw it into a panic;
and he so clogged their
chariot wheels
that they could hardly drive.
With that the Egyptians
sounded the retreat before Israel,
because the LORD was fighting
for them against the Egyptians.
Then the LORD told Moses, AStretch out your hand over the sea,
that the water may flow back
upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots and their
charioteers.”
So Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea,
and at dawn the sea flowed
back to its normal depth.
The Egyptians were fleeing
head on toward the sea,
when the LORD hurled them
into its midst.
As the water flowed back,
it covered the chariots and
the charioteers of Pharaoh’s whole army
which had followed the
Israelites into the sea.
Not a single one of them
escaped.
But the Israelites had
marched on dry land
through the midst of the sea,
with the water like a wall to
their right and to their left.
Thus the LORD saved Israel on
that day
from the power of the
Egyptians.
When Israel saw the Egyptians
lying dead on the seashore
and beheld the great power
that the LORD
had shown against the
Egyptians,
they feared the LORD and believed
in him and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the Israelites
sang this song to the LORD:
I will sing to the LORD, for
he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
Responsorial Psalm 3
R. (1b) Let us sing to the
Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
I will sing to the LORD, for
he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast
into the sea.
My strength and my courage is
the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
He is my God, I praise him;
the God of my father, I extol
him.
R. Let us sing to the
Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
The LORD is a warrior,
LORD is his name!
Pharaoh’s chariots and army
he hurled into the sea;
the elite of his officers
were submerged in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the
Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
The flood waters covered
them,
they sank into the depths
like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD,
magnificent in power,
your right hand, O LORD, has
shattered the enemy.
R. Let us sing to the
Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
You brought in the people you
redeemed
and planted them on the
mountain of your inheritanceC
the place where you made your
seat, O LORD,
the sanctuary, LORD, which
your hands established.
The LORD shall reign forever
and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
Reading 4
The One who has become your
husband is your Maker;
his name is the LORD of
hosts;
your redeemer is the Holy One
of Israel,
called God of all the earth.
The LORD calls you back,
like a wife forsaken and
grieved in spirit,
a wife married in youth and
then cast off,
says your God.
For a brief moment I
abandoned you,
but with great tenderness I
will take you back.
In an outburst of wrath, for
a moment
I hid my face from you;
but with enduring love I take
pity on you,
says the LORD, your redeemer.
This is for me like the days
of Noah,
when I swore that the waters
of Noah
should never again deluge the
earth;
so I have sworn not to be
angry with you,
or to rebuke you.
Though the mountains leave
their place
and the hills be shaken,
my love shall never leave you
nor my covenant of peace be
shaken,
says the LORD, who has mercy
on you.
O afflicted one,
storm-battered and unconsoled,
I lay your pavements in
carnelians,
and your foundations in
sapphires;
I will make your battlements
of rubies,
your gates of carbuncles,
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 justice shall you be
established,
far from the fear of
oppression,
where destruction cannot come
near you.
Responsorial Psalm 4
R. (2a) I will praise you,
Lord, for you have rescued me.
I will extol you, O LORD, for
you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies
rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up
from the netherworld;
you preserved me from among
those going down into the pit.
R. I will praise you,
Lord, for you have rescued me.
Sing praise to the LORD, you
his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy
name.
For his anger lasts but a
moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters
in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing.
R. I will praise you,
Lord, for you have rescued me.
Hear, O LORD, and have pity
on me;
O LORD, be my helper.
You changed my mourning into
dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will
I give you thanks.
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
Reading 5
Thus says the LORD:
All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
come, without paying and
without cost,
drink wine and milk!
Why spend your money for what
is not bread,
your wages for what fails to
satisfy?
Heed me, and you shall eat
well,
you shall delight in rich
fare.
Come to me heedfully,
listen, that you may have
life.
I will renew with you the
everlasting covenant,
the benefits assured to
David.
As I made him a witness to
the peoples,
a leader and commander of
nations,
so shall you summon a nation
you knew not,
and nations that knew you not
shall run to you,
because of the LORD, your
God,
the Holy One of Israel, who
has glorified you.
Seek the LORD while he may be
found,
call him while he is near.
Let the scoundrel forsake his
way,
and the wicked man his
thoughts;
let him turn to the LORD for
mercy;
to our God, who is generous
in forgiving.
For my thoughts are not your
thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways,
says the LORD.
As high as the heavens are above
the earth,
so high are my ways above
your ways
and my thoughts above your
thoughts.
For just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
and do not return there
till they have watered the
earth,
making it fertile and
fruitful,
giving seed to the one who
sows
and bread to the one who
eats,
so shall my word be
that goes forth from my
mouth;
my word shall not return to
me void,
but shall do my will,
achieving the end for which I
sent it.
Responsorial Psalm 5
R. (3) You will draw
water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
God indeed is my savior;
I am confident and unafraid.
My strength and my courage is
the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw water
at the fountain of salvation.
R. You will draw
water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Give thanks to the LORD,
acclaim his name;
among the nations make known
his deeds,
proclaim how exalted is
his name.
R. You will draw
water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Sing praise to the LORD for
his glorious achievement;
let this be known throughout
all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city
of Zion,
for great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel!
R. You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Reading 6
Hear, O Israel, the
commandments of life:
listen, and know prudence!
How is it, Israel,
that you are in the land of
your foes,
grown old in a foreign land,
defiled with the dead,
accounted with those destined
for the netherworld?
You have forsaken the
fountain of wisdom!
Had you walked in the way of
God,
you would have dwelt in
enduring peace.
Learn where prudence is,
where strength, where
understanding;
that you may know also
where are length of days, and
life,
where light of the eyes, and
peace.
Who has found the place of
wisdom,
who has entered into her
treasuries?
The One who knows all things
knows her;
he has probed her by his knowledgeC
The One who established the
earth for all time,
and filled it with
four-footed beasts;
he who dismisses the light,
and it departs,
calls it, and it obeys him
trembling;
before whom the stars at
their posts
shine and rejoice;
when he calls them, they
answer, “Here we are!”
shining with joy for their
Maker.
Such is our God;
no other is to be compared to
him:
He has traced out the whole
way of understanding,
and has given her to Jacob,
his servant,
to Israel, his beloved son.
Since then she has appeared
on earth,
and moved among people.
She is the book of the
precepts of God,
the law that endures forever;
all who cling to her will
live,
but those will die who
forsake her.
Turn, O Jacob, and receive
her:
walk by her light toward
splendor.
Give not your glory to
another,
your privileges to an alien
race.
Blessed are we, O Israel;
for what pleases God is known
to us!
Responsorial Psalm 6
R. (John 6:68c) Lord,
you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the LORD is
perfect,
refreshing the soul;
the decree of the LORD is
trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
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
clear,
enlightening the eye.
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,
all of them just.
R. Lord, you have the
words of everlasting life.
They are more precious than
gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7
The word of the LORD came to
me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of
Israel lived in their land,
they defiled it by their
conduct and deeds.
Therefore I poured out my
fury upon them
because of the blood that
they poured out on the ground,
and because they defiled it
with idols.
I scattered them among the
nations,
dispersing them over foreign
lands;
according to their conduct
and deeds I judged them.
But when they came among the
nations wherever they came,
they served to profane my
holy name,
because it was said of them:
“These are the people of the LORD,
yet they had to leave their
land.”
So I have relented because of
my holy name
which the house of Israel
profaned
among the nations where they
came.
Therefore say to the house of
Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD:
Not for your sakes do I act,
house of Israel,
but for the sake of my holy
name,
which you profaned among the
nations to which you came.
I will prove the holiness of
my great name, profaned among the nations,
in whose midst you have
profaned it.
Thus the nations shall know
that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,
when in their sight I prove
my holiness through you.
For I will take you away from
among the nations,
gather you from all the
foreign lands,
and bring you back to your
own land.
I will sprinkle clean water
upon you
to cleanse you from all your
impurities,
and from all your idols I
will cleanse you.
I will give you a new heart
and place a new spirit within you,
taking from your bodies your
stony hearts
and giving you natural
hearts.
I will put my spirit within
you and make you live by my statutes,
careful to observe my
decrees.
You shall live in the land I
gave your fathers;
you shall be my people, and I
will be your God.
Responsorial Psalm 7a
When baptism is celebrated.
R.
(42:2) Like a deer that longs for running streams, my soul longs for
you, my God.
Athirst is my soul for God,
the living God.
When shall I go and behold
the face of God?
R. Like a deer that
longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
I went with the throng
and led them in procession to
the house of God,
Amid loud cries of joy and
thanksgiving,
with the multitude keeping
festival.
R. Like a deer that
longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
Send forth your light and
your fidelity;
they shall lead me on
And bring me to your holy
mountain,
to your dwelling-place.
R. Like a deer that
longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
Then will I go in to the
altar of God,
the God of my gladness and
joy;
then will I give you thanks
upon the harp,
O God, my God!
R. Like a deer that longs for running streams, my soul longs
for you, my God.
Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6When
baptism is not celebrated.
R. (3)
You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
God indeed is my savior;
I am confident and unafraid.
My strength and my courage is
the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw water
at the fountain of salvation.
R. You will draw
water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Give thanks to the LORD,
acclaim his name;
among the nations make known
his deeds,
proclaim how exalted is his
name.
You will draw water joyfully
from the springs of salvation.
Sing praise to the LORD for
his glorious achievement;
let this be known throughout
all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city
of Zion,
for great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel!
R. You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
Responsorial Psalm 7b
When baptism is not celebrated
R.
(12a) Create a clean heart in me, O God.
A clean heart create for me,
O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew
within me.
Cast me not out from your
presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not
from me.
R. Create a clean
heart in me, O God.
Give me back the joy of your
salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain
in me.
I will teach transgressors
your ways,
and sinners shall return to
you.
R. Create a clean
heart in me, O God.
For you are not pleased with
sacrifices;
should I offer a holocaust,
you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a
contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled,
O God, you will not spurn.
R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.
Epistle
Brothers and sisters:
Are you unaware that we who
were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
We were indeed buried with
him through baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
we too might live in newness
of life.
For if we have grown into
union with him through a death like his,
we shall also be united with
him in the resurrection.
We know that our old self was
crucified with him,
so that our sinful body might
be done away with,
that we might no longer be in
slavery to sin.
For a dead person has been
absolved from sin.
If, then, we have died with
Christ,
we believe that we shall also
live with him.
We know that Christ, raised
from the dead, dies no more;
death no longer has power
over him.
As to his death, he died to
sin once and for all;
as to his life, he lives for
God.
Consequently, you too must
think of yourselves as being dead to sin
and living for God in Christ
Jesus.
Responsorial Psalm 8
R. Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for
he is good,
for his mercy endures
forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.
The right hand of the LORD
has struck with power;
the right hand of the LORD is
exalted.
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the
LORD.
R. Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.
The stone the builders
rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been
done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
At daybreak on the first day
of the week
the women who had come from
Galilee with Jesus
took the spices they had
prepared
and went to the tomb.
They found the stone rolled
away from the tomb;
but when they entered,
they did not find the body of
the Lord Jesus.
While they were puzzling over
this, behold,
two men in dazzling garments
appeared to them.
They were terrified and bowed
their faces to the ground.
They said to them,
“Why do you seek the living
one among the dead?
He is not here, but he has
been raised.
Remember what he said to you
while he was still in Galilee,
that the Son of Man must be
handed over to sinners
and be crucified, and rise on
the third day.”
And they remembered his
words.
Then they returned from the
tomb
and announced all these
things to the eleven
and to all the others.
The women were Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James;
the others who accompanied
them also told this to the apostles,
but their story seemed like
nonsense
and they did not believe
them.
But Peter got up and ran to the
tomb,
bent down, and saw the burial
cloths alone;
then he went home amazed at
what had happened.
FFC
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