First reading
Acts 10:34, 37–43
‘We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection.’
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 117(118):1–2, 16–17, 22–23
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
Second reading
Colossians 3:1–4
Look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.
Gospel acclamation
1 Corinthians 5:7–8
Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord.
Gospel
John 20:1–9
He must rise from the dead.
Images from the Word
- First day
- Did not go in
- He believed
- Witnesses
- Hidden with Christ
Liturgical notes
Every week on the day which she has called the Lord’s Day, Mother Church keeps the memory of Christ’s resurrection. In the supreme solemnity of Easter she also makes an annual commemoration of the resurrection, along with the Lord’s blessed passion.
—Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, §102
Christ’s paschal mystery, which we have commemorated throughout the past week, is not parcelled up by its historical elements. Throughout the Sacred Triduum, we celebrate the one salvific event of Christ. So, each Sunday, when we gather to celebrate Mass, we enjoy the full mystery of Christ, who has died and risen so that we may live.
‘Look upon your Church, O God, with unfailing love and favour, so that, renewed by the paschal mysteries, she may come to the glory of the resurrection.’
—prayer after Communion