Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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Alleluia, The Lord is Risen!
First Reading: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43
“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. (39 – 41)
Alleluia! St. Peter proclaims his testimony of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Alleluia!
He ate and drank with them after His Resurrection in His Glorious Body! God Lives! Amen! Alleluia!
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things! “The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!” I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done. (16 – 17)
These words of King David could well be echoed by St. Peter and we too can resound them today! Alleluia!
Second Reading: First Corinthians 5: 6b-8
Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (7 – 8)
Help us, O Lord, to celebrate your Feast with the bread of sincerity and truth. Permit us, O Lord, to cast away the yeast of malice and wickedness!
In Jesus’ name, Amen!
Alleluia: First Corinthians 5: 7b-8a
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Alleluia!
Gospel: John 20: 1-9
‘We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!’
Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. (6 – 7)
“We live in the light of his Paschal Mystery — the mystery of his Death and Resurrection. ‘We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!’ We are not looking for a shallow joy but rather a joy that comes from faith, that grows through unselfish love, that respects the ‘fundamental duty of love of neighbour, without which it would be unbecoming to speak of Joy.’” – St. Pope John Paul II, Sunday Angelus, Nov 30th1986
We can have joy in our hearts only when we have unselfish love for our neighbour! We ask the Risen Lord to grant us the grace to walk in the Light of His Love!
In Jesus’ name, Amen!
Happy Easter to Everyone!
