Sunday, April 21, 2019

Easter Sunday Readings, Annotated

Key:
What these scriptures tell us about God
What these scriptures tell us to do
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Reading 1 Acts 10:34, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said:
"You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power
.
He went about doing good
and healing
all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third dayand granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned usto preach to the people
and testify that he is the one appointed by God
as judge of the living and the dead
.
To him all the prophets bear witness,
that everyone who 
believes in him
will receive forgiveness of sins through his name
."

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
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. This is the day the Lord has made; let us 
rejoice and be glad.
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. This is the day the Lord has made; let us 
rejoice and be glad.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done
;
it is wonderfulin our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us 
rejoice and be glad.

Reading 2  Colossians 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, 
seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory
.

Sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
    
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
    Christ, who only is sinless,
    Reconciles sinners to the Father
.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
    The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
    What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
    The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting,
    The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
    to Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risenour new life obtaining.
    Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
    Amen. Alleluia.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed; let us then 
feast with joy in the Lord.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel John 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala 
came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark
,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So 
she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them
,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and 
he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
What these scriptures tell us about God
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good and healing
God was with him.
This man God raised 
He commissioned us
he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness
everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name
This is the day the Lord has made
he is good
his mercy endures forever
His mercy endures forever
This is the day the Lord has made
The right hand of the LORD has struck with power
the right hand of the LORD is exalted
This is the day the Lord has made
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done

it is wonderful
This is the day the Lord has made
When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
Christ, who only is sinless, reconciles sinners to the Father.
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection
Christ my hope is arisen
Christ indeed from death is risen
our new life obtaining
King, ever reigning!
Christ, our paschal lamb

What these scriptures tell us to do
believes in him
rejoice and be glad
rejoice and be glad
declare the works of the LORD
rejoice and be glad.
rejoice and be glad
seek what is above
Think of what is above
Offer your thankful praises!
feast with joy in the Lord
came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark
she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them
They both ran
he saw and believed.

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