The Most Holy Trinity – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Proverbs 8:22-31
Psalm: 8:4-5,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Romans 5:1-5

Gospel: John 16:12-15

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming… Read more »

Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 1:1-11
Salm: 46 (47):2-3,6-7,8-9
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23

Gospel: Luke 24:46-53

And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem… Read more »

Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 15:1-2,22-29
Psalm: 66 (67):2-3,5,6 & 8
Second Reading: Revelation 21:10-14,22-23

Gospel: John 14:23-29

Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me… Read more »

Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: 14:21b-27
Psalm: 145(144):8-9,10-11,12-13ab
Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-5a

Gospel: John 13:31-33a,34-35

When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. (If God is glorified in him,) God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer… Read more »

Fourth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: 13:14,43-52
Psalm: 100(99):2,3,5
Second Reading: Revelation 7:9,14b-17

Gospel: John 10:27-30

Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand… Read more »

Third Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 5:7b-32,40b-41
Psalm: 30(29):2,4,5-6,11,12a,13b
Second Reading: Revelation 5:11-14

Gospel: John 21:1-19

Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We also will come with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing… Read more »

Divine Mercy Sunday
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 2:42-47
Psalm: 117(118):2-4,13-15,22-24
Second Reading: 1 John 5:1-6

Gospel: John 20:19-31

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side… Read more »

Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 10:34a,37-43
Psalm: 117 (118):1-2,16ab-17,22-23
Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

Gospel: John 20:1-9 or Luke 24:1-12 or, in the evening, Luke 24:15-35

A reading from the Gospel of John

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… Read more »