Easter Sunday, part 1

1.) FROM THE OLD ROMAN LECTIONARY

Introit

(Psalm 138 [139]:18b, 5b, 6a; 1-2)

I rose up, and I am still with you, Alleluia.
You have placed your hand over me, Alleluia; Your knowledge has become wonderful, Alleluia.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me; you have known my sitting down and my rising up.
V: Glory to the Father...
I rose up, and I am still with you...

Epistle

(1 Corinthians 5:7-8)

Brethren,
Clean out the old yeast that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened; for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old yeast - not with the yeast of malice and wickedness - but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Gradual

(Psalm 117 [118]:24, 1; 1 Corinthians 5:7b)

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exult and rejoice in it.
V: Give praise to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy is forever.
Alleluia, Alleluia; Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

Sequence

Let Christians offer as sacrifice to the Passover victim praises.
A Lamb has redeemed the sheep;
the blameless Christ has reconciled sinners to the Father.
Death and life have clashed in a strange duel;
The Leader of life who was dead, is alive and reigns.

Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way?
"The tomb of the living Christ, and the glory of His rising I saw.
The angelic witnesses, the shroud and the garments.
Christ my hope has risen; He will go before His own to Galilee!"

We know that Christ has from the dead risen truly;
On us, O victorious King, have mercy!
Amen, Alleluia.

Gospel

(Mark 16:1-7)

At that time, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James and Salome bought aromatic spices that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at the rising of the sun. And they had been saying among themselves, "Who will roll away for us the stone from the door of the tomb?"
And when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away - although it was very large. And coming inside the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were terrified.
But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. You are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised - He is not here! See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you."

Offertory

(Psalm 75 [76]:9-10)

The earth trembled and was still when God arose in judgment, Alleluia.

Communion

(1 Corinthians 5:7-8)

Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, Alleluia.
Therefore let us feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

2.) FROM THE NEW ROMAN LECTIONARY

First Reading

(Acts 10:34a, 37-43)

Opening his mouth Peter said:
"You know the word which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism that John proclaimed: Jesus from Nazareth - how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things He did both in the land of the Judeans and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
But God raised Him on the third day and granted that He should become manifest; not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen beforehand by God - to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. About Him all the prophets testify, that through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins."

Responsorial Psalm

(Psalm 118 [117]:1-2, 16-17, 22-23)

R: (Ps. 118:24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; forever is His steadfast love!
Let Israel say, "Forever is His steadfast love!"
R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
Alleluia.
The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does strength.
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.
or:
Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
By the LORD this has been done; it is wonderful in our eyes!
R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
Alleluia.

Second Reading

(Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8)

Brethren:
If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (who is your life) is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

Or

Brethren:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump? Clean out the old yeast that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened; for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old yeast - not with the yeast of malice and wickedness - but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Gospel

(John 20:1-9 or Luke 24:13-35 [for afternoon Masses])

Now on the first day of the week Mary the Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and said to them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him!"

So Peter and the other disciple went out and were coming to the tomb. The two were running together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came first to the tomb. And he stooped down and saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face-cloth that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who came first to the tomb, also went in; and he saw and believed (for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise from the dead).

Or

And behold, that very day two of them were on their way to a village - which was about sixty stadia from Jerusalem - called Emmaus, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. And it happened that while they were talking and debating, Jesus himself approached and went with them (but their eyes were kept from recognizing Him).

Then He said to them, "What are these words you are exchanging with each other as you are walking?" Then one of them, named Cleopas, answering Him, said, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened in it in these days?" And He said to them, "What things?"
So they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find His body, they came and said that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. And some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see."
And He said to them, "O fools - and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the scriptures.

And they drew near to the village where they were going, and He pretended to go farther but they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, because it is toward evening and the day is nearly over." And He went in to stay with them. And it happened that when He reclined at table with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts burn [within us] while He was speaking with us on the road, while He was opening the scriptures to us?"

And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those with them gathered together, saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.