First reading Acts 10:34a, 37-43

‘We ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.’

In those days: Peter opened his mouth and said: ‘You yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And 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, but God raised him on the third day and caused him to appear, not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 118(117):1-2. 16-17. 22-23. ℟24

This is the day the Lord has made;

let us rejoice in it and be glad.

or: Alleluia.

Give praise to the Lord, for he is good;

his mercy endures for ever.

Let the house of Israel say,

‘His mercy endures for ever.’ 

This is the day the Lord has made;

let us rejoice in it and be glad.

or: Alleluia.

The Lord’s right hand is exalted.

The Lord’s right hand has done mighty deeds.

I shall not die, I shall live

and recount the deeds of the Lord. 

This is the day the Lord has made;

let us rejoice in it and be glad.

or: Alleluia.

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

By the Lord has this been done,

a marvel in our eyes. 

This is the day the Lord has made;

let us rejoice in it and be glad.

or: Alleluia.

Second reading Colossians 3:1-4

‘Seek the things that are above, where Christ is.’

Brothers and Sisters: 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 minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Sequence

Victimae Paschali Laudes

Christians, to the Paschal Victim

  offer sacrifice and praise.

The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb;

and Christ, the undefiled,

hath sinners to his Father reconciled.

Death with life contended:

  combat strangely ended!

Life’s own Champion, slain,

  yet lives to reign.

Tell us, Mary: 

  say what thou didst see 

  upon the way.

The tomb the Living did enclose;

I saw Christ’s glory as he rose!

The angels there attesting;

shroud with grave-clothes resting.

Christ, my hope, has risen:

he goes before you into Galilee.

That Christ is truly risen

  from the dead we know.

Victorious king, thy mercy show!

Gospel Acclamation 1 Corinthians 5:7b-8a

Alleluia, alleluia.

Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed;

let us therefore celebrate the festival in the Lord.

Alleluia.