The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night/Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Year of Saint Joseph

Year of the Family "Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love"

In other years: Saint Isidore of Seville, Bishop and Doctor (560-636); Saint Benedict the Moor, Franciscan (1524-1589)

Readings of the Day 

RB: Ch 53:1-15 The Reception of Guests

Mass:

Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1-2:2; Resp Ps 104 or Ps 33; Gn 22:1-18; Resp Ps 16; Ex 14:15-15:1; Resp Ps (Ex 15); Is 54:5-15; Resp Ps 30; Is 55:1-11; Resp Ps (Is 12); Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4; Resp Ps 19; Ezk 36:16-17a, 18-28; (when Baptism is celebrated) Resp Ps 42-43 or (when Baptism is not celebrated) Resp Ps (Is 12) or Ps 51; Epistle Rm 6:3-11; Resp Ps 118; Mk 16:1-7

Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Resp Ps 118; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Sequence (Victimae paschali laudes); Jn 20:1-9

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

HAPPY EASTER!

They were saying to one another, "Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb? When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back; it was very large. 

(Mk 16:3-4)

May every large stone covering your joy be rolled away that you may enter the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.

(Fr. Jude Nwaigwa)

SAINT JOSEPH,

SAINT ISIDORE OF SEVILLE,

SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR,

PRAY FOR US.

Today's image: Icon of the Resurrection, written through the hand of Sister Suzanne, ocso. Prints of the icon, and others too, are available through our online store. Please visit www.redwoodsabbey.org. Thank you. 

© Gertrude Feick 2021