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First Reading:Acts 2:36-41
Let Israel then know for sure that God has made Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you crucified."
When they heard this, they were deeply troubled. And they asked Peter and the other apostles, "What shall we do, brothers?"
Peter answered: "Each of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise of God was made to you and your children, and to all those from afar whom our God may call."
With many other words Peter gave the message and appealed to them saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who accepted his word were baptized; some three thousand persons were added to their number that day.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
Upright is the word of the Lord,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
Our soul waits for the Lord,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
Gospel Reading: Jn 20, 11-18
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she bent down to look inside; she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, and the other at the feet. They said, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She answered, "Because they have taken my Lord and I don't know where they have put him."
As she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not recognize him. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She thought it was the gardener and answered him, "Lord, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him."
Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rabboni"-which means, Master. Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me; you see I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them: I am ascending to my Father, who is your Father, to my God, who is your God."
So Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord, and this is what he said to me."
Introduction
It is not always easy to recognize the risen Lord. This was the experience of Mary Magdalene. We too are asked, "Whom are you seeking?" Are we really seeking the Lord Jesus? And do we recognize him not only in our prayers and when we receive the eucharist, but also when he walks by our side in our sufferings and in our joys, in the people around us, in the ordinary events and circumstances of life? Jesus is indeed our Lord and Messiah. Mary Magdalene recognized him when she heard his voice. Are we so much loving him and attuned to his good news that we say when hearing him: This is you, Lord, speaking to me.
Opening Prayer
Our God of life,
we profess our faith in Jesus
and recognize him as our Lord and Savior.
Make us listen to him
when he speaks his good news to us
for it is a message of life.
May we also hear his voice
when he cries out to us in people in need
or simply when he speaks to us
in people who express to us
their joys and hopes, their love and their faith.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
General Intercessions
- Lord, do not remain a stranger to us. Make the Church see your image even in the sinner to be raised up to a new life, we pray:
- Lord, do not remain a stranger to us. Make us see you and lift you up in the beggar in the street and the fugitive from oppression, we pray:
- Lord, do not remain a stranger to us. Make us console you in those who weep and mourn, we pray:
Prayer over the Gifts
Lord our God,
in these signs of bread and wine
we seek the Lord Jesus.
for we want to find him
and to become near to him
in our life of every day.
Let him become close to us
and raise us above the banality
of everyday life.
Let him make our life rich and beautiful
in goodness and deep faith,
for he is our risen Lord, now and for ever.
Prayer after Communion
Lord God,
bring to perfection in us
what you have let Jesus begin in us
Let him show us what we have to do,
let him keep converting us to his ways
of patient service and deep love.
Let him nourish his new life in us
when in the eucharist he sits at table with us,
his disciples today.
Grant us all this through Christ our Lord.
Blessing
Do not hold on to me, says Jesus. Do not try to posses him for ourselves alone. Let us go to our brothers and sisters and share Jesus with them as the Lord of life who raises us above ourselves by making us with him people-for-others. May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
