New American Bible readings
First reading (Genesis 1:1 – 2:2)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed—the first day. Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other." And so it happened: God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it. God called the dome "the sky." Evening came, and morning followed—the second day. Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water he called "the sea." God saw how good it was. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened: the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed—the third day. Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth." And so it happened: God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed—the fourth day. Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky." And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was, and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth." Evening came, and morning followed—the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw how good it was. Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in his image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth." God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for food." And so it happened. God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.
Second reading (Genesis 22: 1–18)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you." Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey, took with him his son Isaac and two of his servants as well, and with the wood that he had cut for the holocaust, set out for the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar. Then he said to his servants: "Both of you stay here with the donkey, while the boy and I go on over yonder. We will worship and then come back to you." Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham: "Father!" Isaac said. "Yes, son, " he replied. Isaac continued, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the holocaust?" "Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." Then the two continued going forward. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac, and put him on top of the wood on the altar. Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the LORD's messenger called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered. "Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger. "Do not do the least thing to him. I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son." As Abraham looked about, he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So he went and took the ram and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son. Abraham named the site Yahweh-yireh; hence people now say, “On the mountain the LORD will see." Again the LORD's messenger called to Abraham from heaven and said: "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son, I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing all this because you obeyed my command."
Third reading (Exodus 14:15 – 15:1)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And you, lift up your staff and, with hand outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land. But I will make the Egyptians so obstinate that they will go in after them. Then I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and charioteers. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I receive glory through Pharaoh and his chariots and charioteers." The angel of God, who had been leading Israel's camp, now moved and went around behind them. The column of cloud also, leaving the front, took up its place behind them, so that it came between the camp of the Egyptians and that of Israel. But the cloud now became dark, and thus the night passed without the rival camps coming any closer together all night long. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed in pursuit; all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and charioteers went after them right into the midst of the sea. In the night watch just before dawn, the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic; and he so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly drive. With that, the Egyptians sounded the retreat before Israel, because the LORD was fighting for them against the Egyptians. Then the LORD told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may flow back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and their charioteers.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal depth. The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea, when the LORD hurled them into its midst. As the water flowed back, it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh's whole army, which had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them escaped. But the Israelites had marched on dry land through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. Thus, the LORD saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians. When Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore and beheld the great power that the LORD had shown against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses. Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
Fourth reading (Isaiah 54: 5–14)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
The One who has become your husband is your Maker; his name is the LORD of hosts; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth. The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, a wife married in youth and then cast off, says your God. For a brief moment, I abandoned you, but with great tenderness, I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; but with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your redeemer. This is for me like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah should never again deluge the earth; so I have sworn not to be angry with you, or to rebuke you. Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, my love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you. O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled, I lay your pavements in carnelians, and your foundations in sapphires; I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones. All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. In justice shall you be established, far from the fear of oppression, where destruction cannot come near you.
Fifth reading (Isaiah 55: 1–11)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread, your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David. As I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of nations, so shall you summon a nation you knew not, and nations that knew you not shall run to you, because of the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you. Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked man his thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.
Sixth reading (Baruch 3: 9–15, 32C and 4:4)
A reading from the book of the prophet Baruch.
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: listen, and know prudence! How is it, Israel, that you are in the land of your foes, grown old in a foreign land, defiled with the dead, accounted with those destined for the netherworld? You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom! Had you walked in the way of God, you would have dwelt in enduring peace. Learn where prudence is, where strength, where understanding; that you may know also where are length of days, and life, where light of the eyes, and peace. Who has found the place of wisdom, who has entered into her treasuries? The One who knows all things knows her; he has probed her by his knowledge. The One who established the earth for all time, and filled it with four-footed beasts; he who dismisses the light, and it departs, calls it, and it obeys him trembling; before whom the stars at their posts shine and rejoice; when he calls them, they answer, "Here we are!" shining with joy for their Maker. Such is our God; no other is to be compared to him: He has traced out the whole way of understanding, and has given her to Jacob, his servant, to Israel, his beloved son. Since then she has appeared on earth, and moved among people. She is the book of the precepts of God, the law that endures forever; all who cling to her will live, but those will die who forsake her. Turn, O Jacob, and receive her: walk by her light toward splendor. Give not your glory to another, your privileges to an alien race. Blessed are we, O Israel; for what pleases God is known to us!
Seventh reading (Ezekiel 36: 16–17A and 18–28)
A reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their conduct and deeds. Therefore I poured out my fury upon them because of the blood that they poured out on the ground, and because they defiled it with idols. I scattered them among the nations, dispersing them over foreign lands; according to their conduct and deeds I judged them. But when they came among the nations wherever they came, they served to profane my holy name, because it was said of them: "These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave their land." So I have relented because of my holy name which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they came. Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: Not for your sakes do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you came. I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when in their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Epistle (Romans 6: 3–11)
A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.
Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. For a dead person has been absolved from sin. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
Gospel (Matthew 28: 1–10)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
A reading from the book of Genesis.
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed—the first day. Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other." And so it happened: God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it. God called the dome "the sky." Evening came, and morning followed—the second day. Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water he called "the sea." God saw how good it was. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened: the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed—the third day. Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth." And so it happened: God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed—the fourth day. Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky." And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was, and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth." Evening came, and morning followed—the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw how good it was. Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in his image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth." God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for food." And so it happened. God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.
Second reading (Genesis 22: 1–18)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you." Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey, took with him his son Isaac and two of his servants as well, and with the wood that he had cut for the holocaust, set out for the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham got sight of the place from afar. Then he said to his servants: "Both of you stay here with the donkey, while the boy and I go on over yonder. We will worship and then come back to you." Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two walked on together, Isaac spoke to his father Abraham: "Father!" Isaac said. "Yes, son, " he replied. Isaac continued, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the holocaust?" "Son," Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the sheep for the holocaust." Then the two continued going forward. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac, and put him on top of the wood on the altar. Then he reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the LORD's messenger called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered. "Do not lay your hand on the boy," said the messenger. "Do not do the least thing to him. I know now how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son." As Abraham looked about, he spied a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So he went and took the ram and offered it up as a holocaust in place of his son. Abraham named the site Yahweh-yireh; hence people now say, “On the mountain the LORD will see." Again the LORD's messenger called to Abraham from heaven and said: "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son, I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing all this because you obeyed my command."
Third reading (Exodus 14:15 – 15:1)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. And you, lift up your staff and, with hand outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land. But I will make the Egyptians so obstinate that they will go in after them. Then I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and charioteers. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I receive glory through Pharaoh and his chariots and charioteers." The angel of God, who had been leading Israel's camp, now moved and went around behind them. The column of cloud also, leaving the front, took up its place behind them, so that it came between the camp of the Egyptians and that of Israel. But the cloud now became dark, and thus the night passed without the rival camps coming any closer together all night long. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed in pursuit; all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and charioteers went after them right into the midst of the sea. In the night watch just before dawn, the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic; and he so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly drive. With that, the Egyptians sounded the retreat before Israel, because the LORD was fighting for them against the Egyptians. Then the LORD told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may flow back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and their charioteers.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal depth. The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea, when the LORD hurled them into its midst. As the water flowed back, it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh's whole army, which had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them escaped. But the Israelites had marched on dry land through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. Thus, the LORD saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians. When Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore and beheld the great power that the LORD had shown against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses. Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
Fourth reading (Isaiah 54: 5–14)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
The One who has become your husband is your Maker; his name is the LORD of hosts; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth. The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, a wife married in youth and then cast off, says your God. For a brief moment, I abandoned you, but with great tenderness, I will take you back. In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; but with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your redeemer. This is for me like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah should never again deluge the earth; so I have sworn not to be angry with you, or to rebuke you. Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, my love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you. O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled, I lay your pavements in carnelians, and your foundations in sapphires; I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones. All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. In justice shall you be established, far from the fear of oppression, where destruction cannot come near you.
Fifth reading (Isaiah 55: 1–11)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread, your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David. As I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of nations, so shall you summon a nation you knew not, and nations that knew you not shall run to you, because of the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you. Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked man his thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.
Sixth reading (Baruch 3: 9–15, 32C and 4:4)
A reading from the book of the prophet Baruch.
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: listen, and know prudence! How is it, Israel, that you are in the land of your foes, grown old in a foreign land, defiled with the dead, accounted with those destined for the netherworld? You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom! Had you walked in the way of God, you would have dwelt in enduring peace. Learn where prudence is, where strength, where understanding; that you may know also where are length of days, and life, where light of the eyes, and peace. Who has found the place of wisdom, who has entered into her treasuries? The One who knows all things knows her; he has probed her by his knowledge. The One who established the earth for all time, and filled it with four-footed beasts; he who dismisses the light, and it departs, calls it, and it obeys him trembling; before whom the stars at their posts shine and rejoice; when he calls them, they answer, "Here we are!" shining with joy for their Maker. Such is our God; no other is to be compared to him: He has traced out the whole way of understanding, and has given her to Jacob, his servant, to Israel, his beloved son. Since then she has appeared on earth, and moved among people. She is the book of the precepts of God, the law that endures forever; all who cling to her will live, but those will die who forsake her. Turn, O Jacob, and receive her: walk by her light toward splendor. Give not your glory to another, your privileges to an alien race. Blessed are we, O Israel; for what pleases God is known to us!
Seventh reading (Ezekiel 36: 16–17A and 18–28)
A reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their conduct and deeds. Therefore I poured out my fury upon them because of the blood that they poured out on the ground, and because they defiled it with idols. I scattered them among the nations, dispersing them over foreign lands; according to their conduct and deeds I judged them. But when they came among the nations wherever they came, they served to profane my holy name, because it was said of them: "These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave their land." So I have relented because of my holy name which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they came. Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: Not for your sakes do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you came. I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when in their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. You shall live in the land I gave your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Epistle (Romans 6: 3–11)
A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.
Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. For a dead person has been absolved from sin. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
Gospel (Matthew 28: 1–10)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was white as snow. The guards were shaken with fear of him and became like dead men. Then the angel said to the women in reply, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.” Then they went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce this to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."
Catholic Pastoral Edition Bible readings
Catholic Pastoral Edition Bible readings
First reading (Genesis 1:1 – 2:2)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
In the beginning, when God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth had no form and was void; darkness was over the deep and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. God stated, "Let there be light"; and there was light. God saw that the light was good and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'Day' and the darkness 'Night'. There was evening and there was morning: the first day. God stated, "Let there be a firm ceiling between the waters and let it separate waters from waters." So God made the ceiling and separated the waters below it from the waters above it. And so it was. God called the firm ceiling 'Sky'. There was evening and there was morning: the second day. God stated, "Let the waters below the sky be gathered together in one place and let dry land appear." And so it was. God called the dry land 'Earth', and the waters gathered together he called "Seas'. God saw that it was good. God stated, "Let the earth produce vegetation, seed-bearing plants, fruit trees bearing fruit with seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And so it was. The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kind and trees producing fruit which has seed, according it their kind. God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning: the third day. God stated, "Let there be lights in the ceiling of the sky to separate day from night and to serve as signs for the seasons, days, and years; and let these lights in the sky shine above the earth." And so it was. God therefore created two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the smaller light to govern the night; and God made the stars as well. God place the stars in the ceiling of the sky to give light on the earth and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning: the fourth day. God stated, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth under the ceiling of the sky." God created the great creatures of the sea and all living animals, those that teem in the waters, according to their kind, and every winged bird, according to its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them saying, "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the waters of the sea, and let the birds increase on the earth." There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day. God stated, "Let the earth produce living animals according to their kind: cattle, creatures that move along the ground, wild animals according to their kind." So it was. God created the wild animals according to their kind, and everything that creeps along the ground according to its kind. God saw that it was good. God stated, "Let us make man in our image, to our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over the wild animals, and over all creeping things that crawl along the ground." So God created man in his image; in the image of God created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and stated to them, "Be fruitful and augment in number, fill the earth and subdue it, rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky, over every living creature that moves on the ground." God stated, "I have given you every seed-bearing plant which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree that bears fruit with seed. It will be for your food. To every wild animal, to every bird of the sky, to everything that creeps along the ground, to everything that has the breath of life, I give every green plant for food." So it was. God saw all that he had created, and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning: the sixth day. That was the way the sky and earth were created and all their vast array. By the seventh day the work God had done was completed, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had done.
Second reading (Genesis 22: 1–18)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
Some time later God tested Abraham and stated to him, "Abraham!" And he answered, "Here I am." Then God stated, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I shall point out to you." Abraham rose early next morning and saddled his donkey and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He chopped wood for the burnt offering and set out for the place to which God had directed him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance, and he stated to the young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship and then we will come back to you." Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He carried in his hand the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke to Abraham, his father, "Father!" And Abraham replied, "Yes, my son?" Isaac stated, "The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?" Abraham replied, "God himself will provide the lamb for the sacrifice." They went on, the two of them together, until they came to the place to which God had directed them. When Abraham had built the altar and set the wood on it, he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the wood placed on the altar. He then stretched out his hand to seize the knife and slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" And he replied, "Here I am." "Do not lay your hand on the boy; do not harm him, for now I know that you fear God, and you have not held back from me your only son." Abraham looked around and saw behind him a ram caught by its horns in a bush. He offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place 'The Lord will provide.' And the saying has lasted to this day. And the Angel of the Lord called from heaven a second time, "By myself I have sworn, it is the Lord who speaks, because you have done this and not held back your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the lands of their enemies. All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your descendants because you have obeyed me."
Third reading (Exodus 14:15 – 15:1)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
The Lord stated to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. You will raise your staff and stretch your hand over the sea and divide to let the Israelites go dry foot through the sea. I will so harden the minds of the Egyptians that they will follow you. And I will have glory at the expense of Pharaoh, his army, his chariots and horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory for myself at the cost of Pharaoh and his army!" The Angel of God who had gone ahead of the Israelites now placed himself behind them. The pillar of cloud changed its position from the front to the rear, between the camps of the Israelites and the Egyptians. For one army the cloud provided light, for the other darkness so that throughout the night the armies drew no closer to each other. Moses stretched his hand of the sea and the Lord made a strong east wind blow all night and dry up the sea. The waters divided and the sons of Israel went on dry ground through the middle of the sea, with the waters forming a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed them and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and horsemen moved forward in the middle of the sea. It happened that in the morning watch, the Lord in the pillar and fire, looked towards the Egyptian camp and threw it into confusion. He so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly move. Then the Egyptians stated, "Let us flee from the Israelites for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt." Then the Lord stated to Moses, "Stretch your hand over the sea and let the waters come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and horsemen." Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. At daybreak the sea returned to its place. As the Egyptians tried to retreat, the Lord swept them into the sea. The waters flowed back and engulfed the chariots and horsemen of the whole army of Pharaoh that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them escaped. As for the Israelites they went forward on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the waters forming a wall on their right and their left. On that day the Lord delivered Israel from the power of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore. They understood what wonders the Lord had done for them against Egypt, and the people feared the Lord. They believed in the Lord and in Moses, his servant. Then Moses and the people sang this song to the Lord: I will sing to the Lord, the glorious one, horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
Fourth reading (Isaiah 54: 5–14)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
For your maker is to marry you: the Lord Sabaoth is his name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel: He is called God of all the earth. For the Lord has called you back as one forsaken and grieved in spirit. "Who could abandon his first beloved?" says your God. For a brief moment I have abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will gather my people. For a moment, in an outburst of anger, I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I have had mercy on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer. This is for me like Noah's waters, when I swore that they would no more flood the earth; so now I swear not to be angry with you and never again to rebuke you. The mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but never will my love depart from you nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord whose compassion is for you. O afflicted city, lashed by storm and unconsoled, I will set your stones with turquoise, your foundation with sapphires. I will crown your wall with agate, make your gates crystal, and your ramparts of precious stones. All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will prosper greatly. Justice will be your foundation; tyranny and the fear of oppression will never come near you.
Fifth reading (Isaiah 55: 1–11)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Come here, all you who are thirsty, come to the water! All who have no money, come! Yes, without money and at no cost, buy and drink wine and milk. Why spend money on what is not food and labor for what does not satisfy? Listen to me, and you will eat well; you will enjoy the richest of fare. Incline your ear and come to me; listen, that your soul may live. I will make you you an everlasting covenant, I will fulfill in you many promises to David. See, I have given him for a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the people. Likewise you will summon a nation unknown to you, and nations that do not know you will come hurrying to you for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has promised you. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call to him while he is near. Let the wicked abandon his way, let him forsake his thoughts, let him turn to the Lord for he will have mercy, for our God is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, may ways are not your ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are above the earth, so are may ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return till they have watered the earth, make it yield seed for the sower and food for others to eat, so is my word that goes forth out of my mouth: it will not return to me idle, but it shall accomplish my will, the purpose for which it has been sent.
Sixth reading (Baruch 3: 9–15, 32 – 4:4)
A reading from the book of the prophet Baruch.
Listen, Israel, to the commands of life, give ear so as to learn prudence. Why, Israel! Why are you in the land of your foes? Why are you growing old in a foreign country, contaminated by pagans, counted among those who go to the pit? You have abandoned the source of Wisdom. If you had walked in the way of God, peace would be your dwelling place forever. Learn where is Wisdom, where is Strength and Understanding, that you may know, at the same time, where are length of days and life, light of the eyes and peace. Who will find Wisdom's dwelling? Who will enter her storage rooms? But he who knows her path, no one who thinks of her way. But he who knows everything recognizes her. He has found her in his own intellect. He who created the earth, for all time, and has filled it with four-footed beings. He who sends the light, and it goes, who recalls it, and trembling it obeys. The stars shine, full of joy, to keep their night watches. He calls them and they answer, "Here we are." They shine with joy for their creator. It is he who is our God, no other can be compared with him. He has found the way of understanding and has given her to Jacob his servant and to Israel his well-beloved. Then Wisdom was seen on earth and lived among humans. She herself is the book of the commands of God, the law which endures forever. All who hold fast to her will have life but those who abandon her will die. Come back, Jacob, and embrace her, walk towards brightness under her light. Do not give up what is your glory or sell your privileges to any strange nation. We are fortunate, O Israel, for we know what pleases the Lord!
Seventh reading (Ezekiel 36: 16–28)
A reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
The word of the Lord came to me in these terms, "Son of man, when Israel occupied her own land she defiled it by her way of life and her actions. To me her conduct was like the uncleanness of a women in her period. I poured out my fury on them because of the blood they shed in the land and because they defiled it with their filthy idols. Then I scattered them among the nations and disperse them in other lands. I judged them according to their conduct and their actions. But when they were brought to other nations, my holy Name was profaned because others stated to them: 'The people of the Lord had to be exiled from this land!' Then I was concerned for my holy Name, profaned by Israel among the nations where she had been dispersed. Now you shall say to the people of Israel: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, but because of my holy Name that you have profaned in the places where you have gone. I will make known the holiness of my great Name, profaned among the nations because of you, and they will know that I am the Lord when I show them my holiness among you. For I will gather you from all the nations and bring you back to your own land. Then I shall pour pure water over you and you shall be made clean – cleansed from the defilement of all your idols. I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I shall remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I shall put my spirit within you and move you to follow my decrees and keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you shall be my people and I will be your God.
Epistle (Romans 6: 3–11)
A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.
Brothers and sisters: You know that in baptism which unites us to Christ we are all baptized and plunged into his death. By this baptism in his death, we were buried with Christ and, as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Glory of the Father, so we begin walking in a new life. I was an image of his death when we were grafted in him, and so we will also share in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with Christ, so as to destroy what of us was sin — if we are dead, we are no longer in debt to sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. We know that Christ, once risen from the dead, will never die again and death has no more dominion over him. There has been death: a death to sin once for all; there is life; a life in God. So you, too, must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Gospel (Matthew 28: 1–10)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
After the Sabbath, at the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to visit the tomb. Suddenly there was a violent earthquake: an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, came to the stone, rolled it from the entrance of the tomb, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his garment white as snow. The guards trembled in fear and become like dead men when they saw the angel. The angel stated to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Come, see the place where they laid him: then go at once and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead and is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. This is my message for you.” They left the tomb at once in holy fear, yet with great joy, and they ran to tell the news to the disciples. Suddenly, Jesus met them on the way and stated, “Peace.” The woman approached him, embraced his feet and worshiped him. But Jesus stated to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to set out for Galilee; there they will see me.”
A reading from the book of Genesis.
In the beginning, when God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth had no form and was void; darkness was over the deep and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. God stated, "Let there be light"; and there was light. God saw that the light was good and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'Day' and the darkness 'Night'. There was evening and there was morning: the first day. God stated, "Let there be a firm ceiling between the waters and let it separate waters from waters." So God made the ceiling and separated the waters below it from the waters above it. And so it was. God called the firm ceiling 'Sky'. There was evening and there was morning: the second day. God stated, "Let the waters below the sky be gathered together in one place and let dry land appear." And so it was. God called the dry land 'Earth', and the waters gathered together he called "Seas'. God saw that it was good. God stated, "Let the earth produce vegetation, seed-bearing plants, fruit trees bearing fruit with seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And so it was. The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kind and trees producing fruit which has seed, according it their kind. God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning: the third day. God stated, "Let there be lights in the ceiling of the sky to separate day from night and to serve as signs for the seasons, days, and years; and let these lights in the sky shine above the earth." And so it was. God therefore created two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the smaller light to govern the night; and God made the stars as well. God place the stars in the ceiling of the sky to give light on the earth and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning: the fourth day. God stated, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth under the ceiling of the sky." God created the great creatures of the sea and all living animals, those that teem in the waters, according to their kind, and every winged bird, according to its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them saying, "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the waters of the sea, and let the birds increase on the earth." There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day. God stated, "Let the earth produce living animals according to their kind: cattle, creatures that move along the ground, wild animals according to their kind." So it was. God created the wild animals according to their kind, and everything that creeps along the ground according to its kind. God saw that it was good. God stated, "Let us make man in our image, to our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over the wild animals, and over all creeping things that crawl along the ground." So God created man in his image; in the image of God created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and stated to them, "Be fruitful and augment in number, fill the earth and subdue it, rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky, over every living creature that moves on the ground." God stated, "I have given you every seed-bearing plant which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree that bears fruit with seed. It will be for your food. To every wild animal, to every bird of the sky, to everything that creeps along the ground, to everything that has the breath of life, I give every green plant for food." So it was. God saw all that he had created, and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning: the sixth day. That was the way the sky and earth were created and all their vast array. By the seventh day the work God had done was completed, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had done.
Second reading (Genesis 22: 1–18)
A reading from the book of Genesis.
Some time later God tested Abraham and stated to him, "Abraham!" And he answered, "Here I am." Then God stated, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I shall point out to you." Abraham rose early next morning and saddled his donkey and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He chopped wood for the burnt offering and set out for the place to which God had directed him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance, and he stated to the young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship and then we will come back to you." Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He carried in his hand the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke to Abraham, his father, "Father!" And Abraham replied, "Yes, my son?" Isaac stated, "The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?" Abraham replied, "God himself will provide the lamb for the sacrifice." They went on, the two of them together, until they came to the place to which God had directed them. When Abraham had built the altar and set the wood on it, he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the wood placed on the altar. He then stretched out his hand to seize the knife and slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" And he replied, "Here I am." "Do not lay your hand on the boy; do not harm him, for now I know that you fear God, and you have not held back from me your only son." Abraham looked around and saw behind him a ram caught by its horns in a bush. He offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place 'The Lord will provide.' And the saying has lasted to this day. And the Angel of the Lord called from heaven a second time, "By myself I have sworn, it is the Lord who speaks, because you have done this and not held back your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the lands of their enemies. All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your descendants because you have obeyed me."
Third reading (Exodus 14:15 – 15:1)
A reading from the book of Exodus.
The Lord stated to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. You will raise your staff and stretch your hand over the sea and divide to let the Israelites go dry foot through the sea. I will so harden the minds of the Egyptians that they will follow you. And I will have glory at the expense of Pharaoh, his army, his chariots and horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory for myself at the cost of Pharaoh and his army!" The Angel of God who had gone ahead of the Israelites now placed himself behind them. The pillar of cloud changed its position from the front to the rear, between the camps of the Israelites and the Egyptians. For one army the cloud provided light, for the other darkness so that throughout the night the armies drew no closer to each other. Moses stretched his hand of the sea and the Lord made a strong east wind blow all night and dry up the sea. The waters divided and the sons of Israel went on dry ground through the middle of the sea, with the waters forming a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed them and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and horsemen moved forward in the middle of the sea. It happened that in the morning watch, the Lord in the pillar and fire, looked towards the Egyptian camp and threw it into confusion. He so clogged their chariot wheels that they could hardly move. Then the Egyptians stated, "Let us flee from the Israelites for the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt." Then the Lord stated to Moses, "Stretch your hand over the sea and let the waters come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and horsemen." Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. At daybreak the sea returned to its place. As the Egyptians tried to retreat, the Lord swept them into the sea. The waters flowed back and engulfed the chariots and horsemen of the whole army of Pharaoh that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them escaped. As for the Israelites they went forward on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the waters forming a wall on their right and their left. On that day the Lord delivered Israel from the power of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore. They understood what wonders the Lord had done for them against Egypt, and the people feared the Lord. They believed in the Lord and in Moses, his servant. Then Moses and the people sang this song to the Lord: I will sing to the Lord, the glorious one, horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
Fourth reading (Isaiah 54: 5–14)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
For your maker is to marry you: the Lord Sabaoth is his name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel: He is called God of all the earth. For the Lord has called you back as one forsaken and grieved in spirit. "Who could abandon his first beloved?" says your God. For a brief moment I have abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will gather my people. For a moment, in an outburst of anger, I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I have had mercy on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer. This is for me like Noah's waters, when I swore that they would no more flood the earth; so now I swear not to be angry with you and never again to rebuke you. The mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but never will my love depart from you nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord whose compassion is for you. O afflicted city, lashed by storm and unconsoled, I will set your stones with turquoise, your foundation with sapphires. I will crown your wall with agate, make your gates crystal, and your ramparts of precious stones. All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will prosper greatly. Justice will be your foundation; tyranny and the fear of oppression will never come near you.
Fifth reading (Isaiah 55: 1–11)
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Come here, all you who are thirsty, come to the water! All who have no money, come! Yes, without money and at no cost, buy and drink wine and milk. Why spend money on what is not food and labor for what does not satisfy? Listen to me, and you will eat well; you will enjoy the richest of fare. Incline your ear and come to me; listen, that your soul may live. I will make you you an everlasting covenant, I will fulfill in you many promises to David. See, I have given him for a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the people. Likewise you will summon a nation unknown to you, and nations that do not know you will come hurrying to you for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has promised you. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call to him while he is near. Let the wicked abandon his way, let him forsake his thoughts, let him turn to the Lord for he will have mercy, for our God is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, may ways are not your ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are above the earth, so are may ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return till they have watered the earth, make it yield seed for the sower and food for others to eat, so is my word that goes forth out of my mouth: it will not return to me idle, but it shall accomplish my will, the purpose for which it has been sent.
Sixth reading (Baruch 3: 9–15, 32 – 4:4)
A reading from the book of the prophet Baruch.
Listen, Israel, to the commands of life, give ear so as to learn prudence. Why, Israel! Why are you in the land of your foes? Why are you growing old in a foreign country, contaminated by pagans, counted among those who go to the pit? You have abandoned the source of Wisdom. If you had walked in the way of God, peace would be your dwelling place forever. Learn where is Wisdom, where is Strength and Understanding, that you may know, at the same time, where are length of days and life, light of the eyes and peace. Who will find Wisdom's dwelling? Who will enter her storage rooms? But he who knows her path, no one who thinks of her way. But he who knows everything recognizes her. He has found her in his own intellect. He who created the earth, for all time, and has filled it with four-footed beings. He who sends the light, and it goes, who recalls it, and trembling it obeys. The stars shine, full of joy, to keep their night watches. He calls them and they answer, "Here we are." They shine with joy for their creator. It is he who is our God, no other can be compared with him. He has found the way of understanding and has given her to Jacob his servant and to Israel his well-beloved. Then Wisdom was seen on earth and lived among humans. She herself is the book of the commands of God, the law which endures forever. All who hold fast to her will have life but those who abandon her will die. Come back, Jacob, and embrace her, walk towards brightness under her light. Do not give up what is your glory or sell your privileges to any strange nation. We are fortunate, O Israel, for we know what pleases the Lord!
Seventh reading (Ezekiel 36: 16–28)
A reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
The word of the Lord came to me in these terms, "Son of man, when Israel occupied her own land she defiled it by her way of life and her actions. To me her conduct was like the uncleanness of a women in her period. I poured out my fury on them because of the blood they shed in the land and because they defiled it with their filthy idols. Then I scattered them among the nations and disperse them in other lands. I judged them according to their conduct and their actions. But when they were brought to other nations, my holy Name was profaned because others stated to them: 'The people of the Lord had to be exiled from this land!' Then I was concerned for my holy Name, profaned by Israel among the nations where she had been dispersed. Now you shall say to the people of Israel: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, but because of my holy Name that you have profaned in the places where you have gone. I will make known the holiness of my great Name, profaned among the nations because of you, and they will know that I am the Lord when I show them my holiness among you. For I will gather you from all the nations and bring you back to your own land. Then I shall pour pure water over you and you shall be made clean – cleansed from the defilement of all your idols. I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I shall remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I shall put my spirit within you and move you to follow my decrees and keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you shall be my people and I will be your God.
Epistle (Romans 6: 3–11)
A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.
Brothers and sisters: You know that in baptism which unites us to Christ we are all baptized and plunged into his death. By this baptism in his death, we were buried with Christ and, as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Glory of the Father, so we begin walking in a new life. I was an image of his death when we were grafted in him, and so we will also share in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with Christ, so as to destroy what of us was sin — if we are dead, we are no longer in debt to sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. We know that Christ, once risen from the dead, will never die again and death has no more dominion over him. There has been death: a death to sin once for all; there is life; a life in God. So you, too, must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Gospel (Matthew 28: 1–10)
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
After the Sabbath, at the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to visit the tomb. Suddenly there was a violent earthquake: an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, came to the stone, rolled it from the entrance of the tomb, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his garment white as snow. The guards trembled in fear and become like dead men when they saw the angel. The angel stated to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Come, see the place where they laid him: then go at once and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead and is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. This is my message for you.” They left the tomb at once in holy fear, yet with great joy, and they ran to tell the news to the disciples. Suddenly, Jesus met them on the way and stated, “Peace.” The woman approached him, embraced his feet and worshiped him. But Jesus stated to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to set out for Galilee; there they will see me.”
The Easter Vigil Mass is split into four different parts: The Solemn Beginning of the Vigil (the Service of Light), the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of the Sacrament of Initiation, and finally, the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
ReplyDeleteNine readings are assigned for the Easter Vigil. However, due to the limited time available for celebrating the Mass, the number of prescribed readings has to be reduced to five. Three readings from the Old Testament are read, while two readings, the epistle and the gospel are read. In any case, the reading from Exodus 14:15 – 15:1 should not be omitted.
DeleteOnly in cases where time is allowed, all nine readings may be read.
DeleteThe priest states this to begin the vigil Mass: Dear brethren (brothers and sisters), on this most sacred night, in which our Lord Jesus Christ passed over from death to life, the Church calls upon her sons and daughters, scattered throughout the world, to come together to watch and pray. If we keep the memorial of the Lord's paschal solemnity in this way, listening to his word and celebrating his mysteries, then we shall have the sure hope of sharing his triumph over death and living with him in God.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the mass, the lights are turned off. The Entrance Hymn is omitted since the vigil commences solemnly.
DeleteDepending in what parish is the Easter Vigil mass celebrated, the celebration may start inside or outside the Church.
DeleteAfter the statement above, the priest blesses the fire, stating with hands extended: Let us pray. O God, who through your Son bestowed upon the faithful the fire of your glory, sanctify this new fire, we pray, and grant that by these paschal celebrations, we may be so inflamed with heavenly desires, that with minds made pure we may attain festivities of unending splendor. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
DeleteAfter the blessing of the new fire, one of the ministers brings the paschal candle to the celebrant, who cuts a cross in the candle with a stylus. Then he traces the Greek letter alpha above the cross, the letter omega below, and the four numerals of the current year between the arms of the cross. Meanwhile, the priest states: Christ yesterday and today (traces the vertical arm of the cross), the beginning and the end, (the horizontal arm), Alpha (above the cross), and Omega (below the cross), all time belongs to him (1st digit of the current year), and all the ages (2nd digit of the current year), to him be glory and power (3rd digit of the current year), through every age forever (final digit of the current year). Amen.
DeleteAfter this, the priest inserts five grains of incense in the candle in the form of a cross, meanwhile stating: By his holy and glorious wounds, may Christ our Lord guard us and keep us. Amen.
DeleteThen the priest lights the paschal candle from the new fire, stating: May the light of Christ, rising in glory, dispel the darkness of our hearts and minds.
DeleteWhen the candle has been lit, one of the ministers takes burning coals from the fire and places them in the thurible, and the priest puts incense into it. The priest takes the Easter candle, lifts it high, and then sings: The Light of Christ.
DeleteCongregation will reply: Thanks be to God.
All servers enter the church, led by the priest with the Easter candle. If incense is used, the thurifer goes before the deacon (if available). At the church door, the priest lifts the candle high and sings a second time: The Light of Christ.
Congregation will reply: Thanks be to God.
All congregation will light their candles from the paschal candle and continue in the procession. When the priest arrives before the altar, he faces the people and sings a third time: The Light of Christ.
Congregation will reply: Thanks be to God.
After this, the paschal candle is placed on the large stand specialized for the candle. Then the lights in the church turn on, except for the altar candles.
The Easter proclamation is sung in English or in Latin. The congregation will remain standing and hold their lighted candles.
DeleteBelow is the Easter proclamation in English.
DeleteExult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King's triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness. Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lightning of his glory, let this holy building shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the peoples. (Therefore, dearest friends, standing in the awesome glory of this holy light, invoke with me, I ask you, the mercy of God almighty, that he, who has been pleased to number me, though unworthy, among the Levites, may pour into me his light unshadowed, that I may sing this candle's perfect praises.)
DeleteDeacon: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.
Deacon: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Deacon: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right and just.
It is truly right and just, with ardent love of mind and heart and with devoted service of our voice, to acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten. Who for our sake paid Adam's debt to the eternal Father, and, pouring out his own dear Blood, wiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness. These, then, are the feasts of Passover, in which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb, whose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers. This is the night, when once you led our forebears, Israel's children, from slavery in Egypt and made them pass dry-shod through the Red Sea. This is the night that with a pillar of fire banished the darkness of sin. This is the night that even now throughout the world, sets Christian believers apart from worldly vices and from the gloom of sin, leading them to grace and joining them to his holy ones. This is the night when Christ broke the prison-bars of death and rose victorious from the underworld. Our birth would have been no gain, had we not been redeemed. O wonder of your humble care for us! O love, O charity beyond all telling, to ransom a slave you gave away your Son! O truly necessary sin of Adam, destroyed completely by the Death of Christ! O happy fault that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer! O truly blessed night, worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld! This is the night of which it is written: The night shall be as bright as day, dazzling is the night for me, and full of gladness. The sanctifying power of this night dispels wickedness, washes faults away, restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners, drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty. On this, your night of grace, O holy Father, accept this candle, a solemn offering, the work of bees and of your servants' hands, an evening sacrifice of praise, this gift from your most holy Church. But now we know the praises of this pillar, which glowing fire ignites for God's honour, a fire into many flames divided, yet never dimmed by sharing of its light, for it is fed by melting wax, drawn out by mother bees to build a torch so precious. O truly blessed night, when things of heaven are wed to those of earth, and divine to the human. Therefore, O Lord, we pray you that this candle, hallowed to the honour of your name, may persevere undimmed, to overcome the darkness of this night. Receive it as a pleasing fragrance, and let it mingle with the lights of heaven. May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who, coming back from death's domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity, and lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
Above is the Easter proclamation in English. Below is the Easter proclamation in Latin.
DeleteExsúltet iam angélica turba cælórum: exsúltent divína mystéria: et pro tanti Regis victória tuba ínsonet salutáris. Gáudeat et tellus, tantis irradiáta fulgóribus: et ætérni Regis splendóre illustráta, tótius orbis se séntiat amisísse calíginem. Lætétur et mater Ecclésia, tanti lúminis adornáta fulgóribus: et magnis populórum vócibus hæc aula resúltet. [Quaprópter astántes vos, fratres caríssimi, ad tam miram huius sancti lúminis claritátem, una mecum, quæso, Dei omnipoténtis misericórdiam invocáte. Ut, qui me non meis méritis intra Levitárum númerum dignátus est aggregáre, lúminis sui claritátem infúndens, cérei huius laudem implére perfíciat.]
Delete[V/ Dóminus vobíscum.
R/ Et cum spíritu tuo.]
V/ Sursum corda.
R/ Habémus ad Dóminum.
V/ Grátias agámus Dómino Deo nostro.
R/ Dignum et iustum est.
Vere dignum et iustum est, invisíbilem Deum Patrem omnipoténtem Filiúmque eius unigénitum, Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, toto cordis ac mentis afféctu et vocis ministério personáre. Qui pro nobis ætérno Patri Adæ débitum solvit, et véteris piáculi cautiónem pio cruóre detérsit. Hæc sunt enim festa paschália, in quibus verus ille Agnus occíditur, cuius sánguine postes fidélium consecrántur. Hæc nox est, in qua primum patres nostros, fílios Israel edúctos de Ægypto, Mare Rubrum sicco vestígio transíre fecísti. Hæc ígitur nox est, quæ peccatórum ténebras colúmnæ illuminatióne purgávit. Hæc nox est, quæ hódie per univérsum mundum in Christo credéntes, a vítiis sæculi et calígine peccatórum segregátos, reddit grátiæ, sóciat sanctitáti. Hæc nox est, in qua, destrúctis vínculis mortis, Christus ab ínferis victor ascéndit. Nihil enim nobis nasci prófuit, nisi rédimi profuísset. O mira circa nos tuæ pietátis dignátio! O inæstimábilis diléctio caritátis: ut servum redímeres, Fílium tradidísti! O certe necessárium Adæ peccátum, quod Christi morte delétum est! O felix culpa, quæ talem ac tantum méruit habére Redemptórem! O vere beáta nox, quæ sola méruit scire tempus et horam, in qua Christus ab ínferis resurréxit! Hæc nox est, de qua scriptum est: Et nox sicut dies illuminábitur: et nox illuminátio mea in delíciis meis. Huius ígitur sanctificátio noctis fugat scélera, culpas lavat: et reddit innocéntiam lapsis et mæstis lætítiam. Fugat ódia, concórdiam parat et curvat impéria. In huius ígitur noctis grátia, súscipe, sancte Pater, laudis huius sacrifícium vespertínum, quod tibi in hac cérei oblatióne solémni, per ministrórum manus de opéribus apum, sacrosáncta reddit Ecclésia. Sed iam colúmnæ huius præcónia nóvimus, quam in honórem Dei rútilans ignis accéndit. Qui, lícet sit divísus in partes, mutuáti tamen lúminis detrimenta non novit. Alitur enim liquántibus ceris, quas in substántiam pretiósæ huius lámpadis apis mater edúxit. O vere beáta nox, in qua terrénis cæléstia, humánis divína iungúntur! Orámus ergo te, Dómine, ut céreus iste in honórem tui nóminis consecrátus, ad noctis huius calíginem destruéndam, indefíciens persevéret. Et in odórem suavitátis accéptus, supérnis lumináribus misceátur. Flammas eius lúcifer matutínus invéniat: ille, inquam, lúcifer, qui nescit occásum. Christus Fílius tuus, qui, regréssus ab ínferis, humáno géneri serénus illúxit, et vivit et regnat in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Above is the Easter proclamation in Latin. Below is the Easter proclamation in Spanish.
DeleteExulten por fin los coros de los ángeles; exulten las jerarquías del cielo, y por la victoria de rey tan poderoso que las trompetas anuncien la salvación. Goce también la tierra, inundada de tanta claridad, y que, radiante con el fulgor del Rey eterno, se sienta libre de la tiniebla, que cubría el orbe entero. Alégrese también nuestra madre la Iglesia, revestida de luz tan brillante; resuene este templo con las aclamaciones del pueblo. Por eso, queridos hermanos, que asistís a la admirable claridad de esta luz santa, invocad conmigo la misericordia de Dios Omnipotente, para que aquel que, sin mérito mío, me agregó al número de los Diáconos, completen mi alabanza a este cirio, infundiendo el resplandor de su luz.
DeleteEl Señor esté con ustedes. Y con tu espíritu.
Levantemos el corazón. Lo tenemos levantado hacia el Señor.
Demos gracias al Señor, nuestro Dios. Es justo y necesario.
Realmente es justo y necesario aclamar con nuestras voces y con todo el afecto del corazón a Dios invisible, el Padre Todopoderoso, y a su único Hijo, Nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Porque Él ha pagado por nosotros al Eterno Padre la deuda de Adán y, derramando su Sangre, canceló el recibo, del antiguo pecado. Porque éstas son las fiestas de Pascua en las que se inmola el verdadero Cordero, cuya Sangre consagra las puertas de los fieles. Esta es la noche en que sacaste de Egipto, a los israelitas, nuestros padres, y los hiciste pasar a pie el Mar Rojo. Esta es la noche en que la columna de fuego esclareció las tinieblas del pecado. Esta es la noche en la que por toda la tierra, los que confiesan su fe en Cristo, son arrancados de los vicios del mundo y de la oscuridad del pecado, son restituidos a la gracia y son agregados a los santos. Esta es la noche en que, rotas las cadenas de la muerte, Cristo asciende victorioso del abismo. ¿De qué nos serviría haber nacido si no hubiéramos sido rescatados? ¡Qué asombroso beneficio de tu amor por nosotros! ¡Qué incomparable ternura y caridad! ¡Para rescatar al esclavo, entregaste al Hijo! Necesario fue el pecado de Adán, que ha sido borrado por la muerte de Cristo. ¡Feliz la culpa que mereció tal Redentor! ¡Qué noche tan dichosa! Sólo ella conoció el momento en que Cristo resucitó del abismo. Esta es la noche de que estaba escrito: "Será la noche clara como el día, la noche iluminada por mi gozo." Y así, esta noche santa ahuyenta los pecados, lava las culpas, devuelve la inocencia a los caídos, la alegría a los tristes, expulsa el odio, trae la concordia, doblega a los potentes. En esta noche de gracia, acepta, Padre Santo, el sacrificio vespertino de esta llama, que la Santa Iglesia te ofrece en la solemne ofrenda de este cirio, obra de las abejas. Sabemos ya lo que anuncia esta columna de fuego, ardiendo en llama viva para gloria de Dios. Y aunque distribuye su luz, no mengua al repartirla, porque se alimenta de cera fundida, que elaboró la abeja fecunda para hacer esta lámpara preciosa. ¡Qué noche tan dichosa en que se une el cielo con la tierra, lo humano con lo divino! Te rogamos, Señor, que este cirio, consagrado a tu nombre, para destruir la oscuridad de esta noche, arda sin apagarse y, aceptado como perfume, se asocie a las lumbreras del cielo. Que el lucero matutino lo encuentre ardiendo, Oh lucero que no conoce ocaso y es Cristo, tu Hijo resucitado, que volviendo del abismo, brilla sereno para el linaje humano, y vive y reina por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
Above is the Easter proclamation in Spanish. Below is the Easter proclamation in French.
DeleteQu'exulte de joie dans le ciel la multitude des anges chantez serviteurs de Dieu et que retentisse la trompette triomphale pour la victoire du grand Roi. Réjouis-toi, ô notre terre, resplendissante d'une lumière éclatante, car il t'a prise en sa clarté et son règne a dissipé ta nuit. Réjouis-toi, Eglise notre mère, toute remplie de sa splendeur, et que résonne l'acclamation du peuple des fils de Dieu ! Unissez, frères bien-aimés, votre voix à la mienne pour que je chante en votre nom, la merveilleuse lumière du Christ ressuscité !
DeleteLe Seigneur soit avec vous ! Et avec votre esprit !
Elevons notre coeur ! Nous le tournons vers le Seigneur !
Rendons grâce au Seigneur notre Dieu ! Cela est juste et bon !
Vraiment il est juste et bon de proclamer à pleine voix ta louange, Dieu invisible, Père tout-puissant et de chanter ton Fils Bien Aimé, Jésus-Christ, notre Seigneur. C'est lui qui a payé pour nous la dette encourue par Adam notre père et qui a détruit en son sang la condamnation de l'ancien péché. Car voici la fête de la Pâque, où l'Agneau véritable est immolé pour nous. Voici la nuit où tu tiras de l'Egypte nos pères, les enfants d'Israël et leur a fait passer la mer Rouge à pied sec, nuit où le feu de la nuée lumineuse a repoussé les ténèbres du péché. O Nuit qui nous rend à la grâce et nous ouvre la communion des saints, Nuit où le Christ, brisant les liens de la mort, s'est relevé victorieux des Enfers. Heureuse faute d'Adam qui nous a valu un tel rédempteur. O Nuit qui seule a pu connaître le temps et l'heure où le Christ est sorti vivant du séjour des morts ! O Nuit dont il est écrit : "La nuit comme le jour illumine, la ténèbre autour de moi devient lumière pour ma joie !" O Nuit bienheureuse, où se rejoignent le ciel et la terre, où s'unissent l'homme et Dieu ! Dans la grâce de cette nuit, accueille, Père très saint, le sacrifice du soir de cette flamme que l'Eglise t'offre par nos mains ; permets que ce cierge pascal consacré à ton Nom, brûle sans déclin en cette nuit et qu'il joigne sa clarté à celle des étoiles. Qu'il brûle encore quand se lèvera l'astre du matin, celui qui ne connaît pas de couchant : le Christ ressuscité revenu des Enfers qui répand sur les hommes sa lumière et sa paix. Garde ton peuple, nous t'en prions, ô notre Père, dans la joie de ces fêtes pascales ! Par Jésus-Christ ton Fils, notre Seigneur, qui par la puissance de l'Esprit s'est relevé d'entre les morts et règne près de toi pour les siècles des siècles ! Alleluia ! Amen !
After the Easter proclamation is sung, the great amen is sung. Then once the song is complete, candle flames are extinguished and the congregation sits down. Then the priest states: Dear brethren (brothers and sisters), now that we have begun our solemn Vigil, let us listen with quiet hearts to the Word of God. Let us meditate on how God in times past saved his people and these, the last days, has sent us his Son as our Redeemer. Let us pray that our God may complete this paschal work of salvation by the fullness of redemption.
ReplyDeleteAfter the final reading from the Old Testament with its responsory and prayer, the altar candles are lighted, and the priest in tones the Gloria, which is taken up by all present. The church bells are rung, according to the local custom. At the end of the Gloria, the priest sings or states the collect in the usual way.
DeleteThis is the Collect after the Gloria:
DeleteO God, who make this most sacred night radiant with the glory of the Lord's Resurrection, stir up in your Church a spirit of adoption, so that renewed in body and mind, we may render you undivided service. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
The homily follows the Gospel.
DeleteThe following psalms are taken from the New American Bible.
ReplyDeleteThe choir takes up the psalms immediately.
DeleteThis responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the first reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 104) (Verses 1–2, 5–6, 10, 12–14, 24 and 35)
The response is: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory, robed in light as with a cloak.
You fixed the earth upon its foundation, not to be moved forever; with the ocean, as with a garment, you covered it; above the mountains the waters stood.
You send forth springs into the watercourses that wind among the mountains. Beside them the birds of heaven dwell; from among the branches they send forth their song.
You water the mountains from your palace; the earth is replete with the fruit of your works. You raise grass for the cattle, and vegetation for man's use, producing bread from the earth.
How manifold are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you have wrought them all—the earth is full of your creatures. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the first reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 33) (Verses 4–7, 12–13, 20 and 22)
The response is: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
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.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made; by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as in a flask; in cellars he confines the deep.
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. From heaven the LORD looks down; he sees all mankind.
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.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the second reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 16) (Verses 5 and 8–11)
The response is: You are my inheritance, O Lord.
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot. I set the LORD ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the third reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Exodus 15: 1–6 and 17–18)
The response is: Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. He is my God, I praise him; the God of my father, I extol him.
The LORD is a warrior, LORD is his name! Pharaoh's chariots and army he hurled into the sea; the elite of his officers were submerged in the Red Sea.
The flood waters covered them, they sank into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, O LORD, magnificent in power, your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
You brought in the people you redeemed and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance the place where you made your seat, O LORD, the sanctuary, LORD, which your hands established. The LORD shall reign forever and ever.
This responsorial is recited/sung after the fourth reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 30) (Verses 2, 4–6 and 11–13)
The response is: I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. O LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld; you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will. At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing.
Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me; O LORD, be my helper. You changed my mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the fifth reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Isaiah 12: 2–6)
The response is: You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation.
Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth. Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the sixth reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 19) (Verses 8–11)
The response is: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul; the decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye.
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just.
They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is celebrated and after the seventh reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 42: 3 and 5 and psalm 43: 3 and 4)
The response is: Like a deer that longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
I went with the throng and led them in procession to the house of God, amid loud cries of joy and thanksgiving, with the multitude keeping festival.
Send forth your light and your fidelity; they shall lead me on. And bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling-place.
Then will I go in to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy; then will I give you thanks upon the harp, O God, my God!
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is NOT celebrated and after the seventh reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Isaiah 12: 2–3 and 4BCD–6)
The response is: You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation.
Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth. Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is NOT celebrated and after the seventh reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 51) (Verses 12–15 and 18–19)
The response is: Create a clean heart in me, O God.
A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
Give me back the joy of your salvation, and a willing spirit sustain in me. I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall return to you.
For you are not pleased with sacrifices; should I offer a holocaust, you would not accept it. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after reading the Epistle.
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The response is: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”
The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right hand of the LORD is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
The following psalms are taken from the Catholic Pastoral Edition Bible.
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DeleteThis responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the first reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 104) (Verses 1–2, 5–6, 10, 12–14, 24 and 35)
The response is: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Clothed in majesty and splendor; O Lord, my God, how great you are! You are wrapped in light as with a garment; you stretch out the heavens like a tent.
You set the earth on its foundations, and never it will be shaken. You covered it with the ocean like a garment, and waters spread over the mountains.
You make springs gush forth in valleys winding among mountains and hills. Birds build their nests close by and sing among the branches of trees.
You water the mountains from your abode and fill the earth with the fruit of your work. You make grass grow for cattle and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth.
How varied O Lord, are your works! In wisdom you have made them all — the earth full of your creatures. Bless the Lord, my soul!
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the first reading.
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The response is: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
For upright is the Lord's word and worthy of trust is his work. The Lord loves justice and righteousness; the earth is full of his kindness.
The heavens were created by his word, the breath of his mouth formed their starry host. He gathers the waters of the sea in a heap, and stored the deep in cellars.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord — the people he has chosen for his inheritance. The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole race of mortals.
In hope we wait for the Lord, for he is our help and our shield. O Lord, let your love rest upon us, even as our hope rests in you.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the second reading.
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The response is: You are my inheritance, O Lord.
O Lord, my inheritance and my cup, my chosen portion — hold secure my lot. I keep the Lord always before me; for with him at my right hand, I will never be shaken.
My heart, therefore, exults, my soul rejoices; my body too will rest assured. For you will not abandon my soul to the grave, nor will you suffer your holy one to see decay in the land of the dead.
You will show me the path of life, in your presence the fullness of joy, at your right hand happiness forever.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the third reading.
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The response is: Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
I will sing to the Lord, the glorious one, horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is my salvation. He is my God and I will praise him; the God of my father: I will extol him.
The Lord is a warrior; Lord is his name. The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has hurled into the sea; his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
The deep covers them; they went down like a stone. Your hand, O Lord, glorious and powerful, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance, the place you chose to dwell in, O Lord, the sanctuary prepared by your hands. The Lord will reign forever!
This responsorial is recited/sung after the fourth reading.
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The response is: I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
I extol you, O Lord, for you have rescued me; my enemies will not gloat over me. O Lord, you have brought me up from the grave, you gave me life when I was going to the pit.
Sing to the Lord, O you his saints, give thanks and praise to his holy name. For his anger lasts but a little while, and his kindness all through life. Weeping my tarry for the night, but rejoicing comes with the dawn.
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; O Lord, be my protector. But now, you have turned my mourning into rejoicing; you have taken off my sackcloth and wrapped me in the garments of gladness. And so my soul, no longer silent, now sings praise without ceasing. O Lord my God, forever will I give you thanks.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the fifth reading.
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The response is: You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
He is the God of my salvation; in him I trust and am not afraid, the Lord is my strength: him I will praise, the one who saved me. You will draw water with joy from the very fountain of salvation.
Then you will say: Praise to the Lord, break into songs of joy for him, proclaim his marvellous deeds among the nations and exalt his Name.
Sing to the Lord: wonders he has done let these be known all over the earth. Sing for joy, O people of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after the sixth reading.
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The response is: Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect: it gives life to the soul. The word of the Lord is trustworthy: it gives wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right: they give joy to the heart. The commandments of the Lord are clear: they enlighten the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure, it endures forever; the judgments of the Lord are true, all of them just and right.
They are more precious than gold — pure gold of a jeweller; they are much sweeter than honey which drops from the honeycomb.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is celebrated and after the seventh reading.
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The response is: Like a deer that longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I go and see the face of God?
Now as I pour out my soul, I remember all this — how I used to lead the faithful in procession to the house of God, amid shouts of joy and thanksgiving, among the feasting throng.
Send forth your light and your truth; let them be my guide, let them take me to your holy mountain, to the place where you reside.
Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my gladness and delight. I will praise you with the lyre and harp, O God, my God.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is NOT celebrated and after the seventh reading.
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He is the God of my salvation; in him I trust and am not afraid, the Lord is my strength: him I will praise, the one who saved me. You will draw water with joy from the very fountain of salvation.
Then you will say: Praise to the Lord, break into songs of joy for him, proclaim his marvellous deeds among the nations and exalt his Name.
Sing to the Lord: wonders he has done let these be known all over the earth. Sing for joy, O people of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung when baptism is NOT celebrated and after the seventh reading.
DeleteResponsorial Psalm (Psalm 51) (Verses 12–15 and 18–19)
The response is: Create a clean heart in me, O God.
Create in me, O God, a pure heart; give me a new and steadfast spirit. Do not cast me out of your presence nor take your holy spirit from me.
Give me again the joy of your salvation and sustain me with a filling spirit. Then I will show wrongdoers your ways and sinners will return to you.
You take no pleasure in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, you would not delight in it. O God, my sacrifice is a broken spirit; a contrite heart you will not despise.
This responsorial psalm is recited/sung after reading the Epistle.
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The response is: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his loving kindness endures forever. Let Israel say, "His loving kindness endures forever."
The right hand of the Lord is lifted high, the right hand of the Lord strikes mightily! I shall not die, but live to proclaim what the Lord has done.
The stone rejected by the builders has become the keystone. This was the Lord's doing, and we marvel at it.
After the Gospel, the Liturgy of the Sacrament of Initiation commences. The choir supports by singing the litany.
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DeleteCongregation: Lord, have mercy.
Choir: Christ, have mercy.
Congregation: Christ, have mercy.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Congregation: Lord, have mercy.
Choir: Holy Mary, Mother of God…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Michael…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Holy Angels of God…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint John the Baptist…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Joseph…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Peter and Saint Paul…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Andrew…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint John…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Mary Magdalene…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Stephen…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Ignatius of Antioch…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Lawrence…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Agnes…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Saint Gregory…
Congregation: Pray for us.
Choir: Bring these chosen ones to new birth through the grace of baptism…
DeleteCongregation: Lord, we ask you, hear our prayer.
Choir: Jesus, Son of the living God…
Congregation: Lord, we ask you, hear our prayer.
Choir: Christ, hear us.
Congregation: Christ, hear us.
Choir: Christ, graciously hear us.
Congregation: Christ, graciously hear us.
The Apostle's Creed is omitted and is not recited today.
DeleteNow after the litany, the priest blesses the baptismal water stating these prayers with hands extended.
DeleteThis is the prayer for the blessing of baptismal water.
DeleteO God, who by invisible power accomplish a wondrous effect through sacramental signs and how in many ways have prepared water, your creation, to show forth the grace of Baptism; O God, whose Spirit in the first moments of the world's creation hovered over the waters, so that the very substance of water would even then take to itself the power to sanctify; O God, whose by the outpouring of the flood foreshadowed regeneration, so that from the mystery of one and the same element of water would come an end to vice and beginning of virtue; O God, who caused the children of Abraham to pass dry-shod through the Red Sea, so that the chosen people, set free from slavery to Pharaoh, would prefigure the people of the baptized; O God, whose Son, baptized by John in the waters of the Jordan, was anointed with the Holy Spirit, and as he hung upon the Cross, gave forth water from his side along with blood, and after his Resurrection, commanded his disciples: "Go forth, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," look now, we pray, upon the face of your Church and graciously unseal for her the fountain of Baptism. May this water received by the Holy Spirit the grace of your Only Begotten Son, so that human nature, created in your image and washed clean through the sacrament of Baptism from all the squalor of the life of old, may be found worthy to rise to the life of newborn children through water and the Holy Spirit.
If appropriate, the priest may lower the paschal candle into the water either once or three times. Then the priest continues: May the power of the Holy Spirit, O Lord, we pray, come down through your son into the fullness of this font, so that all who have been buried with Christ by Baptism into death may rise again to life like him or to live with him. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
DeleteThe congregation should acclaim: Spring of water, bless the Lord. Praise and exult him above all forever. Amen.
DeleteThe congregation stand with their lighted candles and renew their baptismal profession of faith. Then the priest speaks to the people in these or similar words.
DeleteDear brethren (brothers and sisters), through the paschal mystery we have been buried with Christ in baptism, so that we may walk with him in newness of life. And so, now that our lenten observance is concluded, let us renew the promises of Holy Baptism by which we once renounced/rejected Satan and his works and promised to serve God in the holy Catholic Church. And so I ask you:
Priest: Do you renounce/reject Satan?
Congregation: I do.
Priest: And all his works?
Congregation: I do.
Priest: And all his empty show/promises?
Congregation: I do.
After this, without delay or pause, the priest continues with the profession of faith.
Priest: Do you believe in the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth?
Congregation: I do.
Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born/conceived of the Virgin Mary, suffered death and was buried, rose from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of the Father?
Congregation: I do.
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?
Congregation: I do.
Finally the priest concludes: And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life. Amen.
The priest sprinkles holy water on the congregation as an act for renewing their faith and their baptismal promise.
DeleteAfter the Liturgy of the Sacrament of Initiation, the priest performs the preparation of bread and wine the common way. The collections start.
DeleteThis is the preface.
DeleteIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, at all times to acclaim you, O Lord, but (on this night/on this day/in this time) above all to laud you yet more gloriously, when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. For he is the true Lamb who has taken away the sins of the world; by dying he has destroyed our death, and by his rising, he restored our life. Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly powers, with the angelic hosts, sing together the unending hymn of your glory, as they acclaim…
This is the prayer after communion.
DeletePour out on us, O Lord, the Spirit of your love, and in your kindness make those you have nourished by this paschal Sacrament one in mind and heart. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
This is the solemn blessing.
DeleteBow your heads and pray for God's blessing.
May almighty God bless you through today's Easter Solemnity and in his compassion, defend you from every assault of sin. Amen.
And may he, who restores you to eternal life in the resurrect of his only begotten, endow you with the prize of immortality. Amen.
Now that the days of the Lord's Passion have drawn to a close, may you who celebrate the gladness of the Paschal Feast come with Christ's help, and exulting in spirit, to those feasts that are celebrate in eternal joy. Amen.
And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, † and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you forever. Amen.
The Mass has ended, and you are sent. Therefore, go in peace to love and serve the Lord, alleluia, alleluia. Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
Primera lectura (Génesis 1:1 – 2:2)
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En el principio, cuando Dios creó los cielos y la tierra, todo era confusión y no había nada en la tierra. Las tinieblas cubrían los abismos mientras el espíritu de Dios aleteaba sobre la superficie de las aguas. Dijo Dios: “Haya luz”, y hubo luz. Dios vio que la luz era buena, y separó la luz de las tinieblas. Dios llamó a la luz “Día” y a las tinieblas “Noche”. Atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Primero. Dijo Dios: “Haya una bóveda en medio de las aguas, para que separe unas aguas de las otras hizo Dios entonces como una bóveda y separó unas aguas de las otras: las que estaban por encima del firmamento, de las que estaban por debajo de él. Y así sucedió. Dios llamó a esta bóveda “Cielo.” Y atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Segundo. Dijo Dios: “Júntense las aguas de debajo de los cielos en un solo depósito, y aparezca el suelo seco.” Y así fue. Dios llamó al suelo seco “Tierra” y al depósito de las aguas “Mares.” Y vio Dios que esto era bueno. Dijo Dios: “Produzca la tierra hierba, plantas que den semilla, y árboles frutales que por toda la tierra den fruto con su semilla dentro, cada uno según su especie.” Y así fue. La tierra produjo hierba, plantas que dan semillas y árboles frutales que dan fruto con su semilla dentro, cada uno según su especie. Dios vio que esto era bueno. Y atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Tercero. Dijo Dios: “Haya luceros en el cielo que separen el día de la noche, que sirvan para señalar las fiestas, los días y los años, y que brillen en el firmamento para iluminar la tierra.” Y así sucedió. E hizo Dios los dos grandes luceros: el lucero mayor para regir el día, el lucero menor para regir la noche, e hizo también las estrellas. Dios los colocó en lo alto de los cielos para iluminar la tierra, para regir el día y la noche y separar la luz de las tinieblas; y vio Dios que esto era bueno. Y atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Cuarto. Dijo Dios: “Llénense las aguas de seres vivientes y revoloteen aves sobre la tierra y bajo el firmamento.” Dios creó entonces los grandes monstruos marinos y todos los seres que viven en el agua según su especie, y todas las aves, según su especie. Y vio Dios que todo ello era bueno. Los bendijo Dios, diciendo: “Crezcan, multiplíquense y llenen las aguas del mar, y multiplíquense asimismo las aves sobre la tierra.” Y atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Quinto. Dijo Dios: “Produzca la tierra vivientes según sus especies, animales del campo, reptiles y fieras.” Y así fue. Dios hizo las distintas clases de animales salvajes según su especie, los animales del campo según sus especies, y todos los reptiles de la tierra según sus especies. Y vio Dios que todo esto era bueno. Dijo Dios: “Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen y semejanza. Que tenga autoridad sobre los peces del mar y sobre las aves del cielo, sobre los animales del campo, las fieras salvajes y los reptiles que se arrastran por el suelo.” Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen. A imagen de Dios lo creó. Varón y mujer los creó. Dios los bendijo, diciéndoles: “Sean fecundos y multiplíquense. Llenen la tierra y sométanla. Tengan autoridad sobre los peces del mar, sobre las aves del cielo y sobre todo ser viviente que se mueve sobre la tierra.” Dijo Dios: “Hoy les entrego para que se alimenten toda clase de plantas con semillas que hay sobre la tierra, y toda clase de árboles frutales. A los animales salvajes, a las aves del cielo y a todos los seres vivientes que se mueven sobre la tierra, les doy pasto verde para que coman.” Y así fue. Dios vio que todo cuanto había hecho era muy bueno. Y atardeció y amaneció: fue el día Sexto. Así estuvieron terminados el cielo, la tierra y todo lo que hay en ellos. El día séptimo Dios tuvo terminado su trabajo, y descansó en ese día de todo lo que había hecho.
Este salmo se lee después de la primera lectura. Es una de dos opciones.
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La respuesta es: La tierra está llena de la bondad de Dios.
— Porque la palabra del Señor es recta y él obra siempre con lealtad; él ama la justicia y el derecho, y la tierra está llena de su amor.
— La palabra del Señor hizo el cielo, y el aliento de su boca, los ejércitos celestiales; él encierra en un cántaro las aguas del mar y pone en un depósito las olas del océano.
— ¡Feliz la nación cuyo Dios es el Señor, el pueblo que él se eligió como herencia! El Señor observa desde el cielo y contempla a todos los hombres.
— Nuestra alma espera en el Señor; él es nuestra ayuda y nuestro escudo. Señor, que tu amor descienda sobre nosotros, conforme a la esperanza que tenemos en ti.
Este salmo se lee después de la primera lectura. Es una de dos opciones.
DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 104) (Versículos 1–2ª, 5–6, 10, 12–14, 24, y 35B)
La respuesta es: Señor, envía tu espíritu, y renueva la superficie de la tierra.
• Bendice al Señor, alma mía: ¡Señor, Dios mío, qué grande eres! Estás vestido de esplendor y majestad y te envuelves con un manto de luz.
• Afirmaste la tierra sobre sus cimientos: ¡no se moverá jamás! El océano la cubría como un manto, las aguas tapaban las montañas.
• Haces brotar fuentes en los valles, y corren sus aguas por las quebradas. Las aves del cielo habitan junto a ellas y hacen oír su canto entre las ramas.
• Desde lo alto riegas las montañas, y la tierra se sacia con el fruto de tus obras. Haces brotar la hierba para el ganado y las plantas que el hombre cultiva, para sacar de la tierra el pan.
• ¡Qué variadas son tus obras, Señor! ¡Todo lo hiciste con sabiduría, la tierra está llena de tus criaturas! ¡Bendice al Señor, alma mía! ¡Aleluya!
Segunda lectura (Génesis 22: 1–18)
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Tiempo después, Dios quiso probar a Abraham y lo llamó: “Abraham.” Respondió él: “Aquí estoy.” Y Dios le dijo: “Toma a tu hijo, al único que tienes y al que amas, Isaac, y vete a la región de Moriah. Allí me lo ofrecerás en holocausto, en un cerro que yo te indicaré.” Se levantó Abraham de madrugada, ensilló su burro, llamó a dos criados para que lo acompañaran, y tomó consigo a su hijo Isaac. Partió leña para el sacrificio y se puso en marcha hacia el lugar que Dios le había indicado. Al tercer día levantó los ojos y divisó desde lejos el lugar. Entonces dijo a los criados: “Quédense aquí con el burro. Yo y el niño iremos hasta allá a adorar, y luego volveremos donde ustedes.” Abraham tomó la leña para el sacrificio y la cargó sobre su hijo Isaac. Tomó luego en su mano el brasero y el cuchillo y en seguida partieron los dos. Entonces Isaac dijo a Abraham: “Padre mío.” Le respondió: “¿Qué hay, hijito?” Prosiguió Isaac: “Llevamos el fuego y la leña, pero, ¿dónde está el cordero para el sacrificio?” Abraham le respondió: “Dios mismo proveerá el cordero, hijo mío.” Y continuaron juntos el camino. Al llegar al lugar que Dios le había indicado, Abraham levantó un altar y puso la leña sobre él. Luego ató a su hijo Isaac y lo colocó sobre la leña. Extendió después su mano y tomó el cuchillo para degollar a su hijo, pero el Ángel de Dios lo llamó desde el cielo y le dijo: “Abraham, Abraham.” Contestó él: “Aquí estoy.” “No toques al niño, ni le hagas nada, pues ahora veo que temes a Dios, ya que no me has negado a tu hijo, el único que tienes.” Abraham miró a su alrededor, y vio cerca de él a un carnero que tenía los cuernos enredados en un zarzal. Fue a buscarlo y lo ofreció en sacrificio en lugar de su hijo. Abraham llamó a aquel lugar “Yahvé provee”. Y todavía hoy la gente dice: “En ese monte Yahvé provee.” Volvió a llamar el Ángel de Dios a Abraham desde el cielo, y le dijo: “Juro por mí mismo palabra de Yahvé que, ya que has hecho esto y no me has negado a tu hijo, el único que tienes, te colmaré de bendiciones y multiplicaré tanto tus descendientes, que serán tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo o como la arena que hay a orillas del mar. Tus descendientes se impondrán a sus enemigos. Y porque has obedecido a mi voz, todos los pueblos de la tierra serán bendecidos a través de tu descendencia.”
Este salmo se lee después de la segunda lectura.
DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 16) (Versículos 5 y 8–11)
La respuesta es: Eres mi herencia, Oh Señor.
• El Señor es la parte de mi herencia y mi cáliz, ¡tú decides mi suerte! Tengo siempre presente al Señor: él está a mi lado, nunca vacilaré.
• Por eso mi corazón se alegra, se regocijan mis entrañas y todo mi ser descansa seguro: porque no me entregarás la Muerte ni dejarás que tu amigo vea el sepulcro.
• Me harás conocer el camino de la vida, saciándome de gozo en tu presencia, de felicidad eterna a tu derecha.
Tercera lectura (Éxodo 14:15 – 15:1)
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El Señor dijo a Moisés: “¿Por qué clamas a mí? Di a los hijos de Israel que se pongan en marcha. Luego levanta tu bastón, extiende tu mano sobre el mar y divídelo, para que los hijos de Israel pasen en seco por medio del mar. Yo, mientras tanto, endureceré el corazón de los egipcios para que salgan en persecución de ustedes, y me haré famoso a costa de Faraón y de todo su ejército, de sus carros y de su caballería. Entonces Egipto conocerá que yo soy el Señor.” El Ángel de Dios que iba delante de los israelitas pasó detrás de ellos; también la nube en forma de columna vino a colocarse detrás, poniéndose entre el campo de los israelitas y el de los egipcios. Esta nube era para unos tinieblas y para otros iluminaba la noche; y no se acercaron los unos a los otros durante la noche. Moisés extendió su mano sobre el mar y el Señor hizo soplar durante toda la noche un fuerte viento del oriente que secó el mar. Se dividieron las aguas. Los israelitas pasaron en seco, por medio del mar; las aguas les hacían de murallas a izquierda y a derecha. Los egipcios se lanzaron a perseguirlos, y todo el ejército de Faraón entró en medio del mar con sus carros y caballos. Llegada la madrugada, el Señor miró a los egipcios desde el fuego y la nube, y provocó el desorden en el ejército de Faraón. Atascó las ruedas de sus carros, que no podían avanzar sino con gran dificultad. Entonces los egipcios dijeron: “Huyamos de Israel, porque el Señor pelea con ellos contra nosotros.” Pero el Señor dijo a Moisés: “Extiende tu mano sobre el mar, y las aguas volverán sobre los egipcios, sus carros y sus caballos.” Moisés extendió su mano sobre el mar. Al amanecer, el mar volvió a su lugar. Mientras los egipcios trataban de huir, el Señor arrojó a los egipcios en el mar. Las aguas al volver cubrieron los carros y los que los montaban, o sea, todo el ejército de Faraón que había entrado en el mar persiguiéndolos: no se escapó ni uno solo. Los israelitas, en cambio, habían pasado en medio del mar; las aguas les hacían de murallas a derecha e izquierda. Aquel día, el Señor liberó a Israel del poder de los egipcios; e Israel vio a los egipcios muertos en la orilla del mar. Israel vio los prodigios que el Señor había obrado contra Egipto, y el pueblo temió a Señor. Creyó en el Señor y en Moisés, su siervo. Entonces Moisés y los hijos de Israel cantaron este cántico al Señor: “Cantaré al Señor, que se ha cubierto de gloria; caballos y carros ha arrojado en el mar.”
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Éxodo 15: 1–6 y 17–18)
La respuesta es: Cantemos al Señor; se ha cubierto con gloria.
• Entonces Moisés y los hijos de Israel cantaron este cántico al Señor: Cantaré al Señor, que se ha cubierto de gloria; caballos y carros ha arrojado en el mar.
• ¡Oh Señor, mi fortaleza! A él le cantaré, él fue mi salvación, él es mi Dios y lo alabaré, el Dios de mi padre, lo ensalzaré.
• El Señor es un guerrero, el Señor es su nombre. Los carros de Faraón y su ejército: ¡los precipitó en el mar! Los mejores de sus oficiales, ¡hundidos en el Mar Rojo!
• Las aguas profundas los han sepultado, hasta el fondo cayeron como piedra. Tu diestra, Señor, de tremendo poder, tu diestra, Señor, aplasta al enemigo.
• Tú lo llevarás y lo plantarás en el monte que es tuyo, el lugar en que habitas, oh Señor; el Santuario del Señor, obra de sus manos. ¡Que Señor reine eternamente!
Cuarta lectura (Isaías 54: 5–14)
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Pues ahora te desposa tu creador, el Señor de los Ejércitos es su nombre. El que te rescata es el Santo de Israel, quien se llama Dios de toda la tierra. Sí, el Señor te llama como a la esposa abandonada, que se encuentra afligida. ¿Se puede rechazar la esposa que uno toma siendo joven? Dice tu Dios. Te había abandonado un momento, pero con inmensa piedad yo te vengo a reunir. En unos momentos de ira te oculté mi rostro, pero con amor que no tiene fin me apiado de ti, dice el Señor, que te viene a rescatar. Voy a hacer como en el diluvio de Noé, cuando juré que las aguas no pasarían más sobre la tierra. Así, juro yo no enojarme más contigo ni amenazarte nunca más. Los cerros podrán correrse y bambolearse las lomas; mas yo no retiraré mi amor, y mi alianza de paz contigo no se bamboleará, dice el Señor, que se compadece de ti. ¡Pobrecilla, azotada por la tempestad y sin consuelo! Yo asentaré tus muros sobre piedras preciosas, y serán tus cimientos de zafiro. Haré tus murallas de rubíes, tus puertas de cristal, y todo tu contorno de piedras preciosas. Todos tus hijos serán instruidos por el Señor, te mantendrás firme por la justicia y no tendrás que temer la opresión; el terror no se te acercará.
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 30) (Versículos 2, 4–6, 11, 12ª y 13B)
La respuesta es: Te alabaré, Señor, porque me has rescatado.
• Yo te glorifico, Señor, porque tú me libraste y no quisiste que mis enemigos se rieran de mí. Tú, Señor, me levantaste del Abismo y me hiciste revivir, cuando estaba entre los que bajan al sepulcro.
• Canten al Señor, sus fieles; den gracias a su santo Nombre, porque su enojo dura un instante, y su bondad, toda la vida: si por la noche se derraman lágrimas, por la mañana renace la alegría.
• Escucha, Señor, ten piedad de mí; ven a ayudarme, Señor. Tú convertiste mi lamento en júbilo. ¡Señor, Dios mío, te daré gracias eternamente!
Quinta lectura (Isaías 55: 1–11)
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A ver ustedes que andan con sed, ¡vengan a las aguas! No importa que estén sin plata, vengan; pidan trigo sin dinero, y coman, pidan vino y leche, sin pagar. ¿Para qué van a gastar en lo que no es pan y dar su salario por cosas que no alimentan? Si ustedes me hacen caso, comerán cosas ricas y su paladar se deleitará con comidas exquisitas. Atiéndanme y acérquense a mí, escúchenme y su alma vivirá. Voy a hacer con ustedes una alianza para siempre, para darles los bienes que tengo prometidos a David. Mira, lo había puesto como un testigo para varios pueblos, como un jefe para mandar a las naciones. Así, tú ahora vas a llamar a una nación que no conocías, una nación que no te conocía correrá por verte. Esto será nada más que por el Señor, tu Dios, por el Santo de Israel, que te ha puesto arriba. Busquen al Señor ahora que lo pueden encontrar, llámenlo ahora que está cerca. Que el malvado deje sus caminos, y el criminal sus proyectos; vuélvanse al Señor, que tendrá piedad de ellos, a nuestro Dios, que está siempre dispuesto a perdonar. Pues sus proyectos no son los míos, y mis caminos no son los mismos de ustedes, dice el Señor. Así, como el cielo está muy alto por encima de la tierra, así también mis caminos se elevan por encima de sus caminos y mis proyectos son muy superiores a los de ustedes. Como baja la lluvia y la nieve de los cielos y no vuelven allá sin haber empapado la tierra, sin haberla fecundado y haberla hecho germinar, para que dé la simiente para sembrar y el pan para comer, así será la palabra que salga de mi boca. No volverá a mí con las manos vacías sino después de haber hecho lo que yo quería, y haber llevado a cabo lo que le encargué.
Salmo responsorial (Isaías 12: 2–6)
DeleteLa respuesta es: Sacarás agua con alegría de las vertientes de la salvación.
— ¡Vean cómo es él, el Dios que me salva! En él confío y no tengo más miedo, pues el Señor es mi fuerza y mi canción, él ha sido mi salvación. Y ustedes sacarán agua con alegría de las vertientes de la salvación.
— Ustedes dirán ese día: ¡Denle las gracias al Señor, vitoreen su Nombre! Publiquen entre los pueblos sus hazañas, celébrenlo, pues su Nombre es sublime.
— ¡Canten al Señor, pues hizo maravillas que ahora son famosas en toda la tierra! ¡Grita de contento y de alegría, oh Sión, porque grande es, en medio de ti, el Santo de Israel!
Sexta lectura (Baruc 3: 9–15 y 32; – 4:4)
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Escucha, Israel, los mandamientos de vida; presta atención para aprender a discernir. ¿Por qué, Israel, estás en un país de enemigos y has envejecido en una tierra extranjera? ¿Por qué te has contaminado con los muertos, contándote entre los que bajan al Abismo? ¡Tú has abandonado la fuente de la sabiduría! Si hubieras seguido el camino de Dios, vivirías en paz para siempre. Aprende dónde está el discernimiento, dónde está la fuerza y dónde la inteligencia, para conocer al mismo tiempo dónde está la longevidad y la vida, dónde la luz de los ojos y la paz. ¿Quién ha encontrado el lugar de la Sabiduría, quién ha penetrado en sus tesoros? Pero el que todo lo sabe, la conoce, la penetró con su inteligencia; el que formó la tierra para siempre, y la llenó de animales cuadrúpedos; el que envía la luz, y ella sale, la llama, y ella obedece temblando. Las estrellas brillan alegres en sus puestos de guardia: él las llama, y ellas responden: “Aquí estamos,” y brillan alegremente para aquel que las creó. ¡Este es nuestro Dios, ningún otro cuenta al lado de él! Él penetró todos los caminos de la ciencia y se la dio a Jacob, su servidor, y a Israel, su predilecto. Después de esto apareció sobre la tierra, y vivió entre los hombres. La Sabiduría es el libro de los preceptos de Dios, y la Ley que subsiste eternamente: los que la retienen, alcanzarán la vida, pero los que la abandona, morirán. Vuélvete, Jacob, y tómala, camina hacia el resplandor, atraído por su luz. No cedas a otro tu gloria, ni tus privilegios a un pueblo extranjero. Felices de nosotros, Israel, porque se nos dio a conocer lo que agrada a Dios.
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 19) (Versículos 8–11)
La respuesta es: Señor, tienes las palabras de vida eterna.
• La ley del Señor es perfecta, reconforta el alma; el testimonio del Señor es verdadero, da sabiduría al simple.
• Los preceptos del Señor son rectos, alegran el corazón; los mandamientos del Señor son claros, iluminan los ojos. La palabra del Señor es pura, permanece para siempre; los juicios del Señor son la verdad, enteramente justos.
• Son más atrayentes que el oro, que el oro más fino; más dulces que la miel, más que el jugo del panal.
Séptima lectura (Ezequiel 36: 16–28)
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Se me comunicó esta palabra del Señor: “Hijo de hombre, cuando Israel vivía en su tierra, la volvió impura con su conducta y sus acciones; su conducta era a mis ojos como la impureza de la mujer. Entonces decidí desatar contra ellos mi cólera, los dispersé por entre las naciones, los desparramé entre los países; los juzgué de acuerdo a su conducta y a sus acciones. Y así llegaron a las naciones. Pero allí también fue profanado mi nombre.” En efecto se decía: “Este es el pueblo del Señor que tuvo que salir de su país.” Entonces salí en defensa de mi Nombre, porque éste había sido profanado en las naciones donde se encontraba Israel y por culpa de éste.” Por eso le dirás esta palabra del Señor a la casa de Israel: “no es por ustedes que hago esto, casa de Israel, sino por mi santo Nombre que por culpa de ustedes fue profanado en las naciones donde estaban. Santificaré mi nombre que fue profanado en las naciones y ustedes fueron los que lo hicieron despreciable. Las naciones sabrán que yo soy el Señor cuando, por medio de ustedes, aparezca ante sus ojos mi santidad. Los sacaré de las naciones, los reuniré de entre los pueblos y los traeré de vuelta a su tierra. Los rociaré con un agua pura y quedarán purificados; los purificaré de todas sus impurezas y de todos sus inmundos ídolos. Les daré un corazón nuevo y pondré dentro de ustedes un espíritu nuevo. Quitaré de su carne ese corazón de piedra y les daré un corazón de carne. Pondré dentro de ustedes mi Espíritu y haré que caminen según mis mandamientos, que observen mis leyes y que las pongan en práctica. Vivirán en el país que di a sus padres, ustedes serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios.
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DeleteSalmo responsivo (Salmo 42: 3 y 5; salmo 43: 3–4)
La respuesta es: Como un ciervo que busca las corrientes de agua, mi alma tiene sed de ti, Dios mío.
— Mi alma tiene sed de Dios, del Dios viviente: ¿Cuándo iré a contemplar el rostro de Dios?
— Al recordar el pasado, me dejo llevar por la nostalgia: ¡cómo iba en medio de la multitud y la guiaba hacia la Casa de Dios, entre cantos de alegría y alabanza, en el júbilo de la fiesta!
— Envíame tu luz y tu verdad: que ellas me encaminen y me guíen a tu santa Montaña, hasta el lugar donde habitas.
— Y llegaré al altar de Dios, el Dios que es la alegría de mi vida; y te daré gracias con la cítara, Señor, Dios mío.
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Isaías 12: 2–6)
La respuesta es: Sacarás agua con alegría de las vertientes de la salvación.
— ¡Vean cómo es él, el Dios que me salva! En él confío y no tengo más miedo, pues el Señor es mi fuerza y mi canción, él ha sido mi salvación. Y ustedes sacarán agua con alegría de las vertientes de la salvación.
— Ustedes dirán ese día: ¡Denle las gracias al Señor, vitoreen su Nombre! Publiquen entre los pueblos sus hazañas, celébrenlo, pues su Nombre es sublime.
— ¡Canten al Señor, pues hizo maravillas que ahora son famosas en toda la tierra! ¡Grita de contento y de alegría, oh Sión, porque grande es, en medio de ti, el Santo de Israel!
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 51) (Versículos 12–15 y 18–19)
La respuesta es: Crea un corazón puro en mí, oh Dios.
• Crea en mí, Dios mío, un corazón puro, y renueva la firmeza de mi espíritu. No me arrojes lejos de tu presencia ni retires de mí tu santo espíritu.
• Devuélveme la alegría de tu salvación, que tu espíritu generoso me sostenga: yo enseñaré tu camino a los impíos y los pecadores volverán a ti.
• Los sacrificios no te satisfacen; si ofrezco un holocausto, no lo aceptas: mi sacrificio es un espíritu contrito, tú no desprecias el corazón contrito y humillado.
Epístola (Romanos 6: 3–11)
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¿No saben ustedes que todos los que fuimos bautizados en Cristo Jesús, nos hemos sumergido en su muerte? Pro el bautismo fuimos sepultados con él en la muerte, para que así como Cristo resucitó por la gloria del Padre, también nosotros llevemos una Vida nueva. Porque si nos hemos identificado con Cristo por una muerte semejante a la suya, también nos identificaremos con él en la resurrección. Comprendámoslo: nuestro hombre viejo ha sido crucificado con él, para que fuera destruido este cuerpo de pecado, y así dejáramos de ser esclavos del pecado. Porque el que está muerto, no debe nada al pecado. Pero si hemos muerto con Cristo, creemos que también viviremos con él. Sabemos que Cristo, después de resucitar, no muere más, porque la muerte ya no tiene poder sobre él. Al morir, él murió al pecado, una vez por todas; y ahora que vive, vive para Dios. Así también ustedes, considérense muertos al pecado y vivos para Dios en Cristo Jesús.
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DeleteSalmo responsorial (Salmo 118) (Versículos 1–2, 16–17 y 22–23)
La respuesta es: ¡Aleluya! ¡Aleluya! ¡Aleluya!
• ¡Aleluya! ¡Den gracias al Señor, porque es bueno, porque es eterno su amor! Que lo diga el pueblo de Israel: ¡es eterno su amor!
• La mano del Señor es sublime, la mano del Señor hace proezas. No, no moriré: viviré para publicar lo que hizo el Señor.
• Yo te doy gracias porque me escuchaste y fuiste mi salvación. Esto ha sido hecho por el Señor y es admirable a nuestros ojos.
Evangelio (Mateo 28: 1–10)
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Pasado el sábado, al aclarar el primer día de la semana, fueron María Magdalena y la otra María a visitar el sepulcro. De repente se produjo un violento temblor: el Ángel del Señor bajó del cielo, se dirigió al sepulcro, hizo rodar la piedra de la entrada y se sentó sobre ella. Su aspecto era como el relámpago y sus ropas blancas como la nieve. Al verlo, los guardias temblaron de espanto y quedaron como muertos. El Ángel dijo a las mujeres: “Ustedes no tienen por qué temer. Yo sé que buscan a Jesús, que fue crucificado. No está aquí, pues ha resucitado, tal como lo había anunciado. Vengan a ver el lugar donde lo habían puesto, pero vuelvan en seguida y digan a sus discípulos: Ha resucitado de entre los muertos y ya se les adelanta camino a Galilea. Allí lo verán ustedes. Con esto ya se lo dije todo.” Ellas se fueron al instante del sepulcro, con temor, pero con una alegría inmensa a la vez, y corrieron a llevar la noticia a los discípulos. En eso Jesús les salió al encuentro en el camino y les dijo: “Paz a ustedes.” Las mujeres se acercaron, se abrazaron a sus pies y lo adoraron. Jesús les dijo: “No tengan miedo. Vayan ahora y digan a mis hermanos que se dirijan a Galilea. Allí me verán.”
Unang pagbabasa (Genesis 1:1 – 2:2)
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Nang pasimula ay nilikha ng Diyos ang langit at ang lupa; ang lupa ay walang hugis o anyo. Dilim ang bumabalot sa kalaliman at kumikilos ang Espiritu ng Diyos sa ibabaw ng tubig. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon ng liwanag!” At nagkaroon nga. Nasiyahan ang Diyos nang ito'y mamasdan. Pinagbukod niya ang liwanag at ang dilim. Ang liwanag ay tinawag niyang Araw, at ang dilim naman ay tinawag na Gabi. Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang unang araw. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon ng kalawakang maghahati sa tubig upang ito'y magkahiwalay!” At nangyari ito. Ginawa ng Diyos na pumagitan ang kalawakan sa tubig na nasa itaas at sa tubig na nasa ibaba. Langit ang itinawag niya sa kalawakan. Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang ikalawang araw. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magsama-sama sa isang dako ang tubig sa silong ng langit upang lumitaw ang lupa.” At nangyari nga ito. Tinawag niyang Lupa ang tuyong bahagi at Dagat naman ang nagsama-samang tubig. Nasiyahan siya nang ito'y mamasdan. Pagkatapos, sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon sa lupa ng lahat ng uri ng tumutubong halamang nagkakabinhi at mga punong namumunga.” At nangyari ito. Tumubo nga sa lupa ang gayong mga halaman. Nasiyahan siya nang ito'y mamasdan. Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang ikatlong araw. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon ng mga tanglaw sa langit upang mabukod ang araw sa gabi. Ito ang magiging batayan sa bilang ng mga araw, taon at kapistahan. Mula sa langit, ang mga ito'y magbibigay ng liwanag sa daigdig.” At gayon nga ang nangyari. Nilikha ng Diyos ang dalawang malalaking tanglaw: ang Araw, upang magbigay liwanag sa maghapon, at ang Buwan, upang tumanglaw kung gabi. Nilikha rin niya ang mga bituin. Inilagay niya sa langit ang mga tanglaw na ito upang magbigay ng liwanag sa daigdig, tumanglaw kung araw at gabi, at magbukod sa liwanag at dilim. Nasiyahan ang Diyos nang ito'y kanyang mamasdan. Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang ikaapat na araw. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon sa tubig ng maraming bagay na may buhay, at magkaroon din ng mga ibon sa himpapawid.” Nilikha ng Diyos ang mga dambuhala sa dagat, at lahat ng bagay na nabubuhay sa tubig, gayundin ang lahat ng uri ng ibon. Nasiyahan ang Diyos nang ito'y mamasdan. Pinagpala niya ang mga ito at sinabi: “Magpakarami ang lahat ng bagay na nabubuhay sa tubig at punuin ang karagatan; magpakarami rin ang mga ibon at punuin ang daigdig.” Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang ikalimang araw. Sinabi ng Diyos: “Magkaroon ng lahat ng uri ng hayop sa lupa—maaamo, maiilap, malalaki at maliliit.” At gayon nga ang nangyari. Ginawa nga niya ang lahat ng ito, at nasiyahan siya nang ito'y kanyang mamasdan. Pagkatapos, sinabi ng Diyos: “Ngayon, likhain natin ang tao ayon sa ating larawan, ayon sa ating wangis. Sila ang mamamahala sa mga isda, sa mga ibon sa himpapawid at sa lahat ng hayop, maging maamo o mailap, malaki o maliit.” Nilalang nga ng Diyos ang tao ayon sa kanyang larawan. Sila'y kanyang nilalang na isang lalaki at isang babae, at sila'y pinagpala niya. Sinabi niya, “Magpakarami kayo at punuin ninyo ng inyong mga anak ang buong daigdig, at kayo ang mamahala nito. Binibigyan ko kayo ng kapangyarihan sa mga isda sa tubig, sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa lahat ng mga hayop na nasa ibabaw ng lupa. Ibinibigay ko rin sa inyo ang lahat ng uri ng halamang nagkakabinhi at mga bungangkahoy bilang pagkain ninyo. Ang lahat ng halamang luntian ay ibinibigay ko naman sa lahat ng hayop sa ibabaw ng lupa at sa lahat ng mga ibon.” At ito nga ang nangyari. Pinagmasdan ng Diyos ang lahat niyang ginawa, at lubos siyang nasiyahan. Lumipas ang gabi, at sumapit ang umaga—iyon ang ikaanim na araw. Nilikha nga ng Diyos ang langit at ang lupa at ang lahat ng bagay na naroroon. Tinapos niyang likhain ang lahat ng ito sa loob ng anim na araw, at siya'y nagpahinga sa ikapitong araw.
Salmong pagtugon (Awit 33) (Bersikulo 4–7, 12–13, 20 at 22) (Unang pagpili)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Ang pag-ibig ng Panginoon sa mundo’y laganap.
• Ang Panginoon ay tapat sa kanyang salita, at maaasahan ang kanyang ginawa. Ang nais niya ay kat'wira't katarungan, ang pag-ibig niya sa mundo'y laganap.
• Sa utos ng Panginoon, nalikha ang langit, ang araw, ang buwa't talang maririkit; sa iisang dako, tubig ay tinipon, at sa kalaliman ay doon kinulong.
• Mapalad ang bansang ang Panginoon ang Diyos; mapalad ang bayang kanyang ibinukod. Magmula sa langit, kanyang minamasdan ang lahat ng tao na kanyang nilalang.
• Tanging ang Panginoon lang ang ating pag-asa; tulong na malaki at sanggalang siya. Ipagkaloob mo na aming makamit, O Panginoon, ang iyong wagas na pag-ibig, yamang ang pag-asa'y sa iyo nasasalig!
Salmong pagtugon (Awit 104) (Bersikulo 1–2A, 5–6, 10, 12–14, 24, at 35B) (Pangalawang pagpili)
Ang tugon ay: Taglay mo ang katangiang buhay nila ay ibalik, bagumbuhay ay dulot mo sa nilikha sa daigdig.
• Papurihan mo ang Panginoon, O aking kaluluwa! Ikaw, Panginoon na aking Diyos, kay dakila mong talaga! Karangala't kamahalan, lubos na nadaramtan ka. O Diyos, kayo po ay puspos ng maningning na liwanag.
• Ikaw na rin ang nagtayo ng saligan nitong lupa, matatag na ginawa mo't hindi ito mauuga. Ang ibabaw ng saliga'y ginawa mong karagatan, at tubig din ang bumalot sa lahat ng kabundukan.
• Lumilikha ka ng ilog na patungong kapatagan, sa gilid ng mga burol, umaagos na marahan. Sa naroong kakahuya'y umaawit na masaya, mga ibo'y nagpupugad sa malabay nilang sanga.
• Magmula sa kalangitan, mga bundok ay nadilig, ibinuhos ang pagpapala't lumaganap sa daigdig. Tumubo ang mga damong pagkain ng mga baka, nagkaroon ng halamang masaganang namumunga; anupa't ang mga tao'y may pagkaing nakukuha.
• Sa daigdig, ikaw, Panginoon, kay rami ng iyong likha! Pagkat ikaw ay marunong kaya ito ay nagawa, sa dami ng nilikha mo'y nakalatan itong lupa. Ang Panginoon ay purihin mo, aking kaluluwa! Purihin ang Panginoon!
Ikalawang pagbabasa (Genesis 22: 1–18)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ng Genesis.
Pagkalipas ng ilang panahon, sinubok ng Diyos si Abraham. Tinawag siya ng Diyos, “Abraham!” “Narito po ako,” tugon naman niya. Sinabi sa kanya, “Isama mo ang kaisa-isa at pinakamamahal mong anak na si Isaac, at magpunta kayo sa lupain ng Moria. Umakyat kayo sa bundok na ituturo ko sa iyo, at ihandog mo siya sa akin.” Kinabukasan, maagang bumangon si Abraham at nagsibak ng kahoy na gagamiting panggatong sa handog na susunugin. Inihanda niya ang asno, at umalis kasama si Isaac at ang dalawang aliping lalaki papunta sa lugar na sinabi ng Diyos sa kanya. Nang ikatlong araw ng paglalakbay, natanaw na nila ang dakong kanilang pupuntahan. Kaya't sinabi ni Abraham sa kanyang mga alipin, “Bantayan ninyo rito ang asno at kami na lamang ng bata ang aakyat sa bundok. Sasamba kami sa dako roon, at babalikan namin kayo.” Ipinapasan ni Abraham kay Isaac ang kahoy na panggatong. Dala naman niya ang apoy at patalim, at magkasama silang lumakad. Tinawag ni Isaac ang pansin ng ama, “Ama!” “Ano iyon, anak?” tugon ni Abraham. “Mayroon na tayong apoy at panggatong, ngunit nasaan ang tupang ihahandog?” tanong ni Isaac. Sumagot si Abraham, “Anak, ang Diyos ang magbibigay niyon.” Kaya't nagpatuloy sila sa paglakad. Pagsapit nila sa lugar na itinuro ng Diyos, gumawa ng altar si Abraham. Inayos niya sa ibabaw nito ang panggatong at inihiga si Isaac matapos gapusin. Nang sasaksakin na niya ang bata, tinawag siya ng anghel ng Panginoon at mula sa langit ay sinabi, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Narito po ako,” sagot ni Abraham. Sinabi ng anghel, “Huwag mong patayin ang bata. Huwag mo siyang saktan! Natitiyak ko ngayong handa kang sumunod sa Diyos, sapagkat hindi mo ipinagkait sa kanya ang kaisa-isa mong anak.” Paglingon niya'y may nakita siyang isang lalaking tupa na ang mga sungay ay napasabit sa mga sanga ng kahoy. Ito ang kinuha ni Abraham at inihandog sa halip na ang kanyang anak. Kaya't ang lugar na iyon ay tinawag ni Abraham na, “Ang Panginoon ang Nagkakaloob.” At magpahanggang ngayon, sinasabi ng mga tao, “Sa bundok ng Panginoon ay may nakalaan.” Mula sa langit, nagsalitang muli kay Abraham ang anghel ng Panginoon, “Ako'y nangangako sa pamamagitan ng aking pangalan—Panginoon. Sapagkat hindi mo ipinagkait sa akin ang kaisa-isa mong anak, pagpapalain kita. Ang lahi mo'y magiging sindami ng bituin sa langit at ng buhangin sa dagat. Sasakupin nila ang mga lunsod ng kanilang mga kaaway. Sa pamamagitan ng iyong lahi, pagpapalain ang lahat ng bansa sa daigdig sapagkat sinunod mo ang aking utos.”
Salmo pagtugon (Awit 16) (Bersikulo 5 at 8–11)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Ikaw lamang, Panginoon, ang lahat sa aking buhay.
• Ikaw lamang, Panginoon, ang lahat sa aking buhay, lahat ng kailangan ko'y iyong ibinibigay, kinabukasan ko'y nasa iyong mga kamay. Alam kong kasama ko siya sa tuwina; hindi ako matitinag pagkat kapiling siya.
• Kaya't ako'y nagdiriwang, puso't diwa ko'y nagagalak, hindi ako matitinag sapagkat ako'y panatag. Pagkat di mo tutulutang ang mahal mo ay masadlak, sa daigdig ng mga patay at doon ay maagnas.
• Ituturo mo ang landas na patungo sa buhay, sa piling mo'y madarama ang lubos na kagalakan; ang tulong mo'y nagdudulot ng ligayang walang hanggan.
Ikatlong pagbabasa (Exodo 14:15 – 15:1)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ng Exodo.
Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Bakit mo ako tinatawag? Palakarin mo ang mga Israelita. Itapat mo sa ibabaw ng dagat ang iyong tungkod; mahahati ang tubig at matutuyo ang lalakaran ninyo. Lalo kong pagmamatigasin ang mga Egipcio at pasusundan ko kayo sa kanila, ngunit doon ko sila lilipulin: ang mga Egipcio, ang mga kawal ng Faraon, pati ang kanilang mga karwahe. Ipapakita ko sa Faraon at sa kanyang hukbo ang aking kapangyarihan. Sa gayon, malalaman ng mga Egipciong iyan na ako ang Panginoon.” Ang anghel ng Diyos na pumapatnubay sa paglalakbay ng mga Israelita ay nagpahuli sa kanila, gayundin ang haliging ulap. Ang ulap ay lumagay sa pagitan ng mga Israelita at ng mga Egipcio. Madilim sa panig ng mga Egipcio, maliwanag naman sa mga Israelita. Dumating ang gabi at ang mga Egipcio ay hindi makalapit sa mga Israelita. Itinapat ni Moises ang kanyang tungkod sa ibabaw ng dagat. Magdamag na pinaihip ng Panginoon ang isang malakas na hangin mula sa silangan at nahati ang tubig. Ang mga Israelita'y tumawid sa dagat na ang nilakara'y tuyong lupa, sa pagitan ng tubig na parang pader. Hinabol sila ng mga Egipcio hanggang sa dagat. Ang mga ito'y mga kawal ng Faraon na nakasakay sa mga karwahe at mga kabayo. Nang magbubukang-liwayway na, ang mga Egipcio'y ginulo ng Panginoon mula sa haliging apoy at ulap. Napabaon ang gulong ng mga karwahe at hindi na sila makahabol nang matulin. Kaya sinabi nila, “Umalis na tayo rito sapagkat ang Panginoon na ang kalaban natin.” Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Itapat mo ang iyong tungkod sa ibabaw ng dagat at tatabunan ng tubig ang mga Egipcio pati ang kanilang mga karwahe.” Ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Moises, at sa pagbubukang-liwayway, nanumbalik sa dati ang dagat. Ang mga Egipcio'y nagsikap makatakas ngunit pinalakas ng Panginoon ang pagdagsa ng tubig kaya't nalunod silang lahat. Nang bumalik sa dati ang dagat, natabunan ang mga karwahe't kabayo ng Faraon, pati ang kanyang buong hukbo at wala ni isa mang natira. Ngunit ang mga Israelita'y nakatawid sa dagat, na tuyong lupa ang dinaanan, sa pagitan ng tubig na parang pader. Nang araw na iyon ang mga Israelita'y iniligtas ng Panginoon sa mga Egipcio; nakita nila ang bangkay ng mga Egipcio, nagkalat sa tabing dagat. Dahil sa kapangyarihang ipinakita ng Panginoon laban sa mga Egipcio, nagkaroon sila ng takot sa kanya at sumampalataya sila sa kanya at sa lingkod niyang si Moises. Ito ang inawit ni Moises at ng mga Israelita para sa Panginoon: “Itong ang Panginoon ay aking aawitan, sa kanyang kinamtang dakilang tagumpay; ang mga kabayo't kawal ng kaaway, sa pusod ng dagat, lahat natabunan.
Salmong pagtugon (Exodo 15: 1–6 at 17–18)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Ang Panginoon ay ating aawitan, sa kanyang kinamtang dakilang tagumpay.
• Ito ang inawit ni Moises at ng mga Israelita para sa Panginoon: Itong ang Panginoon ay aking aawitan, sa kanyang kinamtang dakilang tagumpay; ang mga kabayo't kawal ng kaaway, sa pusod ng dagat, lahat natabunan.
• Ang Panginoon ang aking kapangyarihan at kalakasan, siya ang sa aki'y nagdulot ng kaligtasan. Siya'y aking Diyos na aking pupurihin, Diyos ng aking ama, aking dadakilain.
• Siya'y isang mandirigma; Panginoon ang kanyang pangalan. “Mga karwahe't kawal ni Faraon, sa dagat ay kanyang itinapon, sa Dagat na Pula nailibing, mga pinunong Egipcio na pawang magagaling.
• Sa malalim na dagat sila'y natabunan, tulad nila'y batong lumubog sa kailaliman. Ang kanang kamay mo, Panginoon'y makapangyarihan, dinudurog nito ang mga kaaway.
• Sila'y dadalhin mo, Panginoon, sa sarili mong bundok. Sa dakong pinili mo upang maging iyong lubos, doon sa santuwaryong ikaw ang nagtayo at tumapos. Ikaw, Panginoon, ay maghahari magpakailanpaman.
Ika-apat na pagbabasa (Isaias 54: 5–14)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ni propetang Isaias.
Sapagkat ang Lumalang sa iyo ay ang asawa mo, ang pangalan niya'y Panginoon na Makapangyarihan sa lahat. Ang tagapagligtas mo ay ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel, kung tawagin siya'y Diyos ng buong sanlibutan. Israel, ang katulad mo'y asawang iniwan at ngayo'y nagdurusa, isang babaing maagang nag-asawa at pagkatapos ay itinakwil. Ngunit pinababalik ka ngayon ng Panginoon at sa iyo'y sinasabi, “Sandaling panahon kitang iniwanan; ngunit dahil sa tapat kong pag-ibig, muli kitang kakalingain. Sa tindi ng aking galit, sandali akong lumayo sa iyo, ngunit ipadarama ko sa iyo ang aking kahabagan sa pamamagitan ng pag-ibig na wagas.” Iyan ang sabi ng Panginoon na magliligtas sa iyo. “Noong panahon ni Noe, ako ay sumumpang hindi na mauulit na ang mundong ito'y gunawin sa tubig. Aking ipinapangako ngayon, hindi na ako magagalit sa iyo, at hindi na kita paparusahan muli. Maguguho ang mga bundok at ang mga burol ay mayayanig, ngunit ang wagas na pag-ibig ko'y hindi maglalaho, at mananatili ang kapayapaang aking ipinangako.” Iyan ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, na nagmamahal sa iyo. Sinabi ng Panginoon, “O Jerusalem, nagdurusang lunsod na walang umaliw sa kapighatian. Muling itatayo ang mga pundasyon mo, ang gagamitin ko'y mamahaling bato. Rubi ang gagamitin sa iyong mga tore, batong maningning ang iyong pintuan at sa mga pader ay mga hiyas na makinang. Ako mismo ang magtuturo sa iyong mga anak. Sila'y magiging payapa at uunlad ang buhay. Patatatagin ka ng katuwiran, magiging ligtas ka sa mga mananakop, at wala kang katatakutang anuman.
Salmong pagtugon (Awit 30) (Bersikulo 2, 4–6, 11, 12A at 13B)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Pinupuri kita, Panginoon, pagkat ako’y iyong iniligtas.
• Pinupuri kita, Panginoon, pagkat ako'y iyong iniligtas, mga kaaway ko'y di mo hinayaang magmataas. Hinango mo ako mula sa libingan, at mula sa hukay, ako'y muli mong binuhay.
• Purihin ang Panginoon, siya'y inyong awitan, ninyong bayang hinirang, siya ay pasalamatan, pasalamatan ninyo ang banal niyang pangalan! Ang kanyang galit, ito'y panandalian, ngunit panghabang-buhay ang kanyang kabutihan. Sa buong magdamag, luha ma'y pumatak, pagsapit ng umaga, kapalit ay galak.
• Pakinggan mo ako, Panginoon, at kahabagan, O Panginoon, ako po sana'y tulungan!” Pinawi mo itong aking kalungkutan, pinalitan mo ng sayaw ng kagalakan! Pagluluksa ko ay iyong inalis, kaligayahan ang iyong ipinalit. O Panginoon, aking Diyos, pasasalamat ko'y walang patid.
Ikalimang pagbabasa (Isaias 55: 1–11)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ni propetang Isaias.
Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Narito ang tubig, kayong mga nauuhaw. Ang mga walang salapi ay lumapit din dito, bumili kayo ng pagkain at ito'y kainin ninyo! Bumili kayo ng alak at gatas kahit walang salaping pambayad. Bakit gumugugol kayo ng salapi sa mga bagay na hindi nakakabusog? Bakit ninyo inuubos ang perang kinita sa mga bagay na sa inyo ay hindi nagbibigay kasiyahan? Makinig kayong mabuti sa akin at sundin ang utos ko, at matitikman ninyo ang pinakamasasarap na pagkain. Makinig kayo at lumapit sa akin. Sundin ninyo ako at magkakaroon kayo ng buhay! Isang walang hanggang kasunduan ang gagawin natin; pagtitibayin ko ang aking walang hanggang pag-ibig kay David. Masdan ninyo! Ginawa ko siyang saksi sa mga bansa, pinuno at tagapagmana sa mga bayan. Iyong tatawagin ang mga bansang hindi mo kilala, mga bansang hindi ka kilala'y sa iyo pupunta. Darating sila alang-alang sa iyong Diyos na ang Panginoon, ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel, sapagkat pinaparangalan ka niya.” Hanapin mo ang Panginoon habang siya'y matatagpuan, manalangin ka sa kanya habang siya'y malapit pa. Dapat nang talikuran ang mga gawain ng taong masama, at dapat magbago ng pag-iisip ang taong liko. Sila'y dapat manumbalik, at lumapit sa Panginoon upang kahabagan; at mula sa Diyos, makakamit nila ang kapatawaran. Ang sabi ng Panginoon, “Ang aking kaisipa'y hindi ninyo kaisipan, ang inyong kaparaanan ay hindi ko kaparaanan. Kung paanong ang langit ay mas mataas kaysa lupa, ang aking kaparaanan ay higit kaysa inyong kaparaanan, at ang aking kaisipan ay hindi maaabot ng inyong kaisipan. “Ang ulan at yelo na bumabagsak mula sa langit ay hindi na nagbabalik, kundi dinidilig nito ang lupa, kaya lumalago ang mga halaman at namumunga at nagbibigay ng butil na panghasik, at tinapay upang maging pagkain. Gayundin naman ang mga salita na lumalabas sa aking bibig, ang mga ito'y hindi babalik sa akin na walang katuturan. Tutuparin nito ang aking mga balak, at gagawin nito ang aking ninanais.
Salmong pagtugon (Isaias 12: 2–6)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Malugod kayong sasalok ng tubig sa balon ng kaligtasan.
• Tunay na ang Diyos ang aking kaligtasan, sa kanya ako magtitiwala at hindi ako matatakot, sapagkat ang Panginoon ang aking kapangyarihan at kalakasan, siya ang aking tagapagligtas. Malugod kayong sasalok ng tubig sa balon ng kaligtasan.”
• Sasabihin ninyo sa araw na iyon: “Magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon, siya ang inyong tawagan; ipaalam ninyo sa mga bansa ang kanyang mga gawa, ipahayag ninyo ang kadakilaan ng kanyang pangalan.
• Umawit kayo ng papuri sa Panginoon, sapagkat kahanga-hanga ang kanyang mga ginawa, ibalita ninyo ito sa buong daigdig. Mga taga-Zion, sumigaw kayo at umawit nang buong galak, sapagkat nasa piling ninyo ang dakila at ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel.”
Ika-anim na pagbabasa (Baruc 3: 9–15 at 32; 4:4)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ni propetang Baruc.
Dinggin mo, Israel, ang mga kautusang nagbibigay-buhay; makinig ka at nang ikaw ay matuto. Israel, bakit ka nasa lupain ng iyong mga kaaway? Bakit ka tumanda sa ibang lupain? Bakit itinakwil kang parang patay at ibinilang na sa mga nasa Hades? Nangyari ito sapagkat itinakwil mo ang bukal ng Karunungan. Kung lumakad ka lang sa landas ng Diyos, sana'y namumuhay kang matiwasay sa habang panahon. Hanapin mo ang bukal ng pang-unawa, lakas at kaalaman, at malalaman mo kung nasaan ang mahabang buhay, ang liwanag na sa iyo'y papatnubay, at ang kapayapaan. May nakatuklas na ba kung saan nakatira ang Karunungan, o nakapasok sa kanyang taguan ng yaman? Ang Diyos na nakakaalam ng lahat ng bagay ang tanging nakakakilala sa Karunungan. Nauunawaan din niya ito sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kaalaman. Siya ang lumikha at naglagay dito ng lahat ng uri ng mga hayop. Mapalad tayo, mga Israelita, sapagkat alam natin kung ano ang nakalulugod sa Diyos.
Salmong pagtugon (Awit 19) (Mga bersikulo 7–10)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Paggalang at pagsunod kay Panginoon ay dalisay, magpapatuloy ito magpakailanman.
• Ang batas ng Panginoon, walang labis walang kulang, ito'y nagbibigay sa tao ng panibagong kalakasan. Ang mga tuntunin ng Panginoon'y mapagkakatiwalaan, nagbibigay ng talino sa payak na isipan.
• Ang mga utos ng Panginoon ay makatuwiran, ito'y nagpapasaya ng puso at kalooban. Ang mga tagubilin ng Panginoon ay tama, nagbibigay sa isipan ng hustong pang-unawa. Paggalang at pagsunod sa Panginoon ay dalisay, magpapatuloy ito magpakailanman; ang mga hatol ng Panginoon ay tunay na makatarungan, patas at walang kinikilingan.
• Mas kanaisnais pa ito kaysa gintong lantay, mas matamis pa kaysa pulot ng pukyutan.
Ikapitong pagbabasa (Ezekiel 36: 16–28)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa aklat ni propetang Ezekiel.
Sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, “Ezekiel, anak ng tao, nang ang Israel ay unang tumira sa kanilang lupain, pinarumi nila ito sa kanilang kasamaan. Kaya, ang pamumuhay nila'y kasuklam-suklam sa akin. At dahil sa dugong pinadanak nila sa lupain, at dahil sa kanilang mga diyus-diyosan, ibinuhos ko sa kanila ang aking matinding poot. Itinapon ko sila at pinangalat sa iba't ibang panig ng daigdig. Ginawa ko sa kanila ang nararapat sa kanila. Ngunit sa mga lugar na kinapuntahan nila, binigyang-daan nila ang mga tao upang hamakin ang aking pangalan. Sinabi ng mga tao sa kanila, ‘Hindi ba sila'y mga mamamayan ng Panginoon, bakit pinaalis sa kanilang bayan?’ Nabahala ako dahil sa banal kong pangalan na ipinahamak ng mga Israelita sa mga dakong kinapuntahan nila. “Kaya, sabihin mo sa Israel na ito ang ipinapasabi ko: Lahat ng ginagawa ko ay hindi dahil sa inyo, mga Israelita, kundi dahil sa banal kong pangalan na inyong hinayaang hamakin sa mga lugar na pinagtapunan ko sa inyo. Ipapakita ko ang kabanalan ng dakila kong pangalan na nalapastangan sa harap ng mga bansa. Makikilala ng lahat na ako ang Panginoon kung maipakita ko na sa kanila na ako ay banal. Titipunin ko kayo mula sa iba't ibang bansa upang ibalik sa inyong bayan. Wiwisikan ko kayo ng tubig na dalisay upang kayo'y luminis. Aalisin ko rin ang naging mantsa ninyo dahil sa inyong mga diyus-diyosan. Bibigyan ko kayo ng bagong puso at bagong espiritu. Ang masuwayin ninyong puso ay gagawin kong pusong masunurin. Bibigyan ko kayo ng aking Espiritu upang makalakad kayo ayon sa aking mga tuntunin at masunod ninyong mabuti ang aking mga utos. Ititira ko kayo sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa inyong mga ninuno. Kayo ay magiging bayan ko at ako ang inyong Diyos.
Salmong pagtugon (Mga Awit 42: 2 at 4; 43: 3–4)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Kung paanong batis ang siyang hanap ng isang usa; gayon hinahanap ang Diyos ng uhaw kong kaluluwa.
• Nananabik ako sa Diyos, sa Diyos na buháy, walang iba; kailan kaya maaaring sa presensya mo'y sumamba?
• Nagdurugo ang puso ko, kapag aking maalala ang lumipas na kahapong lagi kaming sama-sama, papunta sa templo ng Diyos na ako ang nangunguna; pinupuri namin ang Diyos sa pag-awit na masaya!
• Ang totoo't ang liwanag, buhat sa iyo ay pakamtan, upang sa Zion ay mabalik, sa bundok mong dakong banal sa bundok mong pinagpala, at sa templo mong tirahan.
• Sa dambana mo, O Diyos, ako naman ay dudulog, yamang galak at ligaya ang sa aki'y iyong dulot; sa saliw ng aking alpa'y magpupuri akong lubos, buong lugod na aawit ako sa Diyos, na aking Diyos!
Salmong pagtugon (Isaias 12: 2–6)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Malugod kayong sasalok ng tubig sa balon ng kaligtasan.
• Tunay na ang Diyos ang aking kaligtasan, sa kanya ako magtitiwala at hindi ako matatakot, sapagkat ang Panginoon ang aking kapangyarihan at kalakasan, siya ang aking tagapagligtas. Malugod kayong sasalok ng tubig sa balon ng kaligtasan.”
• Sasabihin ninyo sa araw na iyon: “Magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon, siya ang inyong tawagan; ipaalam ninyo sa mga bansa ang kanyang mga gawa, ipahayag ninyo ang kadakilaan ng kanyang pangalan.
• Umawit kayo ng papuri sa Panginoon, sapagkat kahanga-hanga ang kanyang mga ginawa, ibalita ninyo ito sa buong daigdig. Mga taga-Zion, sumigaw kayo at umawit nang buong galak, sapagkat nasa piling ninyo ang dakila at ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel.”
Salmong pagtugon (Mga Awit 51) (Mga Bersikulo 10–13 at 16–17)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Isang pusong tapat sa aki’y likhain, bigyan mo, O Diyos.
• Isang pusong tapat sa aki'y likhain, bigyan mo, O Diyos, ng bagong damdamin. Sa iyong harapa'y huwag akong alisin; iyong banal na Espiritu'y paghariin.
• Ang galak na dulot ng iyong pagliligtas, ibalik at ako po'y gawin mong tapat. Kung magkagayon na, aking tuturuang sa iyo lumapit ang makasalanan.
• Hindi mo na nais ang mga handog; di ka nalulugod, sa haing sinunog; ang handog ko, O Diyos, na karapat-dapat ay ang pakumbaba't pusong mapagtapat.
Sulat (Roma 6: 3–11)
DeleteAng pagbabasa sa sulat ni San Pablo sa mga taga-Roma.
Hindi ba ninyo alam na tayong lahat na nabautismuhan kay Cristo Jesus ay nabautismuhan sa kanyang kamatayan? Samakatuwid, tayo'y namatay na at nalibing na kasama niya sa pamamagitan ng bautismo upang kung paanong binuhay muli si Cristo sa pamamagitan ng dakilang kapangyarihan ng Ama, tayo rin ay magkaroon ng panibagong buhay. Sapagkat kung nakasama tayo ni Cristo sa isang kamatayang katulad ng kanyang kamatayan, tiyak na tayo ay makakasama rin niya sa muling pagkabuhay na katulad ng kanyang muling pagkabuhay. Alam natin na ang dati nating pagkatao ay naipako na sa krus kasama niya, upang mamatay ang ating makasalanang pagkatao at nang hindi na tayo maalipin pa ng kasalanan. Sapagkat ang namatay na ay pinalaya mula sa kapangyarihan ng kasalanan. Kung tayo'y namatay nang kasama ni Cristo, naniniwala tayong mabubuhay rin tayong kasama niya. Alam nating si Cristo na muling binuhay ay hindi na muling mamamatay. Wala nang kapangyarihan sa kanya ang kamatayan. Nang siya'y mamatay, namatay siya nang minsanan para sa lahat ng panahon dahil sa kasalanan; at ang buhay niya ngayon ay para sa Diyos. Kaya dapat din ninyong ituring ang inyong sarili bilang patay na sa kasalanan ngunit buháy para sa Diyos, sapagkat kayo'y nakipag-isa na kay Cristo Jesus.
Salmong pagtugon (Mga Awit 118) (Mga Bersikulo 1–2, 16–17, 21 at 23)
DeleteAng tugon ay: Aleluia! Aleluia! Aleluia!
• Purihin ang Panginoon sa kanyang kabutihan! Pag-ibig niya'y tunay, laging tapat kailanman. Ang taga-Israel, bayaang sabihi't kanilang ihayag, “Pag-ibig niya'y tunay, laging tapat kailanman.”
• Ang lakas ng Panginoon ang siyang nagdulot ng ating tagumpay, sa pakikibaka sa ating kaaway.” Aking sinasabing hindi mamamatay, ako'y mabubuhay ang gawa ng Panginoon, taos sa aking puso na isasalaysay.
• Aking pinupuri ikaw, O Panginoon, yamang pinakinggan, dininig mo ako't pinapagtagumpay. Ginawa ito ng Panginoon at ito'y kahanga-hangang pagmasdan.
Ebanghelyo (Mateo 28: 1–10)
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Makaraan ang Araw ng Pamamahinga, sa pagbubukang-liwayway nang unang araw ng linggo, pumunta si Maria Magdalena at ang isa pang Maria sa libingan ni Jesus upang tingnan ito. Biglang lumindol nang malakas sapagkat bumabâ mula sa langit ang isang anghel ng Panginoon. Iginulong nito ang batong nakatakip sa libingan at umupo sa ibabaw niyon. Ang kanyang mukha ay nakakasilaw na parang kidlat at puting-puti ang kanyang damit. Nanginig sa takot ang mga bantay nang makita ang anghel, at sila'y nabuwal na parang mga patay. Ngunit sinabi ng anghel sa mga babae, “Huwag kayong matakot; alam kong hinahanap ninyo si Jesus na ipinako sa krus. Wala na siya rito sapagkat siya'y muling nabuhay gaya ng kanyang sinabi. Halikayo't tingnan ninyo ang hinimlayan niya. Magmadali kayo at ibalita sa kanyang mga alagad na siya'y muling nabuhay! Mauuna na siya sa inyo sa Galilea. Makikita ninyo siya roon. Iyan ang balitang hatid ko sa inyo.” At dali-dali nga silang umalis sa libingan na may magkahalong takot at galak, at patakbong pumunta sa mga alagad upang ibalita ang nangyari. Ngunit sinalubong sila ni Jesus at binati. Lumapit sila sa kanya, hinawakan ang kanyang mga paa at sinamba siya. Sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Huwag kayong matakot. Humayo kayo't sabihin sa mga kapatid ko na pumunta sila sa Galilea, at makikita nila ako roon.”
Bacaan pertama (Kejadian 1:1 – 2:2)
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Pada mulanya Allah menciptakan langit dan bumi. Bumi belum berbentuk dan kosong; gelap gulita menutupi samudera raya, dan Roh Allah melayang-layang di atas permukaan air. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Jadilah terang." Lalu terang itu jadi. Allah melihat bahwa terang itu baik, lalu dipisahkan-Nyalah terang itu dari gelap. Dan Allah menamai terang itu siang, dan gelap itu malam. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari pertama. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Jadilah cakrawala di tengah segala air untuk memisahkan air dari air." Maka Allah menjadikan cakrawala dan Ia memisahkan air yang ada di bawah cakrawala itu dari air yang ada di atasnya. Dan jadilah demikian. Lalu Allah menamai cakrawala itu langit. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari kedua. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Hendaklah segala air yang di bawah langit berkumpul pada satu tempat, sehingga kelihatan yang kering." Dan jadilah demikian. Lalu Allah menamai yang kering itu darat, dan kumpulan air itu dinamai-Nya laut. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Hendaklah tanah menumbuhkan tunas-tunas muda, tumbuh-tumbuhan yang berbiji, segala jenis pohon buah-buahan yang menghasilkan buah yang berbiji, supaya ada tumbuh-tumbuhan di bumi." Dan jadilah demikian. Tanah itu menumbuhkan tunas-tunas muda, segala jenis tumbuh-tumbuhan yang berbiji dan segala jenis pohon-pohonan yang menghasilkan buah yang berbiji. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari ketiga. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Jadilah benda-benda penerang pada cakrawala untuk memisahkan siang dari malam. Biarlah benda-benda penerang itu menjadi tanda yang menunjukkan masa-masa yang tetap dan hari-hari dan tahun-tahun, dan sebagai penerang pada cakrawala biarlah benda-benda itu menerangi bumi." Dan jadilah demikian. Maka Allah menjadikan kedua benda penerang yang besar itu, yakni yang lebih besar untuk menguasai siang dan yang lebih kecil untuk menguasai malam, dan menjadikan juga bintang-bintang. Allah menaruh semuanya itu di cakrawala untuk menerangi bumi, dan untuk menguasai siang dan malam, dan untuk memisahkan terang dari gelap. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari keempat. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Hendaklah dalam air berkeriapan makhluk yang hidup, dan hendaklah burung beterbangan di atas bumi melintasi cakrawala." Maka Allah menciptakan binatang-binatang laut yang besar dan segala jenis makhluk hidup yang bergerak, yang berkeriapan dalam air, dan segala jenis burung yang bersayap. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik. Lalu Allah memberkati semuanya itu, firman-Nya: "Berkembangbiaklah dan bertambah banyaklah serta penuhilah air dalam laut, dan hendaklah burung-burung di bumi bertambah banyak." Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari kelima. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Hendaklah bumi mengeluarkan segala jenis makhluk yang hidup, ternak dan binatang melata dan segala jenis binatang liar." Dan jadilah demikian. Allah menjadikan segala jenis binatang liar dan segala jenis ternak dan segala jenis binatang melata di muka bumi. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
Berfirmanlah Allah: "Baiklah Kita menjadikan manusia menurut gambar dan rupa Kita, supaya mereka berkuasa atas ikan-ikan di laut dan burung-burung di udara dan atas ternak dan atas seluruh bumi dan atas segala binatang melata yang merayap di bumi." Maka Allah menciptakan manusia itu menurut gambar-Nya, menurut gambar Allah diciptakan-Nya dia; laki-laki dan perempuan diciptakan-Nya mereka. Allah memberkati mereka, lalu Allah berfirman kepada mereka: "Beranakcuculah dan bertambah banyak; penuhilah bumi dan taklukkanlah itu, berkuasalah atas ikan-ikan di laut dan burung-burung di udara dan atas segala binatang yang merayap di bumi." Berfirmanlah Allah: "Lihatlah, Aku memberikan kepadamu segala tumbuh-tumbuhan yang berbiji di seluruh bumi dan segala pohon-pohonan yang buahnya berbiji; itulah akan menjadi makananmu. Tetapi kepada segala binatang di bumi dan segala burung di udara dan segala yang merayap di bumi, yang bernyawa, Kuberikan segala tumbuh-tumbuhan hijau menjadi makanannya." Dan jadilah demikian. Maka Allah melihat segala yang dijadikan-Nya itu, sungguh amat baik. Jadilah petang dan jadilah pagi, itulah hari keenam. Demikianlah diselesaikan langit dan bumi dan segala isinya. Ketika Allah pada hari ketujuh telah menyelesaikan pekerjaan yang dibuat-Nya itu, berhentilah Ia pada hari ketujuh dari segala pekerjaan yang telah dibuat-Nya itu.
DeleteMazmur (Mazmur 33) (Ayat 4–7, 12–13, 20 dan 22)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Bumi penuh dengan kasih setia Tuhan.
• Sebab firman TUHAN itu benar, segala sesuatu dikerjakan-Nya dengan kesetiaan. Ia senang kepada keadilan dan hukum; bumi penuh dengan kasih setia TUHAN.
• Oleh firman TUHAN langit telah dijadikan, oleh nafas dari mulut-Nya segala tentaranya. Ia mengumpulkan air laut seperti dalam bendungan, Ia menaruh samudera raya ke dalam wadah.
• Berbahagialah bangsa, yang Allahnya ialah TUHAN, suku bangsa yang dipilih-Nya menjadi milik-Nya sendiri! TUHAN memandang dari sorga, Ia melihat semua anak manusia.
• Jiwa kita menanti-nantikan TUHAN. Dialah penolong kita dan perisai kita! Kasih setia-Mu, ya TUHAN, kiranya menyertai kami, seperti kami berharap kepada-Mu.
Mazmur (Mazmur 104) (Ayat 1–2A, 5–6, 10, 12–14, 24 dan 35B)
Tanggapan adalah: Ya Tuhan, mengirim roh-Mu, dan membaharui muka bumi.
• Pujilah TUHAN, hai jiwaku! TUHAN, Allahku, Engkau sangat besar! Engkau yang berpakaian keagungan dan semarak, yang berselimutkan terang seperti kain.
• Telah mendasarkan bumi di atas tumpuannya, sehingga takkan goyang untuk seterusnya dan selamanya. Dengan samudera raya Engkau telah menyelubunginya; air telah naik melampaui gunung-gunung.
• Engkau yang melepas mata-mata air ke dalam lembah-lembah, mengalir di antara gunung-gunung, di dekatnya diam burung-burung di udara, bersiul dari antara daun-daunan.
• Engkau yang memberi minum gunung-gunung dari kamar-kamar loteng-Mu, bumi kenyang dari buah pekerjaan-Mu. Engkau yang menumbuhkan rumput bagi hewan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan untuk diusahakan manusia, yang mengeluarkan makanan dari dalam tanah.
• Betapa banyak perbuatan-Mu, ya TUHAN, sekaliannya Kaujadikan dengan kebijaksanaan, bumi penuh dengan ciptaan-Mu. Pujilah TUHAN, hai jiwaku! Haleluya!
Bacaan kedua (Kejadian 22: 1–18)
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Setelah semuanya itu Allah mencoba Abraham. Ia berfirman kepadanya: "Abraham," lalu sahutnya: "Ya, Tuhan." Firman-Nya: "Ambillah anakmu yang tunggal itu, yang engkau kasihi, yakni Ishak, pergilah ke tanah Moria dan persembahkanlah dia di sana sebagai korban bakaran pada salah satu gunung yang akan Kukatakan kepadamu." Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi bangunlah Abraham, ia memasang pelana keledainya dan memanggil dua orang bujangnya beserta Ishak, anaknya; ia membelah juga kayu untuk korban bakaran itu, lalu berangkatlah ia dan pergi ke tempat yang dikatakan Allah kepadanya. Ketika pada hari ketiga Abraham melayangkan pandangnya, kelihatanlah kepadanya tempat itu dari jauh. Kata Abraham kepada kedua bujangnya itu: "Tinggallah kamu di sini dengan keledai ini; aku beserta anak ini akan pergi ke sana; kami akan sembahyang, sesudah itu kami kembali kepadamu." Lalu Abraham mengambil kayu untuk korban bakaran itu dan memikulkannya ke atas bahu Ishak, anaknya, sedang di tangannya dibawanya api dan pisau. Demikianlah keduanya berjalan bersama-sama. Lalu berkatalah Ishak kepada Abraham, ayahnya: "Bapa." Sahut Abraham: "Ya, anakku." Bertanyalah ia: "Di sini sudah ada api dan kayu, tetapi di manakah anak domba untuk korban bakaran itu?" Sahut Abraham: "Allah yang akan menyediakan anak domba untuk korban bakaran bagi-Nya, anakku." Demikianlah keduanya berjalan bersama-sama. Sampailah mereka ke tempat yang dikatakan Allah kepadanya. Lalu Abraham mendirikan mezbah di situ, disusunnyalah kayu, diikatnya Ishak, anaknya itu, dan diletakkannya di mezbah itu, di atas kayu api. Sesudah itu Abraham mengulurkan tangannya, lalu mengambil pisau untuk menyembelih anaknya. Tetapi berserulah Malaikat TUHAN dari langit kepadanya: "Abraham, Abraham." Sahutnya: "Ya, Tuhan." Lalu Ia berfirman: "Jangan bunuh anak itu dan jangan kauapa-apakan dia, sebab telah Kuketahui sekarang, bahwa engkau takut akan Allah, dan engkau tidak segan-segan untuk menyerahkan anakmu yang tunggal kepada-Ku." Lalu Abraham menoleh dan melihat seekor domba jantan di belakangnya, yang tanduknya tersangkut dalam belukar. Abraham mengambil domba itu, lalu mengorbankannya sebagai korban bakaran pengganti anaknya. Dan Abraham menamai tempat itu: "TUHAN menyediakan"; sebab itu sampai sekarang dikatakan orang: "Di atas gunung TUHAN, akan disediakan." Untuk kedua kalinya berserulah Malaikat TUHAN dari langit kepada Abraham, kata-Nya: "Aku bersumpah demi diri-Ku sendiri — demikianlah firman TUHAN —: Karena engkau telah berbuat demikian, dan engkau tidak segan-segan untuk menyerahkan anakmu yang tunggal kepada-Ku, maka Aku akan memberkati engkau berlimpah-limpah dan membuat keturunanmu sangat banyak seperti bintang di langit dan seperti pasir di tepi laut, dan keturunanmu itu akan menduduki kota-kota musuhnya. Oleh keturunanmulah semua bangsa di bumi akan mendapat berkat, karena engkau mendengarkan firman-Ku."
Mazmur (Mazmur 16) (Ayat 5 dan 8–11)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Ya Tuhan, Engkaulah bagian warisanku.
• Ya TUHAN, Engkaulah bagian warisanku dan pialaku, Engkau sendirilah yang meneguhkan bagian yang diundikan kepadaku. Aku senantiasa memandang kepada TUHAN; karena Ia berdiri di sebelah kananku, aku tidak goyah.
• Sebab itu hatiku bersukacita dan jiwaku bersorak-sorak, bahkan tubuhku akan diam dengan tenteram; sebab Engkau tidak menyerahkan aku ke dunia orang mati, dan tidak membiarkan Orang Kudus-Mu melihat kebinasaan.
• Engkau memberitahukan kepadaku jalan kehidupan; di hadapan-Mu ada sukacita berlimpah-limpah, di tangan kanan-Mu ada nikmat senantiasa.
Bacaan ketiga (Keluaran 14:15 – 15:1)
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Berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Musa: "Mengapakah engkau berseru-seru demikian kepada-Ku? Katakanlah kepada orang Israel, supaya mereka berangkat. Dan engkau, angkatlah tongkatmu dan ulurkanlah tanganmu ke atas laut dan belahlah airnya, sehingga orang Israel akan berjalan dari tengah-tengah laut di tempat kering. Tetapi sungguh Aku akan mengeraskan hati orang Mesir, sehingga mereka menyusul orang Israel, dan terhadap Firaun dan seluruh pasukannya, keretanya dan orangnya yang berkuda, Aku akan menyatakan kemuliaan-Ku. Maka orang Mesir akan mengetahui, bahwa Akulah TUHAN, apabila Aku memperlihatkan kemuliaan-Ku terhadap Firaun, keretanya dan orangnya yang berkuda." Kemudian bergeraklah Malaikat Allah, yang tadinya berjalan di depan tentara Israel, lalu berjalan di belakang mereka; dan tiang awan itu bergerak dari depan mereka, lalu berdiri di belakang mereka. Demikianlah tiang itu berdiri di antara tentara orang Mesir dan tentara orang Israel; dan oleh karena awan itu menimbulkan kegelapan, maka malam itu lewat, sehingga yang satu tidak dapat mendekati yang lain, semalam-malaman itu. Lalu Musa mengulurkan tangannya ke atas laut, dan semalam-malaman itu TUHAN menguakkan air laut dengan perantaraan angin timur yang keras, membuat laut itu menjadi tanah kering; maka terbelahlah air itu. Demikianlah orang Israel berjalan dari tengah-tengah laut di tempat kering; sedang di kiri dan di kanan mereka air itu sebagai tembok bagi mereka. Orang Mesir mengejar dan menyusul mereka — segala kuda Firaun, keretanya dan orangnya yang berkuda — sampai ke tengah-tengah laut. Dan pada waktu jaga pagi, TUHAN yang di dalam tiang api dan awan itu memandang kepada tentara orang Mesir, lalu dikacaukan-Nya tentara orang Mesir itu. Ia membuat roda keretanya berjalan miring dan maju dengan berat, sehingga orang Mesir berkata: "Marilah kita lari meninggalkan orang Israel, sebab Tuhanlah yang berperang untuk mereka melawan Mesir." Berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Musa: "Ulurkanlah tanganmu ke atas laut, supaya air berbalik meliputi orang Mesir, meliputi kereta mereka dan orang mereka yang berkuda." Musa mengulurkan tangannya ke atas laut, maka menjelang pagi berbaliklah air laut ke tempatnya, sedang orang Mesir lari menuju air itu; demikianlah TUHAN mencampakkan orang Mesir ke tengah-tengah laut. Berbaliklah segala air itu, lalu menutupi kereta dan orang berkuda dari seluruh pasukan Firaun, yang telah menyusul orang Israel itu ke laut; seorang pun tidak ada yang tinggal dari mereka. Tetapi orang Israel berjalan di tempat kering dari tengah-tengah laut, sedang di kiri dan di kanan mereka air itu sebagai tembok bagi mereka. Demikianlah pada hari itu TUHAN menyelamatkan orang Israel dari tangan orang Mesir. Dan orang Israel melihat orang Mesir mati terhantar di pantai laut. Ketika dilihat oleh orang Israel, betapa besarnya perbuatan yang dilakukan TUHAN terhadap orang Mesir, maka takutlah bangsa itu kepada TUHAN dan mereka percaya kepada TUHAN dan kepada Musa, hamba-Nya itu. Pada waktu itu Musa bersama-sama dengan orang Israel menyanyikan nyanyian ini bagi TUHAN yang berbunyi: "Baiklah aku menyanyi bagi TUHAN, sebab Ia tinggi luhur, kuda dan penunggangnya dilemparkan-Nya ke dalam laut."
Mazmur (Keluaran 15: 1–6 dan 17–18)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Aku menyanyi bagi Tuhan, sebab Ia tinggi luhur.
• Pada waktu itu Musa bersama-sama dengan orang Israel menyanyikan nyanyian ini bagi TUHAN yang berbunyi: "Baiklah aku menyanyi bagi TUHAN, sebab Ia tinggi luhur, kuda dan penunggangnya dilemparkan-Nya ke dalam laut.
• TUHAN itu kekuatanku dan mazmurku, Ia telah menjadi keselamatanku. Ia Allahku, kupuji Dia, Ia Allah bapaku, kuluhurkan Dia.
• TUHAN itu pahlawan perang; TUHAN, itulah nama-Nya. Kereta Firaun dan pasukannya dibuang-Nya ke dalam laut; para perwiranya yang pilihan dibenamkan ke dalam Laut Teberau.
• Samudera raya menutupi mereka; ke air yang dalam mereka tenggelam seperti batu. Tangan kanan-Mu, TUHAN, mulia karena kekuasaan-Mu, tangan kanan-Mu, TUHAN, menghancurkan musuh.
• Engkau membawa mereka dan Kaucangkokkan mereka di atas gunung milik-Mu sendiri; di tempat yang telah Kaubuat kediaman-Mu, ya TUHAN; di tempat kudus, yang didirikan tangan-Mu, ya TUHAN. TUHAN memerintah kekal selama-lamanya.
Bacaan keempat (Yesaya 54: 5–14)
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Sebab yang menjadi suamimu ialah Dia yang menjadikan engkau, TUHAN semesta alam nama-Nya; yang menjadi Penebusmu ialah Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, Ia disebut Allah seluruh bumi. Sebab seperti isteri yang ditinggalkan dan yang bersusah hati TUHAN memanggil engkau kembali; masakan isteri dari masa muda akan tetap ditolak? firman Allahmu. Hanya sesaat lamanya Aku meninggalkan engkau, tetapi karena kasih sayang yang besar Aku mengambil engkau kembali. Dalam murka yang meluap Aku telah menyembunyikan wajah-Ku terhadap engkau sesaat lamanya, tetapi dalam kasih setia abadi Aku telah mengasihani engkau, firman TUHAN, Penebusmu. Keadaan ini bagi-Ku seperti pada zaman Nuh: seperti Aku telah bersumpah kepadanya bahwa air bah tidak akan meliputi bumi lagi, demikianlah Aku telah bersumpah bahwa Aku tidak akan murka terhadap engkau dan tidak akan menghardik engkau lagi. Sebab biarpun gunung-gunung beranjak dan bukit-bukit bergoyang, tetapi kasih setia-Ku tidak akan beranjak dari padamu dan perjanjian damai-Ku tidak akan bergoyang, firman TUHAN, yang mengasihani engkau. Hai yang tertindas, yang dilanggar angin badai, yang tidak dihiburkan! Sesungguhnya, Aku akan meletakkan alasmu dari batu hitam dan dasar-dasarmu dari batu nilam. Aku akan membuat kemuncak-kemuncak tembokmu dari batu delima, pintu-pintu gerbangmu dari batu manikam merah dan segenap tembok perbatasanmu dari batu permata. Semua anakmu akan menjadi murid TUHAN, dan besarlah kesejahteraan mereka; engkau akan ditegakkan di atas kebenaran. Engkau akan jauh dari pemerasan, sebab engkau tidak usah lagi takut, dan engkau akan jauh dari kekejutan, sebab ia tidak akan mendekat kepadamu.
Mazmur (Mazmur 30) (Ayat 2, 4–6, 11, 12A, dan 13B)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Aku akan memuji Engkau, ya Tuhan, sebab aku menarik aku ke atas.
• Aku akan memuji Engkau, ya TUHAN, sebab Engkau telah menarik aku ke atas, dan tidak memberi musuh-musuhku bersukacita atas aku. TUHAN, Engkau mengangkat aku dari dunia orang mati, Engkau menghidupkan aku di antara mereka yang turun ke liang kubur.
• Nyanyikanlah mazmur bagi TUHAN, hai orang-orang yang dikasihi-Nya, dan persembahkanlah syukur kepada nama-Nya yang kudus! Sebab sesaat saja Ia murka, tetapi seumur hidup Ia murah hati; sepanjang malam ada tangisan, menjelang pagi terdengar sorak-sorai.
• Dengarlah, TUHAN, dan kasihanilah aku, TUHAN, jadilah penolongku!" Aku yang meratap telah Kauubah menjadi orang yang menari-nari. TUHAN, Allahku, untuk selama-lamanya aku mau menyanyikan syukur bagi-Mu.
Bacaan kelima (Yesaya 55: 1–11)
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Ayo, hai semua orang yang haus, marilah dan minumlah air, dan hai orang yang tidak mempunyai uang, marilah! Terimalah gandum tanpa uang pembeli dan makanlah, juga anggur dan susu tanpa bayaran! Mengapakah kamu belanjakan uang untuk sesuatu yang bukan roti, dan upah jerih payahmu untuk sesuatu yang tidak mengenyangkan? Dengarkanlah Aku maka kamu akan memakan yang baik dan kamu akan menikmati sajian yang paling lezat. Sendengkanlah telingamu dan datanglah kepada-Ku; dengarkanlah, maka kamu akan hidup! Aku hendak mengikat perjanjian abadi dengan kamu, menurut kasih setia yang teguh yang Kujanjikan kepada Daud. Sesungguhnya, Aku telah menetapkan dia menjadi saksi bagi bangsa-bangsa, menjadi seorang raja dan pemerintah bagi suku-suku bangsa; sesungguhnya, engkau akan memanggil bangsa yang tidak kaukenal, dan bangsa yang tidak mengenal engkau akan berlari kepadamu, oleh karena TUHAN, Allahmu, dan karena Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, yang mengagungkan engkau. Carilah TUHAN selama Ia berkenan ditemui; berserulah kepada-Nya selama Ia dekat! Baiklah orang fasik meninggalkan jalannya, dan orang jahat meninggalkan rancangannya; baiklah ia kembali kepada TUHAN, maka Dia akan mengasihaninya, dan kepada Allah kita, sebab Ia memberi pengampunan dengan limpahnya. Sebab rancangan-Ku bukanlah rancanganmu, dan jalanmu bukanlah jalan-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN. Seperti tingginya langit dari bumi, demikianlah tingginya jalan-Ku dari jalanmu dan rancangan-Ku dari rancanganmu. Sebab seperti hujan dan salju turun dari langit dan tidak kembali ke situ, melainkan mengairi bumi, membuatnya subur dan menumbuhkan tumbuh-tumbuhan, memberikan benih kepada penabur dan roti kepada orang yang mau makan, demikianlah firman-Ku yang keluar dari mulut-Ku: ia tidak akan kembali kepada-Ku dengan sia-sia, tetapi ia akan melaksanakan apa yang Kukehendaki, dan akan berhasil dalam apa yang Kusuruhkan kepadanya.
Mazmur (Yesaya 12: 2–6)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Kamu akan menimba air dengan kegirangan dari mata air keselamatan.
• Sungguh, Allah itu keselamatanku; aku percaya dengan tidak gementar, sebab TUHAN ALLAH itu kekuatanku dan mazmurku, Ia telah menjadi keselamatanku." Maka kamu akan menimba air dengan kegirangan dari mata air keselamatan.
• Pada waktu itu kamu akan berkata: "Bersyukurlah kepada TUHAN, panggillah nama-Nya, beritahukanlah perbuatan-Nya di antara bangsa-bangsa, masyhurkanlah, bahwa nama-Nya tinggi luhur!
• Bermazmurlah bagi TUHAN, sebab perbuatan-Nya mulia; baiklah hal ini diketahui di seluruh bumi! Berserulah dan bersorak-sorailah, hai penduduk Sion, sebab Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, agung di tengah-tengahmu!"
Bacaan keenam (Barukh 3: 9–15 dan 32; 4:4)
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Dengarkanlah, hai Israel, segala perintah kehidupan, condongkanlah telinga untuk mengenal kearifan. Apa sebabnya, hai Israel, apa sebabnya maka engkau berada di negeri musuhmu serta menjadi tua di negeri yang asing dan menajiskan dirimu dengan yang mati dan terbilang di antara mereka yang turun ke dunia orang mati? Engkau telah meninggalkan sumber kebijaksanaan! Jikalau engkau berjalan di jalan Allah, niscaya selamanya engkau diam dengan damai sejahtera. Belajarlah di mana ada kearifan, di mana kekuatan dan di mana pengertian, supaya sekaligus kauketahui tempat umur panjang dan kehidupan, tempat cahaya mata dan damai sejahtera. Siapakah telah menemukan tempat kebijaksanaan, siapakah telah masuk ke dalam perbendaharaannya? Tetapi Yang Mahatahu mengetahuinya dan dengan pengertian-Nya mendapatinya; Ia menyediakan bumi untuk selama-lamanya dan mengisinya dengan hewan yang berkaki empat. Berbahagialah kita ini, hai Israel, oleh karena kita mengetahui apa yang berkenan pada Tuhan.
Mazmur (Mazmur 19) (Ayat 8–11)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Takut akan Tuhan itu suci, tetap ada untuk selamanya.
• Taurat TUHAN itu sempurna, menyegarkan jiwa; peraturan TUHAN itu teguh, memberikan hikmat kepada orang yang tak berpengalaman.
• Titah TUHAN itu tepat, menyukakan hati; perintah TUHAN itu murni, membuat mata bercahaya. Takut akan TUHAN itu suci, tetap ada untuk selamanya; hukum-hukum TUHAN itu benar, adil semuanya.
• Lebih indah dari pada emas, bahkan dari pada banyak emas tua; dan lebih manis dari pada madu, bahkan dari pada madu tetesan dari sarang lebah.
Bacaan ketujuh (Yehezkiel 36: 16–28)
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Kemudian datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Hai anak manusia, waktu kaum Israel tinggal di tanah mereka, mereka menajiskannya dengan tingkah laku mereka; kelakuan mereka sama seperti cemar kain di hadapan-Ku. Maka Aku mencurahkan amarah-Ku ke atas mereka karena darah yang dicurahkan mereka di tanah itu, sedang tanah itu mereka najiskan dengan berhala-berhala mereka. Aku menghamburkan mereka di antara bangsa-bangsa, sehingga mereka berserak-serak di semua negeri, Aku menghakimi mereka selaras dengan tingkah lakunya. Di mana saja mereka datang di tengah bangsa-bangsa, mereka menajiskan nama-Ku yang kudus, dalam hal orang menyindir mereka: Katanya mereka umat TUHAN, tetapi mereka harus keluar dari tanah-Nya. Aku merasa sakit hati karena nama-Ku yang kudus yang dinajiskan oleh kaum Israel di tengah bangsa-bangsa, di mana mereka datang. Oleh karena itu katakanlah kepada kaum Israel: Beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Bukan karena kamu Aku bertindak, hai kaum Israel, tetapi karena nama-Ku yang kudus yang kamu najiskan di tengah bangsa-bangsa di mana kamu datang. Aku akan menguduskan nama-Ku yang besar yang sudah dinajiskan di tengah bangsa-bangsa, dan yang kamu najiskan di tengah-tengah mereka. Dan bangsa-bangsa akan mengetahui bahwa Akulah TUHAN, demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH, manakala Aku menunjukkan kekudusan-Ku kepadamu di hadapan bangsa-bangsa. Aku akan menjemput kamu dari antara bangsa-bangsa dan mengumpulkan kamu dari semua negeri dan akan membawa kamu kembali ke tanahmu. Aku akan mencurahkan kepadamu air jernih, yang akan mentahirkan kamu; dari segala kenajisanmu dan dari semua berhala-berhalamu Aku akan mentahirkan kamu. Kamu akan Kuberikan hati yang baru, dan roh yang baru di dalam batinmu dan Aku akan menjauhkan dari tubuhmu hati yang keras dan Kuberikan kepadamu hati yang taat. Roh-Ku akan Kuberikan diam di dalam batinmu dan Aku akan membuat kamu hidup menurut segala ketetapan-Ku dan tetap berpegang pada peraturan-peraturan-Ku dan melakukannya. Dan kamu akan diam di dalam negeri yang telah Kuberikan kepada nenek moyangmu dan kamu akan menjadi umat-Ku dan Aku akan menjadi Allahmu.
Mazmur (Mazmur 42: 3 dan 5; mazmur 43: 3–4) (Mazmur ini dibacakan kalau ada kandidat untuk pembaptisan.)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Seperti rusa yang merindukan sungai yang berair, demikianlah jiwaku merindukan Engkau, ya Allah.
• Jiwaku haus kepada Allah, kepada Allah yang hidup. Bilakah aku boleh datang melihat Allah?
• Inilah yang hendak kuingat, sementara jiwaku gundah gulana; bagaimana aku berjalan maju dalam kepadatan manusia, mendahului mereka melangkah ke rumah Allah dengan suara sorak-sorai dan nyanyian syukur, dalam keramaian orang-orang yang mengadakan perayaan.
• Suruhlah terang-Mu dan kesetiaan-Mu datang, supaya aku dituntun dan dibawa ke gunung-Mu yang kudus dan ke tempat kediaman-Mu!
• Maka aku dapat pergi ke mezbah Allah, menghadap Allah, yang adalah sukacitaku dan kegembiraanku, dan bersyukur kepada-Mu dengan kecapi, ya Allah, ya Allahku!
Mazmur (Yesaya 12: 2–6) (Mazmur ini dibacakan kalau tidak ada kandidat untuk pembaptisan.)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Kamu akan menimba air dengan kegirangan dari mata air keselamatan.
• Sungguh, Allah itu keselamatanku; aku percaya dengan tidak gementar, sebab TUHAN ALLAH itu kekuatanku dan mazmurku, Ia telah menjadi keselamatanku." Maka kamu akan menimba air dengan kegirangan dari mata air keselamatan.
• Pada waktu itu kamu akan berkata: "Bersyukurlah kepada TUHAN, panggillah nama-Nya, beritahukanlah perbuatan-Nya di antara bangsa-bangsa, masyhurkanlah, bahwa nama-Nya tinggi luhur!
• Bermazmurlah bagi TUHAN, sebab perbuatan-Nya mulia; baiklah hal ini diketahui di seluruh bumi! Berserulah dan bersorak-sorailah, hai penduduk Sion, sebab Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, agung di tengah-tengahmu!"
Mazmur (Mazmur 51) (Ayat 12–15 dan 18–19) (Mazmur ini dibacakan kalau tidak ada kandidat untuk pembaptisan.)
Tanggapan adalah: Jadikanlah hatiku tahir, ya Allah, dan perbaharuilah batinku dengan roh yang teguh!
• Jadikanlah hatiku tahir, ya Allah, dan perbaharuilah batinku dengan roh yang teguh! Janganlah membuang aku dari hadapan-Mu, dan janganlah mengambil roh-Mu yang kudus dari padaku!
• Bangkitkanlah kembali padaku kegirangan karena selamat yang dari pada-Mu, dan lengkapilah aku dengan roh yang rela! Maka aku akan mengajarkan jalan-Mu kepada orang-orang yang melakukan pelanggaran, supaya orang-orang berdosa berbalik kepada-Mu.
• Sebab Engkau tidak berkenan kepada korban sembelihan; sekiranya kupersembahkan korban bakaran, Engkau tidak menyukainya. Korban sembelihan kepada Allah ialah jiwa yang hancur; hati yang patah dan remuk tidak akan Kaupandang hina, ya Allah.
Surat (Roma 6: 3–11)
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Atau tidak tahukah kamu, bahwa kita semua yang telah dibaptis dalam Kristus, telah dibaptis dalam kematian-Nya? Dengan demikian kita telah dikuburkan bersama-sama dengan Dia oleh baptisan dalam kematian, supaya, sama seperti Kristus telah dibangkitkan dari antara orang mati oleh kemuliaan Bapa, demikian juga kita akan hidup dalam hidup yang baru. Sebab jika kita telah menjadi satu dengan apa yang sama dengan kematian-Nya, kita juga akan menjadi satu dengan apa yang sama dengan kebangkitan-Nya. Karena kita tahu, bahwa manusia lama kita telah turut disalibkan, supaya tubuh dosa kita hilang kuasanya, agar jangan kita menghambakan diri lagi kepada dosa. Sebab siapa yang telah mati, ia telah bebas dari dosa. Jadi jika kita telah mati dengan Kristus, kita percaya, bahwa kita akan hidup juga dengan Dia. Karena kita tahu, bahwa Kristus, sesudah Ia bangkit dari antara orang mati, tidak mati lagi: maut tidak berkuasa lagi atas Dia. Sebab kematian-Nya adalah kematian terhadap dosa, satu kali dan untuk selama-lamanya, dan kehidupan-Nya adalah kehidupan bagi Allah. Demikianlah hendaknya kamu memandangnya: bahwa kamu telah mati bagi dosa, tetapi kamu hidup bagi Allah dalam Kristus Yesus.
Mazmur (Mazmur 118) (Ayat 1–2, 16–17, 21 dan 23)
DeleteTanggapan adalah: Haleluya! Haleluya! Haleluya!
• Bersyukurlah kepada TUHAN, sebab Ia baik! Bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya. Biarlah Israel berkata: "Bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya!"
• Tangan kanan TUHAN berkuasa meninggikan, tangan kanan TUHAN melakukan keperkasaan!" Aku tidak akan mati, tetapi hidup, dan aku akan menceritakan perbuatan-perbuatan TUHAN.
• Aku bersyukur kepada-Mu, sebab Engkau telah menjawab aku dan telah menjadi keselamatanku. Hal itu terjadi dari pihak TUHAN, suatu perbuatan ajaib di mata kita.
Bacaan Injil (Matius 28: 1–10)
DeletePembacaan dari Injil suci menurut Santo Matius.
Setelah hari Sabat lewat, menjelang menyingsingnya fajar pada hari pertama minggu itu, pergilah Maria Magdalena dan Maria yang lain, menengok kubur itu. Maka terjadilah gempa bumi yang hebat sebab seorang malaikat Tuhan turun dari langit dan datang ke batu itu dan menggulingkannya lalu duduk di atasnya. Wajahnya bagaikan kilat dan pakaiannya putih bagaikan salju. Dan penjaga-penjaga itu gentar ketakutan dan menjadi seperti orang-orang mati. Akan tetapi malaikat itu berkata kepada perempuan-perempuan itu: "Janganlah kamu takut; sebab aku tahu kamu mencari Yesus yang disalibkan itu. Ia tidak ada di sini, sebab Ia telah bangkit, sama seperti yang telah dikatakan-Nya. Mari, lihatlah tempat Ia berbaring. Dan segeralah pergi dan katakanlah kepada murid-murid-Nya bahwa Ia telah bangkit dari antara orang mati. Ia mendahului kamu ke Galilea; di sana kamu akan melihat Dia. Sesungguhnya aku telah mengatakannya kepadamu." Mereka segera pergi dari kubur itu, dengan takut dan dengan sukacita yang besar dan berlari cepat-cepat untuk memberitahukannya kepada murid-murid Yesus. Tiba-tiba Yesus berjumpa dengan mereka dan berkata: "Salam bagimu." Mereka mendekati-Nya dan memeluk kaki-Nya serta menyembah-Nya. Maka kata Yesus kepada mereka: "Jangan takut. Pergi dan katakanlah kepada saudara-saudara-Ku, supaya mereka pergi ke Galilea, dan di sanalah mereka akan melihat Aku."
第一読み物（創世記第1章：第1詩–第2章：第2詩）
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まだ何もなかった時、神は天と地を造りました。地は形も定まらず、闇に包まれた水の上を、さらに神の霊が覆っていました。「光よ、輝き出よ。」神が言われると、光がさっとさしてきました。それを見て、神は大いに満足し、光と闇とを区別しました。しばらくの間、光は輝き続け、やがて、もう一度闇に覆われました。神は光を「昼」、闇を「夜」と名づけました。こうして昼と夜ができて、一日目が終わりました。「もやは上下に分かれ、空と海になれ」と神が言われると、そのとおり水蒸気が二つに分かれ、空ができました。こうして二日目も終わりました。「空の下の水は集まって海となり、乾いた地が現れ出よ。」こう神が言われると、そのとおりになりました。神は乾いた地を「陸地」、水の部分を「海」と名づけました。それを見て満足すると、神はまた言われました。「陸地には、あらゆる種類の草、種のある植物、実のなる木が生えよ。それぞれの種から同じ種類の草や木が生えるようになれ。」すると、そのとおりになり、神は満足しました。これが三日目です。神のことばはさらに続きます。「空に光が輝き、地を照らせ。その光で、昼と夜の区別、季節の変化、一日や一年の区切りをつけよ。」すると、そのとおりになりました。こうして、地を照らす太陽と月ができました。太陽は大きく明るいので昼を、月は夜を治めました。このほかにも、星々が造られました。神はそれをみな空にちりばめ、地を照らすようにしました。こうして昼と夜を分け終えると、神は満足しました。ここまでが四日目の出来事です。神は再び言われました。「海は魚やその他の生き物であふれ、空はあらゆる種類の鳥で満ちよ。」神は海に住む大きな生き物をはじめ、あらゆる種類の魚と鳥を造りました。みなすばらしいものばかりです。神はそれを見て、「海いっぱいに満ちよ。鳥たちは地を覆うまでに増えよ」と祝福しました。これが五日目です。次に神は言われました。「地は、家畜や地をはうもの、野の獣など、あらゆる種類の生き物を生み出せ。」そのとおりになりました。神が造った生き物は、どれも満足のいくものばかりでした。そして最後に、神はこう言われました。「さあ、人間を造ろう。地と空と海のあらゆる生き物を治めさせるために、われわれに最も近い、われわれのかたちに似せて人間を造ろう。」このように人間は、天地を造った神の特性を持つ者として、男と女とに創造されました。神は人間を祝福して言われました。「地に増え広がり、大地を治めよ。あなたがたは、魚と鳥とすべての動物の主人なのだ。全地に生える種のある植物を見てみなさい。みなあなたがたのものだ。実のなる木もすべて与えるから、好きなだけ食べるがいい。また、動物や鳥にも、あらゆる草と植物を彼らの食物として与える。」神はでき上がった世界を隅から隅まで見渡しました。とてもすばらしい世界が広がっていました。こうして六日目が終わりました。ついに全世界が完成しました。すべてを創造し終えると、神は七日目には休まりました。
第二読み物（創世記第22章：第1詩–第18詩）
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こののち、神はアブラハムの信仰と従順を試しました。「アブラハム。」「はい、神様。」「あなたのひとり息子を連れてモリヤへ行きなさい。そう、愛するイサクを連れて行くのだ。そして、わたしが指定する山の上で、完全に焼き尽くすいけにえとしてイサクをささげなさい。」アブラハムは明くる朝早く起きると、祭壇で燃やすたきぎを作り、ろばに鞍をつけて出かけました。息子イサクと若い召使二人もいっしょです。三日目、指定された場所が遠くに見える所まで来ました。「おまえたち二人は、ろばとここで待っていなさい。わしと息子はあそこへ行き、礼拝してすぐに戻って来るから」と、アブラハムは召使に言いました。アブラハムは、完全に焼き尽くすいけにえ用のたきぎをイサクに背負わせ、自分は刀と火打ち石を持ちました。二人はいっしょに歩いて行きました。「お父さん、たきぎもあるし、火打ち石もあるけれど、いけにえにする子羊はどこ？」「わが子イサク、大丈夫だ。神様がちゃんと用意してくださるよ。」二人はどんどん先へ進みました。やがて、命じられた場所に着きました。アブラハムはさっそく祭壇を築き、たきぎを並べました。あとは火をつけるばかりです。いよいよイサクをささげる時がきたのです。イサクを縛り上げ、祭壇のたきぎの上に横たえました。アブラハムは刀をしっかりと握りしめ、その手を頭上高く振りかざしました。その時です。息子の心臓めがけて刀を振り下ろそうとした、まさにその時、主の使いの声が天から響きました。「アブラハム！ アブラハム！」「はい、神様。」「刀を置きなさい。その子に手をかけてはならない。もうわかった。おまえが何よりも神を第一としていることが、よくわかった。最愛の息子でさえ、ささげようとしたのだから。」こう言われてふと見ると、雄羊が一頭、木の枝に角を引っかけて、もがいているではありませんか。「これこそ神様が用意してくださったいけにえだ。」そう思ったアブラハムは羊を捕まえ、息子の代わりに、完全に焼き尽くすいけにえとしてささげました。このことがあってから、アブラハムはそこをアドナイ・イルエ〔「神は用意してくださる」の意〕と呼びました。現在でも、そう呼ばれています。このあと、主の使いがもう一度アブラハムに、天から呼びかけました。「あなたはよくわたしの言うことを聞いた。愛する息子をさえ惜しまずに、わたしにささげようとしたのだ。神であるわたしは誓う。想像もできないほどあなたを祝福し、子孫を増やそう。空の星、海辺の砂のように、数えきれないほど大ぜいに。あなたの子孫は敵を征服し、世界中の国々に祝福をもたらす。それはみな、あなたがわたしの言うことに従ったからだ。」
第三読み物（出エジプト記第14章：第15詩–第15章：第1詩）
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主はモーセに命じました。「いつまでもわたしに叫び求めないで、人々を前進させなさい。杖を海（紅海）の上に差し伸べると、水が分かれて道ができる。その乾いた土の上を歩いて海を渡りなさい。わたしはエジプト人の心をかたくなにさせ、彼らにあなたがたのあとを追わせる。だがその時、ファラオとその全軍勢、戦車や騎手たちをわたしは滅ぼす。そしてわたしの栄光を現す。全エジプトは、わたしが主であることを知る。」その時、いつも人々の前を進んでいた神の使いがうしろに移ったので、雲の柱も、ちょうどイスラエル人とエジプト軍の間に立ちふさがるように、うしろに移りました。突然、真っ黒な雲が垂れ込めました。あたりは夜のように暗くなり、エジプト人にはイスラエル人が見えなくなってしまったのです。モーセが杖を海に差し伸べると、主は海の真ん中に道を作りました。両側には水の壁がそそり立ち、強い東風が一晩中吹きつけて、海の底に乾いた地が現れたのです。イスラエル人は、その乾いた道を進みました。エジプト軍もあとを追ってどっと海の中の道へなだれ込みました。ファラオの馬、戦車、騎手など全部です。明け方になって、主は火と雲の柱の間からエジプトの軍勢をごらんになり、彼らを攪乱しました。車輪がはずれて、戦車は海の真ん中で、動きが取れなくなってしまったのです。「逃げろ！ぐずぐずするなっ。とてもかなわない。やつらには主がついている！」あちこちから叫び声が上がります。主はイスラエル人がみな無事に渡り終えたのを確かめると、モーセに言いました。「もう一度、手を海の上に差し伸べなさい。そうすれば水が戻って、エジプト軍の戦車と騎手に覆いかぶさるだろう。」モーセはそのとおりにしました。たちまち水の壁はくずれ、海は元どおりになりました。何事もなかったように、朝日を受けて波がきらきら輝いています。エジプト軍は迫る水から逃げようとしましたが、海の中に引きずりこまれました。ついさっきまで道だった所も、エジプト軍の戦車も騎手も、みな海の底に沈みました。あとを追って海に入ったエジプト軍の中でいのちが助かった者は、一人もいませんでした。イスラエル人は、両側に水の壁がそそり立つ中を歩いて、海の中の乾いた地を渡ったのです。こうして主はその日、イスラエル人をエジプト軍の手から救い出されました。イスラエル人は岸に流れついたエジプト人の死体を見ました。主はなんという大きな奇跡を起こして助けてくださったのでしょう。人々はあまりに大きな主の力を見て、主を恐れ、主とそのしもべモーセとを信じました。その時、モーセとイスラエル人は主をたたえる歌をうたいました。「主の勝利をたたえ、心から喜び歌おう。主は馬も人も、海に投げ込んだ。」
第四読み物（イザヤ書第54章：第5詩–第14詩）
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あなたを造った者が夫になるからだ。その名は全能の主。あなたを救い出す者、イスラエルの聖なる神、全地の神である。わたしは、夫に捨てられて悲しむ若妻のようなあなたを呼んだ。ほんの少しの間あなたを見捨てたが、今はあわれんで、あなたを取り戻す。しばらくの間、怒って顔をそむけたが、今は永遠の愛をもって愛する」と、あなたを救い出す主は約束します。「わたしはノアの時代に、いのちあるものを再び洪水で滅ぼさないと誓った。同じように今は、あなたを外国の捕虜にした時のようにもう怒りをぶつけないと誓う。山々が動いて場所を変え、丘が消えてなくなっても、わたしの愛はあなたから離れない。平安を与えるという約束を、どんなことがあっても破らない。」あなたをあわれむ主は告げます。「嵐にもてあそばれ、苦しみ悩んできたわたしの民よ。わたしはあなたをサファイヤの土台の上に建て替え、回りの壁を宝石で造る。光るルビーで塔を建て、まぶしく輝く宝石で門と城壁を造る。あなたの町に住む者はみな、わたしの教えを受け、めざましい繁栄を遂げる。正しく公正な政治が行われ、敵に侵略される心配もなく、平和な生活を楽しむようになる。恐ろしいことは起こらない。
第五読み物（イザヤ書第55章：第1詩–第11詩）
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「渇いている人がいるなら、金を持っていなくても、自由に飲みに来なさい。最上のぶどう酒とミルクと穀物を無料で持って行きなさい。どうして、少しも力のつかないもののために金を無駄遣いするのか。少しも腹の足しにならない食べ物のために金を払うのか。わたしの言うことを聞きなさい。そうすれば、たましいを元気にする栄養価の高い食べ物をどこで手に入れるか、教えよう。わたしのところへ来て、耳を傾けてよく聞くのだ。あなたがたは立つか倒れるかの瀬戸際なのだ。わたしはあなたがたと永遠の契約を結び、ダビデ王を愛したように、今も変わらず、あなたがたを愛したい。彼は回りの国々を倒し、わたしの力を証明した。あなたもまた国々に命令するだけで、彼らは走って来て仕える。それは、あなたの力や功績によるのではない。あなたの神であるこのわたしが、あなたを輝かせた結果である。見いだすことのできる間に主を探し求めなさい。近くにいる間に主を呼び求めなさい。悪事を捨て、悪いことをしようとする思いを、きっぱりと捨てなさい。主に立ち返るなら、主はあなたをあわれんでくださいます。私たちの神に帰りなさい。神は赦してくださいます。「わたしの計画はあなたがたの考える計画とは違い、わたしの思いはあなたがたの思いと同じではない。天が地より高いように、わたしの道はあなたがたの道より高く、わたしの思いはあなたがたの思いより高い。雨や雪は天から降って来て地をうるおし、穀物を成長させ、農夫には種を、空腹な人にはパンを与える。わたしのことばも同じだ。送り出せば必ず実を結ぶ。わたしの望みどおりのことをし、送られた先々で大きな影響を及ぼす。
第六読み物（バルク書第3章：第9詩–第15詩と第32詩；第4章：第4詩）
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聞け、イスラエルよ、命をもたらす戒めを。耳を傾けて、悟りを得よ。イスラエルよ、なぜなのか。なぜお前は敵の地におり、異国の地で年を重ね、死者と汚れを共にし、陰府に下る者の中に数えられたのか。お前は知恵の泉を見捨てた。神の定めた道を歩んでいたなら、永遠に平和のうちに暮らしていたであろう。学べ、どこに悟りがあるかを。またどこに力があり、どこに知識があるかを。そして知れ、どこに長寿と命があり、どこに目の輝きと平和があるかを。いったいだれが知恵の在りかを見いだしただろうか。だれがその宝庫に入っただろうか。しかし、すべてを知る方だけが知恵を知り、御自分の力でそれを悟り、見いだされたのだ。その方はあらゆる時代に備えて全地を整え、それを四足の獣で満たした。イスラエルよ、わたしたちは幸いだ。神の御心に適うことを知っているのだから。
第七読み物（エゼキエル書第36章：第16詩–第28詩）
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さらに私に、次のような主のことばが示されました。「人の子よ。イスラエルの民は、自分の国に住んでいた時、悪い行いで国を汚した。彼らの礼拝は、わたしから見ると、まるで汚いぼろ切れのように不潔だった。彼らは人殺しや偶像礼拝で国を堕落させた。それで私は怒って、彼らを厳しく罰した。彼らを多くの国々に追放し、その悪い生き方を厳しく罰したのだ。しかし国々の間に散らされた時、彼らはまたも私の聖なる名に泥を塗った。行った先の国々で『彼らは神の民だと言うが、その神がどうして彼らを災いから守ることができないのだ』とあざけられているからだ。彼らによってわたしの名がおとしめられていることに、わたしは心を痛めている。それゆえ、イスラエルの民に言え。」神である主はこう語ります。「わたしはあなたがたを祖国に連れ戻す。それだけの取り柄があなたがたにあるからではない。そうするのは、あなたがたが国々の間で傷つけた、わたしの評判を回復するためだ。あなたがたが汚したわたしの名を、もう一度あがめられるようにする。その時、国々はわたしが神であることを知る。あなたがたを捕囚の地から救い出す時、わたしは彼らの目の前であがめられる。わたしがあなたがたをイスラエルの地に連れ戻すからだ。その時、あなたがたは、きれいな水を浴びたようになり、汚れがすっかりきよめられ、偶像礼拝も行われなくなる。わたしはあなたがたに新しい心を与える。それで、あなたがたは正しい願いを抱くようになる。また、あなたがたに新しい霊を授ける。それで、石のように堅い罪の心が取り除かれて、愛に満ちた新しい心が生じる。わたしの御霊を授けるので、あなたがたはわたしのおきてを守り、わたしの命令に何でも従うようになる。そして、あなたがたは、わたしが先祖に与えたイスラエルの地に住み、あなたがたはわたしの民となり、わたしもあなたがたの神となる。
手紙（ローマ人第6章：第3詩–第11詩）
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私たちがバプテスマ（洗礼）を受けてキリスト・イエスに結び合わされた時、罪の支配力は打ち破られてしまったのです。すなわち、罪を愛する古い性質は、キリストの死によって、キリストと共に葬り去られました。そして、父なる神が、栄光の力でキリストを復活させてくださった時、私たちはキリストの新しいいのちを与えられ、そのいのちに生きる者となりました。私たちがキリストに結び合わされて、キリストといっしょに死んだのなら、やがてキリストと同じように復活するのです。私たちの中にある古い性質の自分が、キリストと共に十字架につけられたのは、罪を愛する体が砕かれ、もはや罪の支配を受けず、二度と罪の奴隷にならないためです。罪に対して死んだ者は、どんな罪の誘惑や力からも自由にされるのです。罪を愛する古い性質がキリストと共に死んだのですから、確かに私たちは、キリストの新しいいのちを共有しているのです。キリストは死者の中から復活されたので、もう二度と死ぬことはありません。死には、もはやキリストを支配する力がないのです。キリストは、罪の力にとどめを刺すために、ただ一度死なれました。しかし今では、神との絶えることのない交わりの中に生きておられます。ですから、あなたがたの古い罪の性質も、罪に対して死んだもの、反応しなくなったものとみなしなさい。そして、その代わりに、私たちの主イエス・キリストに結ばれ、神に対して生きる者、神の御声に敏感に応答する者となりなさい。
福音書（マタイ第28章：第1詩–第10詩）
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安息日も終わり、日曜日になりました。マグダラのマリヤともう一人のマリヤは、明け方早く、墓へ出かけました。突然、大きな地震が起きました。天使が天から下って来て、墓の入口から石を転がし、その上に座ったのです。天使の顔はいなずまのように輝き、衣は雪のような白さでした。警備の者たちはその姿を見て、恐怖で震え上がり、死んだようになってしまいました。すると、天使がマリヤたちに声をかけました。「こわがらなくてもいいのです。十字架につけられたイエスを捜していることはわかっています。だがもう、イエスはここにはおられません。前から話していたように復活されたのです。中に入って、遺体の置いてあった所を見てごらんなさい。さあ早く行って、弟子たちに、イエスが死人の中から復活されたこと、ガリラヤへ行けば、そこでお会いできることを知らせてあげなさい。」二人は、恐ろしさに震えながらも、一方ではあふれる喜びを抑えることができませんでした。一刻も早くこのことを弟子たちに伝えようと、一目散に駆けだしました。すると、そこへ突然イエスが姿を現され、目の前に立ち、「おはよう」とあいさつなさいました。二人はイエスの前にひれ伏し、御足を抱いて礼拝しました。イエスは言われました。「こわがらなくてもいいのです。行って、わたしの兄弟たちに、すぐガリラヤへ行くように言いなさい。そこでわたしに会えるのです。」
第一読み物（創世記第1章：第1詩–第2章：第2詩）
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初めに、神は天地を創造された。地は混沌であって、闇が深淵の面にあり、神の霊が水の面を動いていた。神は言われた。「光あれ。」こうして、光があった。神は光を見て、良しとされた。神は光と闇を分け、光を昼と呼び、闇を夜と呼ばれた。夕べがあり、朝があった。第一の日である。神は言われた。「水の中に大空あれ。水と水を分けよ。」神は大空を造り、大空の下と大空の上に水を分けさせられた。そのようになった。神は大空を天と呼ばれた。夕べがあり、朝があった。第二の日である。神は言われた。「天の下の水は一つ所に集まれ。乾いた所が現れよ。」そのようになった。神は乾いた所を地と呼び、水の集まった所を海と呼ばれた。神はこれを見て、良しとされた。神は言われた。「地は草を芽生えさせよ。種を持つ草と、それぞれの種を持つ実をつける果樹を、地に芽生えさせよ。」そのようになった。地は草を芽生えさせ、それぞれの種を持つ草と、それぞれの種を持つ実をつける木を芽生えさせた。神はこれを見て、良しとされた。夕べがあり、朝があった。第三の日である。神は言われた。「天の大空に光る物があって、昼と夜を分け、季節のしるし、日や年のしるしとなれ。天の大空に光る物があって、地を照らせ。」そのようになった。神は二つの大きな光る物と星を造り、大きな方に昼を治めさせ、小さな方に夜を治めさせられた。神はそれらを天の大空に置いて、地を照らさせ、昼と夜を治めさせ、光と闇を分けさせられた。神はこれを見て、良しとされた。夕べがあり、朝があった。第四の日である。神は言われた。「生き物が水の中に群がれ。鳥は地の上、天の大空の面を飛べ。」神は水に群がるもの、すなわち大きな怪物、うごめく生き物をそれぞれに、また、翼ある鳥をそれぞれに創造された。神はこれを見て、良しとされた。神はそれらのものを祝福して言われた。「産めよ、増えよ、海の水に満ちよ。鳥は地の上に増えよ。」夕べがあり、朝があった。第五の日である。神は言われた。「地は、それぞれの生き物を産み出せ。家畜、這うもの、地の獣をそれぞれに産み出せ。」そのようになった。 神はそれぞれの地の獣、それぞれの家畜、それぞれの土を這うものを造られた。神はこれを見て、良しとされた。 神は言われた。「我々にかたどり、我々に似せて、人を造ろう。そして海の魚、空の鳥、家畜、地の獣、地を這うものすべてを支配させよう。」神は御自分にかたどって人を創造された。神にかたどって創造された。男と女に創造された。神は彼らを祝福して言われた。「産めよ、増えよ、地に満ちて地を従わせよ。海の魚、空の鳥、地の上を這う生き物をすべて支配せよ。」神は言われた。「見よ、全地に生える、種を持つ草と種を持つ実をつける木を、すべてあなたたちに与えよう。それがあなたたちの食べ物となる。地の獣、空の鳥、地を這うものなど、すべて命あるものにはあらゆる青草を食べさせよう。」そのようになった。神はお造りになったすべてのものを御覧になった。見よ、それは極めて良かった。夕べがあり、朝があった。第六の日である。
第二読み物（創世記第22章：第1詩–第18詩）
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これらのことの後で、神はアブラハムを試された。神が、「アブラハムよ」と呼びかけ、彼が、「はい」と答えると、神は命じられた。「あなたの息子、あなたの愛する独り子イサクを連れて、モリヤの地に行きなさい。わたしが命じる山の一つに登り、彼を焼き尽くす献げ物としてささげなさい。」次の朝早く、アブラハムはろばに鞍を置き、献げ物に用いる薪を割り、二人の若者と息子イサクを連れ、神の命じられた所に向かって行った。三日目になって、アブラハムが目を凝らすと、遠くにその場所が見えたので、アブラハムは若者に言った。「お前たちは、ろばと一緒にここで待っていなさい。わたしと息子はあそこへ行って、礼拝をして、また戻ってくる。」アブラハムは、焼き尽くす献げ物に用いる薪を取って、息子イサクに背負わせ、自分は火と刃物を手に持った。二人は一緒に歩いて行った。イサクは父アブラハムに、「わたしのお父さん」と呼びかけた。彼が、「ここにいる。わたしの子よ」と答えると、イサクは言った。「火と薪はここにありますが、焼き尽くす献げ物にする小羊はどこにいるのですか。」アブラハムは答えた。「わたしの子よ、焼き尽くす献げ物の小羊はきっと神が備えてくださる。」二人は一緒に歩いて行った。神が命じられた場所に着くと、アブラハムはそこに祭壇を築き、薪を並べ、息子イサクを縛って祭壇の薪の上に載せた。そしてアブラハムは、手を伸ばして刃物を取り、息子を屠ろうとした。そのとき、天から主の御使いが、「アブラハム、アブラハム」と呼びかけた。彼が、「はい」と答えると、御使いは言った。「その子に手を下すな。何もしてはならない。あなたが神を畏れる者であることが、今、分かったからだ。あなたは、自分の独り子である息子すら、わたしにささげることを惜しまなかった。」アブラハムは目を凝らして見回した。すると、後ろの木の茂みに一匹の雄羊が角をとられていた。アブラハムは行ってその雄羊を捕まえ、息子の代わりに焼き尽くす献げ物としてささげた。アブラハムはその場所をヤーウェ・イルエ（主は備えてくださる）と名付けた。そこで、人々は今日でも「主の山に、備えあり（イエラエ）」と言っている。主の御使いは、再び天からアブラハムに呼びかけた。御使いは言った。「わたしは自らにかけて誓う、と主は言われる。あなたがこの事を行い、自分の独り子である息子すら惜しまなかったので、あなたを豊かに祝福し、あなたの子孫を天の星のように、海辺の砂のように増やそう。あなたの子孫は敵の城門を勝ち取る。地上の諸国民はすべて、あなたの子孫によって祝福を得る。あなたがわたしの声に聞き従ったからである。」
第三読み物（出エジプト記第14章：第15詩–第15章：第1詩）
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主はモーセに言われた。「なぜ、わたしに向かって叫ぶのか。イスラエルの人々に命じて出発させなさい。杖を高く上げ、手を海に向かって差し伸べて、海を二つに分けなさい。そうすれば、イスラエルの民は海の中の乾いた所を通ることができる。しかし、わたしはエジプト人の心をかたくなにするから、彼らはお前たちの後を追って来る。そのとき、わたしはファラオとその全軍、戦車と騎兵を破って栄光を現す。わたしがファラオとその戦車、騎兵を破って栄光を現すとき、エジプト人は、わたしが主であることを知るようになる。」イスラエルの部隊に先立って進んでいた神の御使いは、移動して彼らの後ろを行き、彼らの前にあった雲の柱も移動して後ろに立ち、エジプトの陣とイスラエルの陣との間に入った。真っ黒な雲が立ちこめ、光が闇夜を貫いた。両軍は、一晩中、互いに近づくことはなかった。モーセが手を海に向かって差し伸べると、主は夜もすがら激しい東風をもって海を押し返されたので、海は乾いた地に変わり、水は分かれた。イスラエルの人々は海の中の乾いた所を進んで行き、水は彼らの右と左に壁のようになった。エジプト軍は彼らを追い、ファラオの馬、戦車、騎兵がことごとく彼らに従って海の中に入って来た。朝の見張りのころ、主は火と雲の柱からエジプト軍を見下ろし、エジプト軍をかき乱された。戦車の車輪をはずし、進みにくくされた。エジプト人は言った。「イスラエルの前から退却しよう。主が彼らのためにエジプトと戦っておられる。」主はモーセに言われた。「海に向かって手を差し伸べなさい。水がエジプト軍の上に、戦車、騎兵の上に流れ返るであろう。」モーセが手を海に向かって差し伸べると、夜が明ける前に海は元の場所へ流れ返った。エジプト軍は水の流れに逆らって逃げたが、主は彼らを海の中に投げ込まれた。水は元に戻り、戦車と騎兵、彼らの後を追って海に入ったファラオの全軍を覆い、一人も残らなかった。イスラエルの人々は海の中の乾いた所を進んだが、そのとき、水は彼らの右と左に壁となった。主はこうして、その日、イスラエルをエジプト人の手から救われた。イスラエルはエジプト人が海辺で死んでいるのを見た。イスラエルは、主がエジプト人に行われた大いなる御業を見た。民は主を畏れ、主とその僕モーセを信じた。モーセとイスラエルの民は主を賛美してこの歌をうたった。主に向かってわたしは歌おう。主は大いなる威光を現し馬と乗り手を海に投げ込まれた。
第四読み物（イザヤ書第54章：第5詩–第14詩）
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あなたの造り主があなたの夫となられる。その御名は万軍の主。あなたを贖う方、イスラエルの聖なる神全地の神と呼ばれる方。捨てられて、苦悩する妻を呼ぶように主はあなたを呼ばれる。若いときの妻を見放せようかとあなたの神は言われる。わずかの間、わたしはあなたを捨てたが深い憐れみをもってわたしはあなたを引き寄せる。ひととき、激しく怒って顔をあなたから隠したがとこしえの慈しみをもってあなたを憐れむとあなたを贖う主は言われる。これは、わたしにとってノアの洪水に等しい。再び地上にノアの洪水を起こすことはないとあのとき誓い今またわたしは誓う再びあなたを怒り、責めることはない、と。山が移り、丘が揺らぐこともあろう。しかし、わたしの慈しみはあなたから移らずわたしの結ぶ平和の契約が揺らぐことはないとあなたを憐れむ主は言われる。苦しめられ、嵐にもてあそばれ慰める者もない都よ見よ、わたしはアンチモンを使ってあなたの石を積む。サファイアであなたの基を固め赤めのうであなたの塔をエメラルドであなたの門を飾り地境に沿って美しい石を連ねる。あなたの子らは皆、主について教えを受けあなたの子らには平和が豊かにある。あなたは恵みの業によって堅く立てられる。虐げる者から遠く離れよもはや恐れることはない。破壊する者から遠く離れよもはやそれがあなたに近づくことはない。
第五読み物（イザヤ書第55章：第1詩–第11詩）
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渇きを覚えている者は皆、水のところに来るがよい。銀を持たない者も来るがよい。穀物を求めて、食べよ。来て、銀を払うことなく穀物を求め価を払うことなく、ぶどう酒と乳を得よ。なぜ、糧にならぬもののために銀を量って払い飢えを満たさぬもののために労するのか。わたしに聞き従えば良いものを食べることができる。あなたたちの魂はその豊かさを楽しむであろう。耳を傾けて聞き、わたしのもとに来るがよい。聞き従って、魂に命を得よ。わたしはあなたたちととこしえの契約を結ぶ。ダビデに約束した真実の慈しみのゆえに。見よかつてわたしは彼を立てて諸国民への証人とし諸国民の指導者、統治者とした。今、あなたは知らなかった国に呼びかける。あなたを知らなかった国はあなたのもとに馳せ参じるであろう。あなたの神である主あなたに輝きを与えられるイスラエルの聖なる神のゆえに。主を尋ね求めよ、見いだしうるときに。呼び求めよ、近くにいますうちに。神に逆らう者はその道を離れ悪を行う者はそのたくらみを捨てよ。主に立ち帰るならば、主は憐れんでくださる。わたしたちの神に立ち帰るならば豊かに赦してくださる。わたしの思いは、あなたたちの思いと異なりわたしの道はあなたたちの道と異なると主は言われる。天が地を高く超えているようにわたしの道は、あなたたちの道をわたしの思いはあなたたちの思いを、高く超えている。雨も雪も、ひとたび天から降ればむなしく天に戻ることはない。それは大地を潤し、芽を出させ、生い茂らせ種蒔く人には種を与え食べる人には糧を与える。そのように、わたしの口から出るわたしの言葉もむなしくは、わたしのもとに戻らない。それはわたしの望むことを成し遂げわたしが与えた使命を必ず果たす。
第六読み物（バルク書第3章：第9詩–第15詩と第32詩；第4章：第4詩）
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聞け、イスラエルよ、命をもたらす戒めを。耳を傾けて、悟りを得よ。イスラエルよ、なぜなのか。なぜお前は敵の地におり、異国の地で年を重ね、死者と汚れを共にし、陰府に下る者の中に数えられたのか。お前は知恵の泉を見捨てた。神の定めた道を歩んでいたなら、永遠に平和のうちに暮らしていたであろう。学べ、どこに悟りがあるかを。またどこに力があり、どこに知識があるかを。そして知れ、どこに長寿と命があり、どこに目の輝きと平和があるかを。いったいだれが知恵の在りかを見いだしただろうか。だれがその宝庫に入っただろうか。しかし、すべてを知る方だけが知恵を知り、御自分の力でそれを悟り、見いだされたのだ。その方はあらゆる時代に備えて全地を整え、それを四足の獣で満たした。イスラエルよ、わたしたちは幸いだ。神の御心に適うことを知っているのだから。
第七読み物（エゼキエル書第36章：第16詩–第28詩）
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主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ。「人の子よ、イスラエルの家は自分の土地に住んでいたとき、それを自分の歩みと行いによって汚した。その歩みは、わたしの前で生理中の女の汚れのようであった。それゆえ、わたしは憤りを彼らの上に注いだ。彼らが地の上に血を流し、偶像によってそれを汚したからである。わたしは彼らを国々の中に散らし、諸国に追いやり、その歩みと行いに応じて裁いた。彼らはその行く先の国々に行って、わが聖なる名を汚した。事実、人々は彼らについて、『これは主の民だ、彼らは自分の土地から追われて来たのだ』と言った。そこでわたしは、イスラエルの家がその行った先の国々で汚したわが聖なる名を惜しんだ。それゆえ、イスラエルの家に言いなさい。主なる神はこう言われる。イスラエルの家よ、わたしはお前たちのためではなく、お前たちが行った先の国々で汚したわが聖なる名のために行う。わたしは、お前たちが国々で汚したため、彼らの間で汚されたわが大いなる名を聖なるものとする。わたしが彼らの目の前で、お前たちを通して聖なるものとされるとき、諸国民は、わたしが主であることを知るようになる、と主なる神は言われる。わたしはお前たちを国々の間から取り、すべての地から集め、お前たちの土地に導き入れる。わたしが清い水をお前たちの上に振りかけるとき、お前たちは清められる。わたしはお前たちを、すべての汚れとすべての偶像から清める。わたしはお前たちに新しい心を与え、お前たちの中に新しい霊を置く。わたしはお前たちの体から石の心を取り除き、肉の心を与える。また、わたしの霊をお前たちの中に置き、わたしの掟に従って歩ませ、わたしの裁きを守り行わせる。お前たちは、わたしが先祖に与えた地に住むようになる。お前たちはわたしの民となりわたしはお前たちの神となる。
手紙（ローマの信徒第6章：第3詩–第11詩）
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それともあなたがたは知らないのですか。キリスト・イエスに結ばれるために洗礼を受けたわたしたちが皆、またその死にあずかるために洗礼を受けたことを。わたしたちは洗礼によってキリストと共に葬られ、その死にあずかるものとなりました。それは、キリストが御父の栄光によって死者の中から復活させられたように、わたしたちも新しい命に生きるためなのです。もし、わたしたちがキリストと一体になってその死の姿にあやかるならば、その復活の姿にもあやかれるでしょう。わたしたちの古い自分がキリストと共に十字架につけられたのは、罪に支配された体が滅ぼされ、もはや罪の奴隷にならないためであると知っています。死んだ者は、罪から解放されています。わたしたちは、キリストと共に死んだのなら、キリストと共に生きることにもなると信じます。そして、死者の中から復活させられたキリストはもはや死ぬことがない、と知っています。死は、もはやキリストを支配しません。キリストが死なれたのは、ただ一度罪に対して死なれたのであり、生きておられるのは、神に対して生きておられるのです。このように、あなたがたも自分は罪に対して死んでいるが、キリスト・イエスに結ばれて、神に対して生きているのだと考えなさい。
福音書（マタイ第28章：第1詩–第10詩）
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さて、安息日が終わって、週の初めの日の明け方に、マグダラのマリアともう一人のマリアが、墓を見に行った。すると、大きな地震が起こった。主の天使が天から降って近寄り、石をわきへ転がし、その上に座ったのである。その姿は稲妻のように輝き、衣は雪のように白かった。番兵たちは、恐ろしさのあまり震え上がり、死人のようになった。天使は婦人たちに言った。「恐れることはない。十字架につけられたイエスを捜しているのだろうが、あの方は、ここにはおられない。かねて言われていたとおり、復活なさったのだ。さあ、遺体の置いてあった場所を見なさい。それから、急いで行って弟子たちにこう告げなさい。『あの方は死者の中から復活された。そして、あなたがたより先にガリラヤに行かれる。そこでお目にかかれる。』確かに、あなたがたに伝えました。」婦人たちは、恐れながらも大いに喜び、急いで墓を立ち去り、弟子たちに知らせるために走って行った。すると、イエスが行く手に立っていて、「おはよう」と言われたので、婦人たちは近寄り、イエスの足を抱き、その前にひれ伏した。イエスは言われた。「恐れることはない。行って、わたしの兄弟たちにガリラヤへ行くように言いなさい。そこでわたしに会うことになる。」