Readings of the day

Mass readings

1. First reading Acts 4:13-21

   ¹³Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. ¹⁵But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, ¹⁶saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it. ¹⁷But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.” ¹⁸They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves, ²⁰for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.” ²¹When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Acts 4:13-21

2. Responsorial Psalm Psalms 118:1, 14-15, 16ab-18, 19-21

   ¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!” ¹⁷I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works. ¹⁸The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD. ²⁰This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it. ²¹I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

   Some verses are read only in part; the whole verse is shown.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Psalms 118:1, 14-15, 16ab-18, 19-21

3. Gospel acclamation Psalms 118:24

4. Gospel Mark 16:9-15

   ⁹Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. ¹²After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them as they walked, on their way into the country. ¹³They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either. ¹⁴Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen. ¹⁵He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Mark 16:9-15