St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Shenzhen

Reading 1

Acts 6:1-7

As the number of disciples continued to grow,
the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews
because their widows
were being neglected in the daily distribution.
So the Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said,
"It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table.
Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men,
filled with the Spirit and wisdom,
whom we shall appoint to this task,
whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer
and to the ministry of the word."
The proposal was acceptable to the whole community,
so they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and the Holy Spirit,
also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas,
and Nicholas of Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
They presented these men to the apostles
who prayed and laid hands on them.
The word of God continued to spread,
and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly;
even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19

R. (22) Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Exult, you just, in the LORD;
praise from the upright is fitting.
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
or:
R. Alleluia.
See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R. Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2

1 Peter 2:4-9

Beloved:
Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings
but chosen and precious in the sight of God,
and, like living stones,
let yourselves be built into a spiritual house
to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
For it says in Scripture:
Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion,
a cornerstone, chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame.
Therefore, its value is for you who have faith, but for those without faith:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone, and
A stone that will make people stumble,
and a rock that will make them fall.
They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny.

You are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people of his own,
so that you may announce the praises" of him
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Alleluia

John 14:6

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the way, the truth and the life, says the Lord;
no one comes to the Father, except through me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

John 14:1-12

Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
In my Father's house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back again and take you to myself,
so that where I am you also may be.
Where I am going you know the way."
Thomas said to him,
"Master, we do not know where you are going;
how can we know the way?"
Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you know me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know him and have seen him."
Philip said to him,
"Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father."

Reading 1

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice, and proclaimed:
"Let the whole house of Israel know for certain
that God has made both Lord and Christ,
this Jesus whom you crucified."

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart,
and they asked Peter and the other apostles,
"What are we to do, my brothers?"
Peter said to them,
"Repent and be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins;
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is made to you and to your children
and to all those far off,
whomever the Lord our God will call."
He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them,
"Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
Those who accepted his message were baptized,
and about three thousand persons were added that day.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6

R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He guides me in right paths
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2

1 Peter 2:20b-25

Beloved:
If you are patient when you suffer for doing what is good,
this is a grace before God.
For to this you have been called,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps.
He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.

When he was insulted, he returned no insult;
when he suffered, he did not threaten;
instead, he handed himself over to the one who judges justly.
He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross,
so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness.
By his wounds you have been healed.
For you had gone astray like sheep,
but you have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

Alleluia

John 10:14

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
I know my sheep, and mine know me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

John 10:1-10

Jesus said:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate
but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,
as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
When he has driven out all his own,
he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him,
because they recognize his voice.
But they will not follow a stranger;
they will run away from him,
because they do not recognize the voice of strangers."
Although Jesus used this figure of speech,
the Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them.

So Jesus said again, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
I am the gate for the sheep.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers,
but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the gate.
Whoever enters through me will be saved,
and will come in and go out and find pasture.
A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy;
I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."

Reading 1

Acts 2:14, 22-33

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice, and proclaimed:
"You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem.
Let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
You who are Israelites, hear these words.
Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God
with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs,
which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.
This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God,
you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.
But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death,
because it was impossible for him to be held by it.
For David says of him:
I saw the Lord ever before me,
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted;
my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.

"My brothers, one can confidently say to you
about the patriarch David that he died and was buried,
and his tomb is in our midst to this day.
But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him
that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld
nor did his flesh see corruption.
God raised this Jesus;
of this we are all witnesses.
Exalted at the right hand of God,
he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father
and poured him forth, as you see and hear."

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

R. (11a) Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
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.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You will show me the path to life,
abounding joy in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2

1 Peter 1:17-21

Beloved:
If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially
according to each one's works,
conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,
realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct,
handed on by your ancestors,
not with perishable things like silver or gold
but with the precious blood of Christ
as of a spotless unblemished lamb.

He was known before the foundation of the world
but revealed in the final time for you,
who through him believe in God
who raised him from the dead and gave him glory,
so that your faith and hope are in God.

Alleluia

Cf. Luke 24:32

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us;
make our hearts burn while you speak to us.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

Luke 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus' disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
"What are you discussing as you walk along?"
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
"Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?"
And he replied to them, "What sort of things?"
They said to him,
"The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see."
And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?"
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, "Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over."
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
"Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?"
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the eleven and those with them who were saying,
"The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!"
Then the two recounted
what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

Reading 1

Acts 2:42-47

They devoted themselves
to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life,
to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.
Awe came upon everyone,
and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
All who believed were together and had all things in common;
they would sell their property and possessions
and divide them among all according to each one’s need.
Every day they devoted themselves
to meeting together in the temple area
and to breaking bread in their homes.
They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,
praising God and enjoying favor with all the people.
And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24

R. (1) Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I was hard pressed and was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just:
R. Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.
R. Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love is everlasting.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2

1 Peter 1:3-9

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading,
kept in heaven for you
who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith,
to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time.
In this you rejoice, although now for a little while
you may have to suffer through various trials,
so that the genuineness of your faith,
more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire,
may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Although you have not seen him you love him;
even though you do not see him now yet believe in him,
you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
as you attain the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Alleluia

John 20:29

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord;
blessed are they who have not seen me, but still believe!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

John 20:19-31

On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,
for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,
and whose sins you retain are retained.”

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Now a week later his disciples were again inside
and Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Now, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples
that are not written in this book.
But these are written that you may come to believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that through this belief you may have life in his name.

Reading 1

Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Peter proceeded to speak and said:
“You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people
and testify that he is the one appointed by God
as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness,
that everyone who believes in him
will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

R. (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. 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.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“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.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2

Colossians 3:1-4

Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.

Or

1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?
Clear out the old yeast,
so that you may become a fresh batch of dough,
inasmuch as you are unleavened.
For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast,
not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Sequence - Victimæ paschali laudes

Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
to Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.
Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.

Alleluia

cf. 1 Corinthians 5:7

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed;
let us then feast with joy in the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

John 20:1-9

On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.

Or

Matthew 28:1-10

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.”

Or at afternoon or evening mass

Luke 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus' disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
"What are you discussing as you walk along?"
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
"Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?"
And he replied to them, "What sort of things?"
They said to him,
"The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see."
And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?"
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, "Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over."
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
"Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?"
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the eleven and those with them who were saying,
"The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!"
Then the two recounted
what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

At the Mass - Reading I

Isaiah 50:4-7

The Lord GOD has given me
a well-trained tongue,
that I might know how to speak to the weary
a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning
he opens my ear that I may hear;
and I have not rebelled,
have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
my face I did not shield
from buffets and spitting.

The Lord GOD is my help,
therefore I am not disgraced;
I have set my face like flint,
knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

R. (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
All who see me scoff at me;
they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
“He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,
let him rescue him, if he loves him.”
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Indeed, many dogs surround me,
a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
They have pierced my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
They divide my garments among them,
and for my vesture they cast lots.
But you, O LORD, be not far from me;
O my help, hasten to aid me.
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
“You who fear the LORD, praise him;
all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;
revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Reading II

Philippians 2:6-11

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Verse before the Gospel

Philippians 2:8-9

Christ became obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name which is above every name.

Gospel

Matthew 26:14—27:66

One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity
to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Where do you want us to prepare
for you to eat the Passover?"
He said,
"Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,
'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;
in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,
and prepared the Passover.

When it was evening,
he reclined at table with the Twelve.
And while they were eating, he said,
"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Deeply distressed at this,
they began to say to him one after another,
"Surely it is not I, Lord?"
He said in reply,
"He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me
is the one who will betray me.
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"
He answered, "You have said so."

While they were eating,
Jesus took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and giving it to his disciples said,
"Take and eat; this is my body."
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
"Drink from it, all of you,
for this is my blood of the covenant,
which will be shed on behalf of many
for the forgiveness of sins.
I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine
until the day when I drink it with you new
in the kingdom of my Father."
Then, after singing a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then Jesus said to them,
"This night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,
for it is written:
I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed;
but after I have been raised up,
I shall go before you to Galilee."
Peter said to him in reply,
"Though all may have their faith in you shaken,
mine will never be."
Jesus said to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
this very night before the cock crows,
you will deny me three times."
Peter said to him,
"Even though I should have to die with you,
I will not deny you."
And all the disciples spoke likewise.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,
and he said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I go over there and pray."
He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
and began to feel sorrow and distress.
Then he said to them,
"My soul is sorrowful even to death.
Remain here and keep watch with me."
He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying,
"My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass from me;
yet, not as I will, but as you will."
When he returned to his disciples he found them asleep.
He said to Peter,
"So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?
Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again,
"My Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass
without my drinking it, your will be done!"
Then he returned once more and found them asleep,
for they could not keep their eyes open.
He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time,
saying the same thing again.
Then he returned to his disciples and said to them,
"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
Behold, the hour is at hand
when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.
Get up, let us go.
Look, my betrayer is at hand."

While he was still speaking,
Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived,
accompanied by a large crowd, with swords and clubs,
who had come from the chief priests and the elders
of the people.
His betrayer had arranged a sign with them, saying,
"The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him."
Immediately he went over to Jesus and said,
"Hail, Rabbi!" and he kissed him.
Jesus answered him,
"Friend, do what you have come for."
Then stepping forward they laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.
And behold, one of those who accompanied Jesus
put his hand to his sword, drew it,
and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
Then Jesus said to him,
"Put your sword back into its sheath,
for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father
and he will not provide me at this moment
with more than twelve legions of angels?
But then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled
which say that it must come to pass in this way?"
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds,
"Have you come out as against a robber,
with swords and clubs to seize me?
Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area,
yet you did not arrest me.
But all this has come to pass
that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Those who had arrested Jesus led him away
to Caiaphas the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Peter was following him at a distance
as far as the high priest's courtyard,
and going inside he sat down with the servants
to see the outcome.
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin
kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus
in order to put him to death,
but they found none,
though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally two came forward who stated,
"This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God
and within three days rebuild it.'"
The high priest rose and addressed him,
"Have you no answer?
What are these men testifying against you?"
But Jesus was silent.
Then the high priest said to him,
"I order you to tell us under oath before the living God
whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Jesus said to him in reply,
"You have said so.
But I tell you:
From now on you will see 'the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of the Power'
and 'coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
Then the high priest tore his robes and said,
"He has blasphemed!
What further need have we of witnesses?
You have now heard the blasphemy;
what is your opinion?"
They said in reply,
"He deserves to die!"
Then they spat in his face and struck him,
while some slapped him, saying,
"Prophesy for us, Christ: who is it that struck you?"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard.
One of the maids came over to him and said,
"You too were with Jesus the Galilean."
But he denied it in front of everyone, saying,
"I do not know what you are talking about!"
As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him
and said to those who were there,
"This man was with Jesus the Nazorean."
Again he denied it with an oath,
"I do not know the man!"
A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter,
"Surely you too are one of them;
even your speech gives you away."
At that he began to curse and to swear,
"I do not know the man."
And immediately a cock crowed.
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken:
"Before the cock crows you will deny me three times."
He went out and began to weep bitterly.

When it was morning,
all the chief priests and the elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
They bound him, led him away,
and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned,
deeply regretted what he had done.
He returned the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders, saying,
"I have sinned in betraying innocent blood."
They said,
"What is that to us?
Look to it yourself."
Flinging the money into the temple,
he departed and went off and hanged himself.
The chief priests gathered up the money, but said,
"It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury,
for it is the price of blood."
After consultation, they used it to buy the potter's field
as a burial place for foreigners.
That is why that field even today is called the Field of Blood.
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah
the prophet,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
the value of a man with a price on his head,
a price set by some of the Israelites,
and they paid it out for the potter's field
just as the Lord had commanded me.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and he questioned him,
"Are you the king of the Jews?"
Jesus said, "You say so."
And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
he made no answer.
Then Pilate said to him,
"Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?"
But he did not answer him one word,
so that the governor was greatly amazed.

Now on the occasion of the feast
the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd
one prisoner whom they wished.
And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,
"Which one do you want me to release to you,
Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?"
For he knew that it was out of envy
that they had handed him over.
While he was still seated on the bench,
his wife sent him a message,
"Have nothing to do with that righteous man.
I suffered much in a dream today because of him."
The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds
to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.
The governor said to them in reply,
"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"
They answered, "Barabbas!"
Pilate said to them,
"Then what shall I do with Jesus called Christ?"
They all said,
"Let him be crucified!"
But he said,
"Why? What evil has he done?"
They only shouted the louder,
"Let him be crucified!"
When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,
but that a riot was breaking out instead,
he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,
saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood.
Look to it yourselves."
And the whole people said in reply,
"His blood be upon us and upon our children."
Then he released Barabbas to them,
but after he had Jesus scourged,
he handed him over to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium
and gathered the whole cohort around him.
They stripped off his clothes
and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.
Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head,
and a reed in his right hand.
And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
They spat upon him and took the reed
and kept striking him on the head.
And when they had mocked him,
they stripped him of the cloak,
dressed him in his own clothes,
and led him off to crucify him.

As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon;
this man they pressed into service
to carry his cross.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha
—which means Place of the Skull —,
they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.
But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.
After they had crucified him,
they divided his garments by casting lots;
then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
And they placed over his head the written charge against him:
This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him,
one on his right and the other on his left.
Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,
"You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
save yourself, if you are the Son of God,
and come down from the cross!"
Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said,
"He saved others; he cannot save himself.
So he is the king of Israel!
Let him come down from the cross now,
and we will believe in him.
He trusted in God;
let him deliver him now if he wants him.
For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
The revolutionaries who were crucified with him
also kept abusing him in the same way.

From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon.
And about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"
which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Some of the bystanders who heard it said,
"This one is calling for Elijah."
Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge;
he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed,
gave it to him to drink.
But the rest said,
"Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him."
But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,
and gave up his spirit.

Here all kneel and pause for a short time.

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary
was torn in two from top to bottom.
The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,
and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection,
they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus
feared greatly when they saw the earthquake
and all that was happening, and they said,
"Truly, this was the Son of God!"
There were many women there, looking on from a distance,
who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

When it was evening,
there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph,
who was himself a disciple of Jesus.
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;
then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen
and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock.
Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb
and departed.
But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
remained sitting there, facing the tomb.

The next day, the one following the day of preparation,
the chief priests and the Pharisees
gathered before Pilate and said,
"Sir, we remember that this impostor while still alive said,
'After three days I will be raised up.'
Give orders, then, that the grave be secured until the third day,
lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people,
'He has been raised from the dead.'
This last imposture would be worse than the first."
Pilate said to them,
"The guard is yours;
go, secure it as best you can."
So they went and secured the tomb
by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.

At the Mass - Reading I

Isaiah 50:4-7

The Lord GOD has given me
a well-trained tongue,
that I might know how to speak to the weary
a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning
he opens my ear that I may hear;
and I have not rebelled,
have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
my face I did not shield
from buffets and spitting.

The Lord GOD is my help,
therefore I am not disgraced;
I have set my face like flint,
knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

R. (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
All who see me scoff at me;
they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
“He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,
let him rescue him, if he loves him.”
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Indeed, many dogs surround me,
a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
They have pierced my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
They divide my garments among them,
and for my vesture they cast lots.
But you, O LORD, be not far from me;
O my help, hasten to aid me.
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
“You who fear the LORD, praise him;
all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;
revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”
R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Reading II

Philippians 2:6-11

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Verse before the Gospel

Philippians 2:8-9

Christ became obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name which is above every name.

Gospel

Matthew 26:14—27:66

One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
"What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?"
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity
to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
the disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Where do you want us to prepare
for you to eat the Passover?"
He said,
"Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,
'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;
in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,
and prepared the Passover.

When it was evening,
he reclined at table with the Twelve.
And while they were eating, he said,
"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Deeply distressed at this,
they began to say to him one after another,
"Surely it is not I, Lord?"
He said in reply,
"He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me
is the one who will betray me.
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"
He answered, "You have said so."

While they were eating,
Jesus took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and giving it to his disciples said,
"Take and eat; this is my body."
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
"Drink from it, all of you,
for this is my blood of the covenant,
which will be shed on behalf of many
for the forgiveness of sins.
I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine
until the day when I drink it with you new
in the kingdom of my Father."
Then, after singing a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then Jesus said to them,
"This night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,
for it is written:
I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed;
but after I have been raised up,
I shall go before you to Galilee."
Peter said to him in reply,
"Though all may have their faith in you shaken,
mine will never be."
Jesus said to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
this very night before the cock crows,
you will deny me three times."
Peter said to him,
"Even though I should have to die with you,
I will not deny you."
And all the disciples spoke likewise.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,
and he said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I go over there and pray."
He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
and began to feel sorrow and distress.
Then he said to them,
"My soul is sorrowful even to death.
Remain here and keep watch with me."
He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying,
"My Father, if it is possible,
let this cup pass from me;
yet, not as I will, but as you will."
When he returned to his disciples he found them asleep.
He said to Peter,
"So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?
Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again,
"My Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass
without my drinking it, your will be done!"
Then he returned once more and found them asleep,
for they could not keep their eyes open.
He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time,
saying the same thing again.
Then he returned to his disciples and said to them,
"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?
Behold, the hour is at hand
when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.
Get up, let us go.
Look, my betrayer is at hand."

While he was still speaking,
Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived,
accompanied by a large crowd, with swords and clubs,
who had come from the chief priests and the elders
of the people.
His betrayer had arranged a sign with them, saying,
"The man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him."
Immediately he went over to Jesus and said,
"Hail, Rabbi!" and he kissed him.
Jesus answered him,
"Friend, do what you have come for."
Then stepping forward they laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.
And behold, one of those who accompanied Jesus
put his hand to his sword, drew it,
and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
Then Jesus said to him,
"Put your sword back into its sheath,
for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father
and he will not provide me at this moment
with more than twelve legions of angels?
But then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled
which say that it must come to pass in this way?"
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds,
"Have you come out as against a robber,
with swords and clubs to seize me?
Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area,
yet you did not arrest me.
But all this has come to pass
that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Those who had arrested Jesus led him away
to Caiaphas the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Peter was following him at a distance
as far as the high priest's courtyard,
and going inside he sat down with the servants
to see the outcome.
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin
kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus
in order to put him to death,
but they found none,
though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally two came forward who stated,
"This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God
and within three days rebuild it.'"
The high priest rose and addressed him,
"Have you no answer?
What are these men testifying against you?"
But Jesus was silent.
Then the high priest said to him,
"I order you to tell us under oath before the living God
whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Jesus said to him in reply,
"You have said so.
But I tell you:
From now on you will see 'the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of the Power'
and 'coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
Then the high priest tore his robes and said,
"He has blasphemed!
What further need have we of witnesses?
You have now heard the blasphemy;
what is your opinion?"
They said in reply,
"He deserves to die!"
Then they spat in his face and struck him,
while some slapped him, saying,
"Prophesy for us, Christ: who is it that struck you?"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard.
One of the maids came over to him and said,
"You too were with Jesus the Galilean."
But he denied it in front of everyone, saying,
"I do not know what you are talking about!"
As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him
and said to those who were there,
"This man was with Jesus the Nazorean."
Again he denied it with an oath,
"I do not know the man!"
A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter,
"Surely you too are one of them;
even your speech gives you away."
At that he began to curse and to swear,
"I do not know the man."
And immediately a cock crowed.
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken:
"Before the cock crows you will deny me three times."
He went out and began to weep bitterly.

When it was morning,
all the chief priests and the elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
They bound him, led him away,
and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned,
deeply regretted what he had done.
He returned the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders, saying,
"I have sinned in betraying innocent blood."
They said,
"What is that to us?
Look to it yourself."
Flinging the money into the temple,
he departed and went off and hanged himself.
The chief priests gathered up the money, but said,
"It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury,
for it is the price of blood."
After consultation, they used it to buy the potter's field
as a burial place for foreigners.
That is why that field even today is called the Field of Blood.
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah
the prophet,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver,
the value of a man with a price on his head,
a price set by some of the Israelites,
and they paid it out for the potter's field
just as the Lord had commanded me.

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and he questioned him,
"Are you the king of the Jews?"
Jesus said, "You say so."
And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
he made no answer.
Then Pilate said to him,
"Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?"
But he did not answer him one word,
so that the governor was greatly amazed.

Now on the occasion of the feast
the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd
one prisoner whom they wished.
And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,
"Which one do you want me to release to you,
Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?"
For he knew that it was out of envy
that they had handed him over.
While he was still seated on the bench,
his wife sent him a message,
"Have nothing to do with that righteous man.
I suffered much in a dream today because of him."
The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds
to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.
The governor said to them in reply,
"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"
They answered, "Barabbas!"
Pilate said to them,
"Then what shall I do with Jesus called Christ?"
They all said,
"Let him be crucified!"
But he said,
"Why? What evil has he done?"
They only shouted the louder,
"Let him be crucified!"
When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,
but that a riot was breaking out instead,
he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,
saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood.
Look to it yourselves."
And the whole people said in reply,
"His blood be upon us and upon our children."
Then he released Barabbas to them,
but after he had Jesus scourged,
he handed him over to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium
and gathered the whole cohort around him.
They stripped off his clothes
and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.
Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head,
and a reed in his right hand.
And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
They spat upon him and took the reed
and kept striking him on the head.
And when they had mocked him,
they stripped him of the cloak,
dressed him in his own clothes,
and led him off to crucify him.

As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon;
this man they pressed into service
to carry his cross.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha
—which means Place of the Skull —,
they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.
But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.
After they had crucified him,
they divided his garments by casting lots;
then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
And they placed over his head the written charge against him:
This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him,
one on his right and the other on his left.
Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,
"You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
save yourself, if you are the Son of God,
and come down from the cross!"
Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said,
"He saved others; he cannot save himself.
So he is the king of Israel!
Let him come down from the cross now,
and we will believe in him.
He trusted in God;
let him deliver him now if he wants him.
For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
The revolutionaries who were crucified with him
also kept abusing him in the same way.

From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon.
And about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"
which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Some of the bystanders who heard it said,
"This one is calling for Elijah."
Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge;
he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed,
gave it to him to drink.
But the rest said,
"Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him."
But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,
and gave up his spirit.

Here all kneel and pause for a short time.

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary
was torn in two from top to bottom.
The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,
and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection,
they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus
feared greatly when they saw the earthquake
and all that was happening, and they said,
"Truly, this was the Son of God!"
There were many women there, looking on from a distance,
who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

When it was evening,
there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph,
who was himself a disciple of Jesus.
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;
then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen
and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock.
Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb
and departed.
But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
remained sitting there, facing the tomb.

The next day, the one following the day of preparation,
the chief priests and the Pharisees
gathered before Pilate and said,
"Sir, we remember that this impostor while still alive said,
'After three days I will be raised up.'
Give orders, then, that the grave be secured until the third day,
lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people,
'He has been raised from the dead.'
This last imposture would be worse than the first."
Pilate said to them,
"The guard is yours;
go, secure it as best you can."
So they went and secured the tomb
by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.

Reading I

Ezekiel 37:12-14

Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves
and have you rise from them,
and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land;
thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to my voice in supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
If you, O LORD, mark iniquities,
LORD, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
I trust in the LORD;
my soul trusts in his word.
More than sentinels wait for the dawn,
let Israel wait for the LORD.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
For with the LORD is kindness
and with him is plenteous redemption;
And he will redeem Israel
from all their iniquities.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Reading II

Romans 8:8-11

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you,
although the body is dead because of sin,
the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies also,
through his Spirit dwelling in you.

Verse Before the Gospel

John 11:25a, 26

I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die.

Gospel

John 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”
When Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death,
but is for the glory of God,
that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was.
Then after this he said to his disciples,
"Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus
had already been in the tomb for four days.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
Martha said,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said,
“Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
And Jesus wept.
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
But some of them said,
“Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man
have done something so that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench;
he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her,
“Did I not tell you that if you believe
you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone.
And Jesus raised his eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me;
but because of the crowd here I have said this,
that they may believe that you sent me.”
And when he had said this,
He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
The dead man came out,
tied hand and foot with burial bands,
and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
So Jesus said to them,
“Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

读经一（我要把我的神注入你们内，使你们复活。）
恭读厄则克耳先知书 37:12-14
天主上主这样说：我的子民，我要亲自打开你们的坟墓；我要从坟墓中把你们带出来，领你们回到以色列的本土。我的子民！当我打开你们的坟墓，领你们出来以后，你们就知道我是上主。我要把我的神注入你们身内，使你们生活，安居在你们自己的土地上，这样，你们就知道我是上主；我说了，一定会实行。——上主天主说。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏130:1-8
答：上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎。
领：上主，我从深渊呼求你；我主，求你俯听我的哀告，侧耳谛听我的祈祷。
答：上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎。
领：上主，你若细察人的罪辜，我主，又有谁还能站得住，然而你一向宽恕为怀，我们对你起敬起爱。
答：上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎。
领：我在期待，我的心灵期待上主，期待上主的诺言。我的心灵期待上主，胜于更夫待旦。
答：上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎。
领：以色列，你要仰赖上主，因为上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎 他必拯救以色列，脱离一切罪恶。
答：上主慈悲为怀，乐于救赎。

读经二（使耶稣从死者中复活的圣神住在你们内。)
恭读圣保禄宗徒致罗马人书 8:8-11
弟兄们：凡随从肉性的人，决不能得天主的欢心。如果天主的圣神真的住在你们内，你们的生活就不受肉性的支配，只受圣神的领导。人若是没有基督的圣神，就不是属于基督的，如果基督住在你们心里，虽然你们的身体因罪恶而死亡，但天主的圣神要赐给你们生命，因为天主已使你们跟他和好了。还有，如果那使耶稣从死人中复活的圣神，住在你们心里；那么，那使基督从死者中复活的天主，也必要藉那住在你们内的圣神，使你们那必死的身体复活。——上主的圣言。

福音前欢呼词 若11:25-26
答：主耶稣，我们赞美你，光荣你！
领：主说：我就是复活，就是生命；信从我的人，必永远不死。
答：主耶稣，我们赞美你，光荣你！

福音（我就是复活，我就是生命。)
恭读圣若望福音 11:1-45
那时候，有一个病人，名叫拉匝禄，住在伯达尼，就是玛利亚和她姐姐玛尔大的村庄。玛利亚就是那曾用香液敷抹过主，并且用自己的头发把他的脚擦干的妇人，患病的拉匝禄是她的兄弟。姊妹二人派人到耶稣那里说：“主啊，你所爱的人病了！”耶稣听见这消息，就说：“这病不至于死，而是要彰显天主的光荣，天主子也要因此而受到光荣。”
耶稣一向爱玛尔大和她的妹妹以及拉匝禄。当他听说拉匝禄生病，又在原地逗留了两天，然后才对门徒说：“我们回到犹太去吧！”门徒们说：“老师，近来犹太人正想用石头打你，你还想到那里去吗？”耶稣说：“白天不是有十二个小时吗？一个人在白天走路，不至于跌倒，因为他看得见这世界上的光；但是，在黑夜走路，才会跌倒，因为他看不见光。”耶稣说完了这些话以后，接着又对他们说：“我们的朋友拉匝禄睡着了，我要去叫醒他。”门徒说：“主啊！如果他睡着了，就会好的。”其实耶稣是指他已经死了，他们却以为他是真的在睡觉。于是，耶稣就明白地说：“拉匝禄死了。我倒很庆幸，我不在那里，这样可以使你们更相信我。现在我们到他那里去吧！”那称为双胞胎的多默向其他的门徒说：“我们也去，跟老师一起死吧！”
耶稣来到伯达尼，听说拉匝禄已经下葬四天了。伯达尼邻近耶路撒冷，相距约有三公里；有很多犹太人来到玛尔大和玛利亚这里，为了他们兄弟的死来安慰她们。玛尔大一听说耶稣来了，就出去迎接；玛利亚却留在家里。玛尔大对耶稣说：“主啊！如果你早在这里，我的兄弟就不会死！但是我知道即使是现在，你无论向天主求什么，天主一定会赐给你。”耶稣对她说：“你的兄弟一定会复活的。”玛尔大说：“我知道在末日他一定会复活。”耶稣说：“我就是复活，就是生命；信从我的，即使死了，仍然要活着；凡是活着而信从我的人，一定永远不死。你信这话吗？”她回答说：“主啊，是的，我相信你就是那要来到世界上的默西亚——天主子。”说了这话以后，就回去叫她的妹妹玛利亚，轻声地说：“老师来了，他叫你呢！” 玛利亚一听这话，就立刻起来到耶稣那里。当时，耶稣还没有进村庄，仍然在玛尔大迎接他的地方。那些陪伴玛利亚在家，正在安慰她的犹太人，看见她匆忙地起来出去，就都跟着她，以为她要到坟上去哭泣。当玛利亚来到耶稣那里，一看见他，就俯伏在他脚前说：“主啊！要是你早在这里，我的兄弟就不会死！”耶稣看见她哭泣，还有同她一起来的犹太人也哭泣，不禁心神感伤，难过起来，就问：“你们把他葬在哪里？”他们说：“主啊，请来看！”耶稣不禁流下泪来。于是犹太人说：“你看，他多么爱他啊！” 其中也有人说：“他治好过生来就是瞎子的眼睛，难道不能使这个人不死吗？”耶稣心中又感伤起来，随即来到坟墓前。这坟墓是一个洞穴，洞口有一块石头堵着。耶稣说：“把石头挪开！”死者的姐姐玛尔大说：“主啊！已经臭了。因为已经有四天了。”耶稣说：“我不是告诉过你：如果你信，就会看到天主的光荣吗？”他们就把石头挪开；耶稣举目向上说：“父啊！我感谢你，因为你俯听了我。我本来知道你常常俯听我，但是我说这话，是为了四周站立的群众，让他们相信是你派遣了我。”说完这话，就大声喊道：“拉匝禄，出来吧！”死者就出来了，手脚都缠着布条，脸上还蒙着汗巾。耶稣向他们说：“解开他，让他行走吧！”
许多到玛尔大和玛利亚那里去的犹太人，一看到耶稣所做的事，就信了他。——基督的福音。

读经一（我好像一只驯良的羔羊，被牵到屠宰场。）
恭读耶肋米亚先知书 11:18-20
上主，你告诉我，我才知道，你使我看透了他们的作为。我好像一只驯良的羔羊被牵到屠宰场，却不知道他们的阴谋，他们说：“让我们毁坏这棵生气蓬勃的树，把他从人世间拔除，使他的名字不再被人记念。”公平审判和洞察肺腑的万军的上主！愿我看见你对他们的报复，因为我已经把我的案情呈递给你。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏7:2-3,9-12
答：上主，我的天主，（我投靠你）。
领：上主，我的天主，我投靠你，求你救我，救我脱离所有迫害我的人。免得他们像狮子一般把我攫走，将我撕碎，而无人搭救。
答：上主，我的天主，（我投靠你）。
领：上主要审判万民，上主，请按我的正义审判我，请照我心灵的纯洁保护我。公义的天主！你明察肺腑，愿恶人的毒害绝迹，愿你坚定义人。
答：上主，我的天主，（我投靠你）。
领：天主是我的助佑，他拯救心地正直的人；天主是公义的审判者，对作恶的人，天天震怒。
答：上主，我的天主，（我投靠你）。

福音前欢呼词 若3:16
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。
领：天主这样爱了世人，甚至把自己的独生子赐给他们，使所有信他的人得到永生。
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。

福音（难道默西亚是从加里肋亚来的吗？）
恭读圣若望福音 7:40-53
那时候，群众中有些人听了耶稣的话，便说：“这人真是那位先知。”另有些人说：“这人是默西亚。”但是也有人说：“难道默西亚是从加里肋亚来的吗？经上不是说，默西亚是达味的后裔，要在达味的故乡白冷出生吗？”群众因为耶稣的缘故，就起了纷争。他们中间有些人愿捉拿他、但是谁也没有下手。差役回到司祭长和法利塞人那里；他们问差役说：“你们为什么没有把他带来呢？”差役回答说：“从来没有一个人像他这样讲话的。”法利塞人说：“难道你们也被他迷惑了吗？官长或法利塞人中间，有谁会信仰他呢？只有那些不明白法律的群众才会信他，他们该受诅咒！”他们中间有一个人，就是从前夜访耶稣的尼苛德摩，对他们说：“如果不先听取被告的口供，查明他所做的事，我们的法律就能定他的罪吗？”他们回答说：“难道你也是从加里肋亚来的吗？你去查考一下，就知道从加里肋亚是不会出先知的。”然后各人就回家去了。——基督的福音。

读经一（恶人想谋杀义人。)
恭读智慧书 2:1,12-22
恶人们胡思乱想，自语说：“我们的生命既短促，又多愁；人的死期一到，没有办法补救，也从来没看见有人从阴府回来。我们要陷害义人，因为他令我们讨厌，反对我们的作为，指责我们违反法律，控诉我们品行不检。他自夸认识天主，自称是上主的仆人。自充我们思想的裁判员，令人一看见他，就觉得讨厌；因为他的生活与众不同，他的行径与人两样。他竟然把我们视做杂种，远避我们的行径，像远避不洁之物；他声称义人有幸福的结局，并自夸有天主为父。我们要看看他的话是不是真实的，看他有什么结局。如果义人是天主的儿子，天主必定帮助他，拯救他脱离敌人的手。让我们用耻辱和酷刑考验他，便可知晓他的温良，考验他的忍耐。让我们判决他受可耻的死刑，因为他说过，天主要救助他。”
他们这样思想，真是荒谬；邪恶使他们丧失理智。他们不明了天主的秘密，不企望圣德会得到酬报，也不以为纯洁的灵魂会得到奖赏。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏34:17-19,21-23
答：上主亲近破碎的心灵。
领：上主的威容敌视恶人，把他们的纪念从人间除去。义人一呼号，上主立刻俯允，拯救他们脱离一切艰辛。
答：上主亲近破碎的心灵。
领：上主亲近破碎的心灵，救助精神苦痛的人们。义人虽然多灾多难，上主却护佑他安然无恙。
答：上主亲近破碎的心灵。
领：保全他的全身骨骼，连一根也不致折断。上主必救赎他的仆人；凡投靠他的，决不会受处分。
答：上主亲近破碎的心灵。

福音前欢呼词 玛4:4
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。
领：人不但靠饼生活，也靠天主口中所说的每句话。
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。

福音（他们想捉住耶稣，但他的时候还没有到。)
恭读圣若望福音 7:1-2,10,25-30
那时候，耶稣周游加里肋亚省，不愿在犹太省往来，因为犹太人想要杀他。犹太人的帐棚节快到了，耶稣的弟兄们先上去过节，以后他也去了，但不是公开，而是暗中去的。有些耶路撒冷人看到耶稣，就说：“这不是他们想要杀的人吗？你看，他自由地讲话，也没有人对他说什么，难道官长们也认为这个人就是默西亚吗？可是我们知道这人是从哪里来的；然而默西亚来的时候，没有人知道他是从哪里来的。”于是耶稣在圣殿教导人，大声说：“你们认识我，也知道我是从哪里来的；不是我自己来的，而是那真实者派遣我来的，你们却不认识他；我认识他，因为我从他那里来，是他派遣了我。”他们想捉住他，却没有人下手，因为他的时候还没有到。——基督的福音。

读经一（上主天主要将他祖先达味的王位赐给他。）
恭读撒慕尔纪下 7:4-5,12-14,16
上主的话传于纳堂说：“你去告诉我的仆人达味，上主这样说：当你的日子期满，与你祖先长眠时，我必在你以后兴起一个后裔，即你所生的儿子；我必巩固他的王权。是他要为我的名建立殿宇；我要巩固他的王位直到永远。我要作他的父亲，他要作我的儿子。你的家室和王权，在我面前永远存在，你的王位也永远坚定不移。”——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏89:2-5,27,29
答：他的后裔必要万世兴隆。
领：我要永远歌颂上主的仁慈，我要万代传述你的真实。我已确知，你的仁慈永远常存，你的信实如日之恒。
答：他的后裔必要万世兴隆。
领：你曾说过：“我同所拣选的人立了约，向我的仆人达味立了誓：我要永远保护你的后裔，世世代代巩固你的王位。”
答：他的后裔必要万世兴隆。
领：他要称呼我说：“我的父亲！我的天主！我的靠山！” 我对他的慈爱永远保持，与他立的盟约，决不废弃。
答：他的后裔必要万世兴隆。

读经二（亚巴郎在绝望中仍怀着希望而相信了。）
恭读圣保禄宗徒致罗马人书 4:13,16-18,22
弟兄们：天主应许亚巴郎和他的后裔，使他们作世界的继承者。这恩许不是藉着法律，而是藉着出自信德的正义。为此，一切都是由于信德，为的是一切都本着恩宠，使那恩许，为亚巴郎所有的一切后裔坚定不移，不仅为那属于法律的后裔，而且也为那有亚巴郎信德的后裔。因为他是我们众人的父亲，正如经上所载：“我已立你为万民之父。”亚巴郎在天主面前作我们的父亲，他所信的天主就是使死者复活，使那不存在的成为存在的那位。他在绝望中仍怀着希望而相信了，因此便成了万民之父，正如向他所预许的：“你的后裔也要这样多。”天主就以此算为他的正义。——上主的圣言。

福音前欢呼词 咏84:5
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。
领：上主，居住在你的殿宇内，常赞美你的，真是有福。
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。

福音（若瑟照上主的天使所嘱咐的做了。）
恭读圣玛窦福音 1:16,18-21,24
雅各伯生玛利亚的丈夫若瑟，玛利亚生耶稣，他称为基督。耶稣基督的诞生是这样的：他的母亲玛利亚许配给若瑟以后，在成婚前，她因圣神有孕的事已显示出来。她的丈夫若瑟，因为是义人，不愿公开羞辱她，有意暗中与她解除婚约。当他在思虑这事时，忽然有上主的天使在梦中显现对他说：“达味之子若瑟，不要怕娶你的妻子玛利亚，因为她怀的孕是从圣神来的。她要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣：因为他要把自己的民族，从罪恶中拯救出来。”若瑟从睡梦中醒来，就照上主的天使所嘱咐的做了。——基督的福音。

读经一（我使你做为人民的盟约，复兴国家。）
恭读依撒意亚先知书 49:8-15
上主这样说：“在施恩的时候，我俯允了你；在援救的日子，我帮助了你；我必保护你，使你做为人民的盟约，复兴国家，使你重获荒芜了的产业，好对俘虏说：出来吧！对在黑暗中的人说：你们出现吧！他们将在路上被牧放，牧场就在荒山上。他们不饿也不渴，热风和烈日不伤害他们，因为那怜悯他们的将率领他们，带领他们到水泉旁。我要使一切高山变成道路，把街道修高。有的人从远方来，有的人从北方和西方来，还有些从息宁来。诸天哪！要欢乐！大地啊，要踊跃！山岭啊，要欢呼高唱！因为上主安慰了他的子民，怜恤了受苦的人。熙雍说过：‘上主遗弃了我，吾主忘记了我。’妇女能忘记吃她奶的婴儿吗？她会不爱亲生的儿子吗？纵然有母亲忘记自己的孩子，我也不会忘记你！”——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏145:8-9,13-14,17-18
答：上主慈悲，宽仁大方。
领：上主慈悲，宽仁大方，缓于发怒，仁爱无量。上主对待万有，温和善良，对他所创造的万物，仁爱慈祥。
答：上主慈悲，宽仁大方。
领：上主的诺言，信实不欺；上主的作为，圣善无比。凡跌倒的，上主必将他扶起；受委屈的，必使他直立。
答：上主慈悲，宽仁大方。
领：上主的行径，至公至义；上主的作为，圣善无比。上主亲近所有呼求他的人，所有诚心诚意呼求他的人。
答：上主慈悲，宽仁大方。

福音前欢呼词 若11:25,26
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。
领：主说：我就是复活，我就是生命；谁相信我，将永远不死。
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。

福音（父怎样唤起死者，使他复生，子也同样使他所愿意的人复生。）
恭读圣若望福音 5:17-30
那时候，耶稣对犹太人说：“我父到现在一直工作，我也照样工作。”因此犹太人更想杀害他，因为他不但违反了安息日。而且又称天主是自己的父，使自己与天主平等。于是耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在告诉你们：子靠自己不能做什么，只能做他看见父所做的；凡父所做的，子也照样做。父爱子，将自己所做的都指示给子看；并且要把比这些更大的工程指示给他看，使你们惊奇。父怎样唤起死者，使他们复生，子也同样使他所愿意的人复生。父不审判任何人，却把审判的全权交给了子，使众人尊敬子，如同尊敬父一样；不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬派遣他来的父。我实实在在告诉你们；听我的话，又相信派遣我来者的，便有永生。他不会被定罪，而且是已经出死入生了。我实实在在告诉你们：时候要到，现在就是了，死人要听见天主子的声音，听从的人，就必生存。因为父是生命的源头，照样他也使子成为生命的源头；并且赐给他执行审判的权柄，因为他是人子。你们不要因这事而惊奇，因为时候一到，凡是在坟墓里的人，都要听见天主子的声音而出来：行善的要复活进入生命；作恶的要复活而被定罪。我靠我自己不能做什么；父怎样告诉我，我就怎样审判，我的审判是公正的，因为我不寻求自己的旨意，而只寻求那派遣我来者的旨意。”——基督的福音。

读经一（有水从圣殿涌出，所流过的地方，一切都将生活。）
恭读厄则克耳先知书 47:1-9,12
在那些日子，天使领我回到圣殿门口。我看见有水从圣殿门限下涌出，向东方流，因为圣殿正面朝东；水从圣殿的右边经过祭坛的南边流出。然后他领我从北门出来，带我从外面转到东门。我看见有水从右边流出来。那人拿绳尺向东走去，量了一千肘，他叫我由水中走过去，水深到了脚踝。他再量了一千肘，再叫我从水中走过去，水到了膝盖。又量了一千肘，又叫我走过去，水到了腰。他又量了一千肘，水已经成了河，不能走过去，因为水已高涨，成了河，深得不能过去。于是他对我说：“人子，你看见了吗？”于是他领我回到河岸。
当我回来时，看见河的两岸有很多树。于是他对我说：“这水往东方流，下至阿辣巴，流入死海，咸水会变成淡水；这河流所经过的地方，凡蠕动的生物都将生活，鱼类繁多，这水流过的地方，万物必能生存。河的两岸，会生长各种果树，叶子总不干枯，也不断地结果实。每个月结出新鲜的果实，因为水是从至圣所流出来的：树上的果实可作食物，枝叶可作药材。”——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏46:2-3,5-6,8-9
答：万有的上主与我们同在，（雅各伯的天主是我们的保障）。
领：天主是我们的避难所和力量，是患难中可随时得到的保障。因此，纵然大地震荡，高山沉入海洋，我们也不因此而惊慌。
答：万有的上主与我们同在，（雅各伯的天主是我们的保障）。
领：一道河流给天主的城带来喜乐，它是至高者居住的圣所。天主安居城中，它绝不会动摇，曙光一现，天主即刻支援。
答：万有的上主与我们同在，（雅各伯的天主是我们的保障）。
领：万有的上主与我们同在，雅各伯的天主是我们的保障。请你们来看上主的作为，看他在地上所行的奇事。
答：万有的上主与我们同在，（雅各伯的天主是我们的保障）。

福音前欢呼词 亚5:14
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。
领：你们要寻求善，不可寻求恶，这样你们才能生存。
答：基督，光荣的君王，我们赞美你。

福音（那人立刻痊愈了。）
恭读圣若望福音 5:1-3,5-16
那时候，正是犹太人的节期，耶稣上耶路撒冷去。在耶路撒冷靠近羊门有一个水池，希伯来语叫做贝特匝达，周围有五个走廊。在这些走廊内，躺着许多病人，有瞎眼的、瘸腿的、麻痹的，都在等候水动。那里有一个人，病了三十八年。耶稣看见他躺在那里，知道他病了多时，就问他说：“你愿意痊愈吗？”那病人回答说：“先生，水动的时候，没有人把我放到水池中；我正去的时候，别人在我以前已经下去了。”耶稣对他说：“起来，拿起你的床走吧！”那人便立刻痊愈了，拿起床来走了。
那一天正是安息日。因此犹太人对那痊愈的人说：“今天是安息日，不许你拿床。”他回答他们说：“使我痊愈了的那一位对我说：‘拿起你的床走吧！’”他们就问：“对你说‘拿起床来走吧’的那人是谁？“那痊愈的人却不知道他是谁，因为那地方人很多，耶稣已经躲开了。后来，耶稣在圣殿里遇见了他，便对他说：“你已经痊愈了，不要再犯罪，免得你遭遇更不幸的事。”那人就去告诉犹太人：使他痊愈的就是耶稣。因此犹太人便开始迫害耶稣，因为他在安息日做这样的事。——基督的福音。

读经一（再听不到哭泣和哀号的声音。）
恭读依撒意亚先知书 65:17-21
上主这样说：“我要创造新天新地，过去的事不再被记忆，不再被关心。人们都要因我所创造的而永远欢欣、快乐；因为我要创造一座令人喜悦的耶路撒冷，令人欢乐的居民。我要因耶路撒冷而喜悦，因我的百姓而欢欣，那里再听不到哭泣和哀号的声音。那里再没有夭折的婴儿和不享长寿的老人；百岁死去的人算是青年；活不到百岁的人，算是被诅咒的。他们要建筑房屋，住在里面；种植葡萄，吃所出产的果实。”——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏30:2,4-6,11-13
答：上主，我称扬你，（因为你救拔了我）。
领：上主，我称扬你，因为你救拔了我，没有让我的仇敌向我夸耀。上主，你从阴府里将我救出，使我复生，不致堕入幽谷。
答：上主，我称扬你，（因为你救拔了我）。
领：上主的圣民，请向上主歌咏，称颂他的圣名。因为他的震怒转眼消逝，他的恩惠却终生存留。夜间纵有哭泣泪，清晨却闻欢呼声。
答：上主，我称扬你，（因为你救拔了我）。
领：上主，请你俯听我，怜悯我；上主，求你助佑我。你把我的悲哀化为舞蹈，脱掉我的苦衣，给我披上欢笑。因此，我的心灵歌颂你，永不止息。
答：上主，我称扬你，（因为你救拔了我）。

福音前欢呼词 亚5:14
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。
领：你们要寻求善，不可寻求恶，这样你们才能生存，天主必与你们同在。
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。

福音（回去吧！你的儿子会活下去。）
恭读圣若望福音 4:43-54
那时候，耶稣离开撒玛黎雅，往加里肋亚去。以前他曾亲自说过：“先知在本乡是不受尊敬的。”可是这次他来到加里肋亚，加里肋亚人却欢迎他，因为他们曾经上耶路撒冷去过节，亲眼见过耶稣在庆节中所做的一切。
耶稣又来到加里肋亚的加纳，就是他从前变水为酒的地方。有一位大臣，他的儿子在葛法翁患病；他听说耶稣从犹太到了加里肋亚，就到他那里去，恳求他下去医治他的儿子，因为他的儿子快要死了。耶稣对他说：“除非你们看到灵迹和奇事，总是不肯信。”那大臣向他说：“主啊，在我的孩子还没有死以前，请你下去救他吧！”耶稣回答说：“回去吧！你的儿子会活下去。”那人信了耶稣所说的话，便走了。他正下去的时候，遇到仆人来报信说，他的孩子好了。他问他们孩子病势好转的时刻，他们对他说：“昨天下午一点钟，热就退了。”这父亲就知道正是耶稣对他说“你的儿子会活下去”的时候；他和他的全家便都信了耶稣。这是耶稣从犹太回到加里肋亚后所行的第二个灵迹。——基督的福音。

Reading I

1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a

The LORD said to Samuel:
“Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.
I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem,
for I have chosen my king from among his sons.”

As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice,
Samuel looked at Eliab and thought,
“Surely the LORD’s anointed is here before him.”
But the LORD said to Samuel:
“Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature,
because I have rejected him.
Not as man sees does God see,
because man sees the appearance
but the LORD looks into the heart.”
In the same way Jesse presented seven sons before Samuel,
but Samuel said to Jesse,
“The LORD has not chosen any one of these.”
Then Samuel asked Jesse,
“Are these all the sons you have?”
Jesse replied,
“There is still the youngest, who is tending the sheep.”
Samuel said to Jesse,
“Send for him;
we will not begin the sacrificial banquet until he arrives here.”
Jesse sent and had the young man brought to them.
He was ruddy, a youth handsome to behold
and making a splendid appearance.
The LORD said,
“There—anoint him, for this is the one!”
Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand,
anointed David in the presence of his brothers;
and from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
He guides me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Reading II

Ephesians 5:8-14

Brothers and sisters:
You were once darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord.
Live as children of light,
for light produces every kind of goodness
and righteousness and truth.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness;
rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention
the things done by them in secret;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
Therefore, it says:
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”

Verse Before the Gospel

John 8:12

I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
whoever follows me will have the light of life.

Gospel

John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva,
and smeared the clay on his eyes,
and said to him,
“Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” — which means Sent —.
So he went and washed, and came back able to see.

His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said,
“Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?”
Some said, “It is, “
but others said, “No, he just looks like him.”
He said, “I am.”

They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.
Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath.
So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see.
He said to them,
“He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
So some of the Pharisees said,
“This man is not from God,
because he does not keep the sabbath.”
But others said,
“How can a sinful man do such signs?”
And there was a division among them.
So they said to the blind man again,
“What do you have to say about him,
since he opened your eyes?”
He said, “He is a prophet.”

They answered and said to him,
“You were born totally in sin,
and are you trying to teach us?”
Then they threw him out.

When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out,
he found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
He answered and said,
“Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”
Jesus said to him,
“You have seen him, and
the one speaking with you is he.”
He said,
“I do believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him.

读经一（达味受傅为以色列王。）
恭读撒慕尔纪上 16:1,6-7,10-13
那时候，上主对撒慕尔说：“你要拿起角制器皿，装满油，我要派你到白冷去，到一个名叫叶瑟的那里，因为我已经选中他的一个儿子为王。”撒慕尔到了以后， 看见厄里雅布，心里想：站在上主面前的这个人莫非就是他的受傅者吗？但是上主对撒慕尔说：“你不要注意他高大和英俊的外表，他不是我所要遴选的人；因为我不像世人那样审断人：世人看外表，我却是看人的内心。”叶瑟就叫他的七个儿子都到撒慕尔跟前来，撒慕尔对叶瑟说：“上主没有选上他们当中的任何人。”并问叶瑟：“你的儿子们都到了吗？”他回答说：“还有一个最小的，正在放羊。”撒慕尔说：“快派人带他来，他不来，我们决不入席。”叶瑟于是派人把他带来，是一个有血色、眉目清秀、外貌英俊的少年。上主说：“起来，给他傅油吧，就是这一位。”于是撒慕尔拿起盛着油的角制器皿，在他哥哥们面前给他傅了油。从那天起，上主的神便降临在达味身上。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏23:1-6
答：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。
领：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。他使我憩息在翠绿的草地上，又领我走近幽静的溪水旁，他使我精神振奋，体力恢复。
答：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。
领：为了光荣他的名，他领我踏上了正途。纵然我要走过阴森的幽谷，我也不怕凶险，因为有你与我同在。你的牧杖和牧棒，使我欣慰舒畅。
答：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。
领：在我敌人面前，你为我摆设筵席；在我头上傅油，使我的杯爵满溢。
答：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。
领：在我一生的岁月里，常沐浴在你的恩宠与幸福中，在我有生之年，我要常住在上主的殿里。
答：上主是我的牧者，我实在一无所缺。

读经二（从死者中起来吧，基督必要光照你。）
恭读圣保禄宗徒致厄弗所人书 5:8-14
弟兄们：你们原来在黑暗中生活，可是现在成为主的信徒，就在光明中生活了，因此你们的生活该像光明的儿女；良善、正义和真理就是光明所结的果实；你们要知道辨认什么是天主所喜欢的事；不要参与别人在黑暗中所做的那些无益的事，反而要加以揭发。他们暗地里所做的事，就是连提到它，也是可耻的。无论什么事，一经公开，便在光照之下而真相大白了；因为，凡显露出来的，就是光；所以说：“你这睡眠的人，醒来吧！从死者中起来吧！基督要光照你！”——上主的圣言。

福音前欢呼词 若8:12
答：基督，世界之光，我们赞美你！
领：主说：我是世界的光；跟随我的，决不在黑暗中行走，必有生命的光。
答：基督，世界之光，我们赞美你！

福音（瞎子去洗了，回来就看见了。）
恭读圣若望福音 9:1,6-9,13-17,34-38
那时候，耶稣离开圣殿，在路上看见了一个生来的瞎子。耶稣就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和了些泥，抹在瞎子的眼上，对他说：“到西罗亚水池里去洗洗吧！”——西罗亚是“奉差遣”的意思——他就去洗了; 回来的时候，就能看见了。于是，邻居们和经常见他讨饭的人都说：“这不是那个一向坐在这里讨饭的人吗？”有的说：“就是他”；有的说：“不，是一个很像他的人。”那瞎子却说：“就是我”。他们问他说：“你的眼睛是怎样开的呢？”他答复说：“一个名叫耶稣的，和了些泥，抹在我的眼上，对我说：‘到西罗亚水池去洗冼吧’；我去洗了，就能看见了。”他们又问：“那个人在哪里呢？”他说：“我不知道。”
于是他们就把先前瞎眼的这个人，领到法利塞人那里。耶稣和泥开他眼睛的那一天，正是安息日。于是法利塞人又查问他怎样看得见的。那个人就说：“他把泥抹在我的眼上，我洗了，就看见了。”有些法利塞人说：“做这事的人不可能是从天主那里来的，因为他不遵守安息日的诫律。”另有些人却说：“一个罪人怎能行这样的奇迹呢?”他们彼此便发生了争执。于是，他们又问瞎子说：“关于那开了你眼睛的人，你说什么昵？”瞎子说：“他是一位先知。”他们就辱骂他说：“你这完全生长在罪孽之中的人，竟敢来教训我们吗？”就把他赶出去了。
耶稣听说他们把他赶出来了，以后遇见他，就对他说：“你相信人子吗？”那个人回答说：“主，人子是谁？好使我去信他呢？”耶稣对他说：“你已经见到了他，现在跟你讲话的就是他。”他便说：“主啊，我信！”就连忙跪下朝拜了耶稣。
——基督的福音。

读经一（我要求的是爱，不是祭献。）
恭读欧瑟亚先知书 6:1-6
来吧，我们回到上主那里去！因为他撕碎了我们，也必会治愈我们；他打伤了我们，也必要包扎我们。两天后他必使我们复生，第三天，他必使我们兴起，在他面前生活。让我们努力认识上主；他定要像曙光一样出现，他要来到我们中间，有如秋雨，有如滋润大地的春雨。
厄弗辣，我能为你做什么呢？犹大，我能为你做什么呢？你们的爱有如朝云，有如露水，很快就消失了。因此，我藉先知们砍碎了他们，用我口中的话杀戮了他们。我要求的是爱，不是祭献；我要求人认识天主，不是全燔祭。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏51:3-4,18-21
答：我要求的是爱，不是祭献。
领：天主，你是仁慈的，求你怜悯我；你有丰厚的慈爱，求你消灭我的罪过，求你洗净我的过犯，消除我的罪愆。
答：我要求的是爱，不是祭献。
领：因为你并不喜欢祭献，我献上全燔祭，你也不会悦纳。天主，我的祭献，就是痛悔的精神，你不轻视痛悔和谦卑的赤心。
答：我要求的是爱，不是祭献。
领：上主，求你对熙雍广施慈爱，为耶路撒冷重建城垣。你必悦纳合宜的牺牲、祭品和燔祭，那时，人们将把牛犊呈献在你的祭坛上。
答：我要求的是爱，不是祭献。

福音前欢呼词 咏95:8
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。
领：今天你们要听从上主的声音，不要再那样心硬。
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。

福音（税吏回到他家里，成了义人；法利塞人却不然。）
恭读圣路加福音 18:9-14
那时候，耶稣向那些自以为义人，而轻视他人的人，讲了这个比喻：“有两个人上圣殿去祈祷：一个是法利塞人，另一个是税务员。那个法利塞人站着，心里这样祈祷：‘天主，我感谢你，因为我不像别人，勒索、不义、奸淫，也不像这个税务员。我每周两次禁食，把我全部收入捐献十分之一。’那个税务员却远远站着，连举目望天也不敢，只是捶着胸，说：‘天主，可怜我这个罪人吧！’我告诉你们：这个人回到他家里，成了义人；而那个人却不然。因为凡自高自大的，必被贬抑；凡自谦自卑的，必被高举。”——基督的福音。

读经一（我们决不再对我们双手的制品说：你是我们的天主。）
恭读欧瑟亚先知书 14:2-10
上主这样说：以色列人哪，归向你们的天主上主吧！因为你们的罪使你们跌倒了。准备你们的话，好在回来归向上主时，对他说：“求你宽恕我们一切的罪过，使我们重获幸福，使我们给你献上嘴唇的佳果。亚述人不能拯救我们，我们也不再骑马。我们也决不再对我们双手的制品说：‘你是我们的天主。'因为孤儿只有在你那里才能得到怜恤。”
我要治疗他们的不忠，我要全心疼爱他们，因为我的愤怒已经远离了他们。我要像甘露一样滋润以色列；它将像百合一般开花，像白杨一样扎根；它的枝子必要茂盛；它的秀丽如同橄榄树，它的芬芳如同黎巴嫩的馨香。他们必将归来，坐在我的庇荫下；他们必将繁殖有如五谷，滋生有如葡萄；他们的声誉要像黎巴嫩的美酒。厄弗辣与偶像还有什么关系？我要俯听他们，也要照顾他们。我像一棵长青树，它由于我，才能结果实。
愿智慧的人明了这些话；愿聪明的人听到这些话，因为上主的道路是正直的；义人在上面畅行，罪人反而跌倒。——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏81:6,8-11,14-17
答：我是上主，（你的天主，）你要听我的声音。
领：我听到从未听过的诺言：我使你们的肩膀摆脱重担，使你们的双手放下筐篮，你们在患难中呼号，我解救了你们。
答：我是上主，（你的天主，）你要听我的声音。
领：从雷鸣的云彩中，我回答了你们；在默黎巴的水旁，我试探了你们。我的子民，请听我的忠告，以色列，但愿你听从我。
答：我是上主，（你的天主，）你要听我的声音。
领：在你们中间，不可有别的神，也不可崇拜外邦的神，我是上主，你们的天主，是我从埃及将你们领出。
答：我是上主，（你的天主，）你要听我的声音。
领：但愿我的百姓肯听从我的命令，以色列遵循我的途径！我要以上等的麦面，养育选民，用石缝中的野蜜饱饫他们。
答：我是上主，（你的天主，）你要听我的声音。

福音前欢呼词 则18:31
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。
领：上主说：要抛弃你们所做的一切坏事。你们要改造一颗崭新的心，一种新的精神。
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。

福音（上主，我们的天主是唯一的天主，你应当爱他。)
恭读圣马尔谷福音 12:28-34
那时候，有一个经师前来问耶稣说：“哪一条诫命是第一条呢？”耶稣回答说：“第一条是：‘以色列！听着！我们的天主上主是唯一的天主。你当全心、全灵、全意、全力爱你的天主、上主。’第二条是：‘要爱人如己。’再没有别的诫命比这两条更大的了。”那经师对耶稣说：“不错，老师说的很对：天主是唯一的，除了他以外，再没有别的。我们该以全心、全意、全力爱他，并且要爱人如己，这要比一切全燔之祭和牺牲好得多。”耶稣见他回答的明智，便对他说：“你离天主的国不远了。“从此以后，没有人敢再质问他了。”——基督的福音。

读经一（这个国家不听上主、他们天主的声音。）
恭读耶肋米亚先知书 7:23-28
上主天主这样对他的子民说：“你们应听从我的声音，这样，我必做你们的天主，你们做我的子民。你们应走我吩咐你们的道路，好使你们获得幸福。可是，他们不但不侧耳细听，反倒依照自己的计谋，随自己邪恶的心而生活；不转面向我，却以背向我。从你们祖先离开埃及那一天起，直到今天，我给你们派了我所有的仆人先知，而且每天派遣；但他们不但不侧耳听从我，反而硬起颈项，比他们的祖先还要乖戾。纵然你把这些话告诉他们，他们也不会听从；任凭你怎样呼唤，他们也不会答应。因此你对他们说：这个国家，不听上主他们天主的声音，不肯接受教训；忠信丧失，口中再也不讲了。”——上主的圣言。

答唱咏 咏95:1-2,6-9
答：请你们前来，向上主欢呼。
领：请你们前来，向上主欢呼，向拯救我们的磐石歌舞。一齐到他面前感恩赞颂，向他歌唱圣诗，欢呼吟咏。
答：请你们前来，向上主欢呼。
领：请大家前来叩首致敬，向造我们的天主跪拜，因为他是我们的天主，我们是他牧养的子民，是他亲手领导的羊群。
答：请你们前来，向上主欢呼。
领：你们今天要听从他的声音；不要像在默黎巴那样心硬，不要像在旷野中玛撒那天，你们的祖先看到我的工作，在那里仍然试探我、考验我。
答：请你们前来，向上主欢呼。

福音前欢呼词 咏130:5,7
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。
领：我期待上主，期待上主的诺言。因为他富于仁慈，乐于救赎。
答：基督，愿光荣和赞颂归于你。

福音（不赞同我的，就是反对我。）
恭读圣路加福音 11:14-23
那时候，耶稣驱逐了一个使人哑巴的魔鬼；它出去以后，哑巴便说起话来，群众都惊讶不止。有人说：“他仗赖魔王贝耳则步驱魔。”又有人试探耶稣，向他要求一个从天上来的征兆。耶稣知道了他们的心意，便给他们说：“如果一个国家自相纷争，必成废墟；如果一个家庭互相倾轧，必将败落。如果撒殚自相纷争，它的国怎能存立呢？你们说我仗赖贝耳则步驱魔，如果我仗赖贝耳则步驱魔，你们的子弟们又仗赖谁驱魔呢？因此，他们将是你们的裁判官。如果我仗赖天主的手指驱魔，那么，天主的国已经来到你们中间了。一个壮士佩带武器，看守自己的房舍，他的财产必能安全。但是，如果有一个比他更强的人来战胜他，必会把他所依仗的武器夺去，而分了他的财物。不赞同我的，就是反对我；不同我收集的，就是分散。”——基督的福音。