First Reading
Acts 3:1-10
Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him, they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.
This is the word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9
R. (3b) Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord. (or: Alleluia.)
1. Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the nations his deeds. Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
2. Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! Look to the LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
3. You descendants of Abraham, his servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! He, the LORD, is our God; throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
4. He remembers forever his covenant which he made binding for a thousand generations—Which he entered into with Abraham and by his oath to Isaac.
R. Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
Sequence
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
Psalm 118:24 R. Alleluia, alleluia. This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.
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. 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, Cleopas, replied, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?”
They told him about Jesus of Nazareth, his crucifixion, and the reports from the women who found the tomb empty. Jesus 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, they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening.” So he went in to stay with them. While he was at table with them, 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?” They set out at once and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven and were told, “The Lord has truly been raised!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.