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Easter
Year B
First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel
Easter Vigil
March 31, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
Old Testament Readings and Psalms
  • Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26
  • Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 and Psalm 46
  • Genesis 22:1-18 and Psalm 16
  • Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 and Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18
  • Isaiah 55:1-11 and Isaiah 12:2-6
  • Baruch 3:9-15, 3:32-4:4 or Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6 and Psalm 19
  • Ezekiel 36:24-28 and Psalm 42, 43
  • Ezekiel 37:1-14 and Psalm 143
  • Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Psalm 98
New Testament Reading and Psalm
  • Romans 6:3-11 and Psalm 114
Gospel
  • Mark 16:1-8
Resurrection of the Lord
March 31, 2024
Easter Day
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 10:34-43
or
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
or
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18
or
Mark 16:1-8
Easter Evening
March 31, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 114 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 Luke 24:13-49
Second Sunday of Easter
April 7, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31
Third Sunday of Easter
April 14, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48
Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 21, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18
Fifth Sunday of Easter
April 28, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:25-31 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17
Ascension of the Lord
May 9, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47
or
Psalm 93
Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53
Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 12, 2024
(If Ascension not observed here)
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Psalm 1 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19
Day of Pentecost
May 19, 2024
ART -- PRAYER
*Acts 2:1-21
or
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:22-27
or
Acts 2:1-21
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Italicized readings, complementary to the standard reading, may be used with, or in place of it.
* During Eastertide a reading from Acts is often substituted for the lesson from the Hebrew Bible. On the Day of Pentecost, if the Old Testament passage from Ezekiel is chosen for the first reading, the passage from Acts is used as the second reading.