Mass Readings - Sunday, 28th April 2019

Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 28th April, 2019
Today's Readings
Léachtaí Gaeilge


FIRST READING     Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16
The numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased
steadily.

The faithful all used to meet by common consent in the Portico of Solomon. No
one else ever dared to join them, but the people were loud in their praise and the
numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily.
So many signs and wonders were worked among the people at the hands of the
apostles that the sick were even taken out into the streets and laid on beds and
sleeping-mats in the hope that at least the shadow of Peter might fall across some
of them as he went past. People even came crowding in from the towns round
about Jerusalem, bringing with them their sick and those tormented by unclean
spirits, and all of them were cured.

The Word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm     Ps 117

Response  Give thanks to the Lord for he is good,
                  for his love has no end.
                   or
                  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

1. Let the sons of Israel say:
‘His love has no end.’
Let the sons of Aaron say:
‘His love has no end,’
Let those who fear the Lord say:
‘His love has no end.’                   Response

2. The stone which the builders rejected
has become the corner stone.
This is the work of the Lord,
a marvel in our eyes.
This day was made by the Lord;
we rejoice and are glad.                 Response

3. O Lord, grant us salvation;
O Lord grant us success.
Blessed in the name of the Lord
Is he who comes.
We bless you from the house of the Lord;
The Lord God is our light.              Response



SECOND READING       Apocalypse 1:9-13. 17-19
I was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever.

My name is John, and through our union in Jesus I am your brother and share your
sufferings, your kingdom, and all you endure. I was on the island of Patmos for
having preached God’s word and witnessed for Jesus; it was the Lord’s day and
the Spirit possessed me, and I heard a voice behind me, shouting like a trumpet,
‘Write down all that you see in a book, and send it to the seven churches of
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.’ I turned
round to see who had spoken to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands
and, surrounded by them, a figure like a Son of man, dressed in a long robe
tied at the waist with a golden girdle.
When I saw him, I fell in a dead faint at his feet, but he touched me with his right
hand and said, ‘Do not be afraid; it is I, the First and the Last; I am the Living One, I
was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death
and of the underworld. Now write down all that you see of present happenings
and things that are still to come.’

The Word of the Lord


Gospel Acclamation         Jn 20: 29
Alleluia, alleluia!

Jesus said to him: ‘You believe because you can see me.
Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’

Alleluia!



THE GOSPEL         John 20:19-31
Eight days later, Jesus came.

In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed
in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood
among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands
and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said
to them again, ‘Peace be with you.
‘As the Father sent me,
so am I sending you.’
After saying this he breathed on them and said:
‘Receive the Holy Spirit.
For those whose sins you forgive,
they are forgiven;
for those whose sins you retain,
they are retained.’
Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when
Jesus came. When the disciples said, ‘We have seen the Lord’, he answered,
‘Unless I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into
the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to
believe.’ Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was
with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them.
‘Peace be with you’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look,
here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but
believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him:
‘You believe because you can see me.
Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’
There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the disciples saw, but they are
not recorded in this book. These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his
name.

The Gospel of the Lord.