by L'équipe de publication | Apr 26, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
2eme dimanche de paques
Solennite du seigneur
Psautier: Propre
Blanc
Cité dans la première prière eucharistique, il est considéré comme le successeur de saint Lin, second après Pierre. On ignore encore tous des actes de sa vie historique.
Antienne d’ouverture : 1 P 2, 2
Comme des enfants nouveau-nés ont soif du lait qui les nourrit, soyez avides du lait pur de la Parole, afin qu’il vous fasse grandir pour le salut, alléluia.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu de miséricorde infinie, tu ranimes la foi de ton peuple par les célébrations pascales; Augmente en nous ta grâce pour que nous comprenions toujours mieux quel baptême nous a purifiés, quel Esprit nous a fait renaître, et quel sang nous a rachetés. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Act 5, 12-16
À Jérusalem, par les mains des Apôtres, beaucoup de signes et de prodiges s’accomplissaient dans le peuple. Tous les croyants, d’un même cœur, se tenaient sous le portique de Salomon. Personne d’autre n’osait se joindre à eux ; cependant tout le peuple faisait leur éloge ; de plus en plus, des foules d’hommes et de femmes, en devenant croyants, s’attachaient au Seigneur. On allait jusqu’à sortir les malades sur les places, en les mettant sur des civières et des brancards: ainsi, au passage de Pierre, son ombre couvrirait l’un ou l’autre. La foule accourait aussi des villes voisines de Jérusalem, en amenant des gens malades ou tourmentés par des esprits impurs. Et tous étaient guéris. – Parole du Seigneur.
Psaume Ps 117 (118), 2-4, 22-24, 25-27a
R/ Rendez grâce au Seigneur : Il est bon ! Éternel est son amour ! Ou: Alléluia ! (117, 1)
Oui, que le dise Israël: Éternel est son amour! Oui, que le dise la maison d’Aaron: Éternel est son amour ! Qu’ils le disent, ceux qui craignent le Seigneur: Éternel est son amour !
La pierre qu’ont rejetée les bâtisseurs est devenue la pierre d’angle : c’est là l’œuvre du Seigneur, la merveille devant nos yeux. Voici le jour que fit le Seigneur, qu’il soit pour nous jour de fête et de joie !
Donne, Seigneur, donne le salut ! Donne, Seigneur, donne la victoire! Béni soit au nom du Seigneur celui qui vient ! De la maison du Seigneur, nous vous bénissons! Dieu, le Seigneur, nous illumine.
2ème lecture : Apocalypse 1, 9-11a.12-13.17-19
Moi, Jean, votre frère, partageant avec vous la détresse, la royauté et la persévérance en Jésus, je me trouvai dans l’île de Patmos à cause de la parole de Dieu et du témoignage de Jésus. Je fus saisi en esprit, le jour du Seigneur, et j’entendis derrière moi une voix forte, pareille au son d’une trompette. Elle disait : « Ce que tu vois, écris-le dans un livre et envoie-le aux sept Églises : à Éphèse, Smyrne, Pergame, Thyatire, Sardes, Philadelphie et Laodicée. » Je me retournai pour regarder quelle était cette voix qui me parlait. M’étant retourné, j’ai vu sept chandeliers d’or, et au milieu des chandeliers un être qui semblait un Fils d’homme, revêtu d’une longue tunique, une ceinture d’or à hauteur de poitrine. Quand je le vis, je tombai à ses pieds comme mort, mais il posa sur moi sa main droite, en disant : « Ne crains pas. Moi, je suis le Premier et le Dernier, le Vivant : j’étais mort, et me voilà vivant pour les siècles des siècles ; je détiens les clés de la mort et du séjour des morts. Écris donc ce que tu as vu, ce qui est, ce qui va ensuite advenir. »
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Thomas parce que tu m’as vu, tu crois, dit le Seigneur. Heureux ceux qui croient sans avoir vu! Alléluia. (Jn 20, 29)
Évangile : Jean 20, 19-31
C’était après la mort de Jésus. Le soir venu, en ce premier jour de la semaine, alors que les portes du lieu où se trouvaient les disciples étaient verrouillées par crainte des Juifs, Jésus vint, et il était là au milieu d’eux. Il leur dit: «La paix soit avec vous ! » Après cette parole, il leur montra ses mains et son côté. Les disciples furent remplis de joie en voyant le Seigneur. Jésus leur dit de nouveau : « La paix soit avec vous ! De même que le Père m’a envoyé, moi aussi, je vous envoie. » Ayant ainsi parlé, il souffla sur eux et il leur dit : « Recevez l’Esprit Saint. À qui vous remettrez ses péchés, ils seront remis ; à qui vous maintiendrez ses péchés, ils seront maintenus. » Or, l’un des Douze, Thomas, appelé Didyme (c’est-à-dire Jumeau), n’était pas avec eux quand Jésus était venu. Les autres disciples lui disaient : « Nous avons vu le Seigneur ! » Mais il leur déclara : «Si je ne vois pas dans ses mains la marque des clous, si je ne mets pas mon doigt dans la marque des clous, si je ne mets pas la main dans son côté, non, je ne croirai pas ! » Huit jours plus tard, les disciples se trouvaient de nouveau dans la maison, et Thomas était avec eux. Jésus vient, alors que les portes étaient verrouillées, et il était là au milieu d’eux. Il dit: « La paix soit avec vous ! » Puis il dit à Thomas: « Avance ton doigt ici, et vois mes mains; avance ta main, et mets-la dans mon côté : cesse d’être incrédule, sois croyant. » Alors Thomas lui dit : « Mon Seigneur et mon Dieu!» Jésus lui dit : « Parce que tu m’as vu, tu crois. Heureux ceux qui croient sans avoir vu. » Il y a encore beaucoup d’autres signes que Jésus a faits en présence des disciples et qui ne sont pas écrits dans ce livre. Mais ceux-là ont été écrits pour que vous croyiez que Jésus est le Christ, le Fils de Dieu, et pour qu’en croyant, vous ayez la vie en son nom.
Prière sur les offrandes
Accueille avec bonté, Seigneur, les offrandes de tes fidèles (et de tous ceux qui viennent de renaître dans le Christ); Renouvelés par la foi et le baptême, qu´ils parviennent au bonheur sans fin. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion ; Jn 20, 27
Jésus dit à Thomas : « Avance ta main, touche du doigt l´endroit des clous; ne sois pas incrédule, sois croyant », alléluia.
Prière après la communion
Nous t´en prions, Dieu tout-puissant: Que le mystère pascal accueilli dans cette communion ne cesse jamais d´agir en nos cœurs. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Alors que les portes du lieu où se trouvaient les disciples étaient verrouillées par crainte des Juifs, Jésus vint, et il était là au milieu d’eux. Il leur dit: « La paix soit avec vous! De même que le Père m’a envoyé, moi aussi, je vous envoie. » Jésus a pris le temps de donner du courage à ses disciples après sa resurrection. Dans toutes ses apparitions, il les rassure d’abord en leur donnant la paix. Non pas la paix des hommes sans Dieu, mais la paix qui vient de Dieu et qui fait surmonter la peur. Quand les portes de notre coeur sont vérouillées, lorsque la tristesse nous accable, lorsque rien ne marche dans notre vie, ne soyons attentifs à la voix du Christ qui appelle à notre porte.
by L'équipe de publication | Apr 26, 2025 | Evangelium
2nd Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday
Saint Asicus (c.490)
Psalter: Week II
White
He was born in France in 1803. He had been a priest for three years when he was accepted by the Marists and sent to evangelize the Pacific. There he was killed, becoming the first martyr of the South Seas.
Entrance Antiphon : 1 Pt 2: 2
Like newborn infants, you must long for the pure, spiritual milk, that in him you may grow to salvation, alleluia.
Collect
God of everlasting mercy, who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast, kindle the faith of the people you have made your own, increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed, that all may grasp and rightly understand in what font they have been washed, by whose Spirit they have been reborn, by whose Blood they have been redeemed. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : Acts 5:12-16
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.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 117(118):2-4,22-27
R/ Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
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.’
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.
O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant 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.
Second reading : Apocalypse 1:9-13, 17-19
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.’ I turned round to see who had spoken to me, and when I turned I saw seven golden lamp-stands 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.’
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 20:29
Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus said: ‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’ Alleluia!
Gospel : John 20:19-31
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.
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the oblations of your people, that, renewed by confession of your name and by Baptism, they may attain unending happiness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Cf. Jn 20: 27
Bring your hand and feel the place of the nails, and do not be unbelieving but believing, alleluia.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that our reception of this paschal Sacrament may have a continuing effect in our minds and hearts. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Today, we celebrate the richness, meaning, participation, and application of God’s mercy, finding its fulfilment and its apex in the community. The readings highlight the central place of community, as portrayed in today’s Gospel, where Jesus commissions the apostles to forgive sins. The Gospel allows us to grasp the complete sense and value of this gift of God’s Mercy within the community. In John’s Gospel, we experience the same feelings as the Apostles when they encounter the resurrected Christ. In a captivating gesture, Jesus entrusts the scared and startled disciples with the task of serving as messengers of Divine Mercy: “He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’ “(Jn 20:22-23). After revealing to Thomas the wounds on his side, Jesus bestows upon them the gift of “forgiving sins,” a grace flowing from the wounds on His hands and feet. From that point on, all of humanity is showered with kindness.
by L'équipe de publication | Apr 25, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
Saint cletus
BVM
Psautier: II
Blanc
Cité dans la première prière eucharistique, il est considéré comme le successeur de saint Lin, second après Pierre. On ignore encore tous des actes de sa vie historique.
Antienne D’ouverture : Ps 104, 43
Le Seigneur a fait sortir son peuple en grande liesse, et ses élus poussaient des cris de joie, alléluia.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui donnes sans cesse ta grâce pour augmenter le nombre de tes enfants, veille sur ceux que tu viens d’agréger à ton peuple; ils ont pris naissance dans le baptême : qu’ils soient revêtus de l’immortalité du Christ, pour se présenter à la table de ses noces. Lui qui.
1ère lecture : Act 4, 13-21
En ces jours-là, les chefs du peuple, les Anciens et les scribes constataient l’assurance de Pierre et de Jean et, se rendant compte que c’était des hommes sans culture et de simples particuliers, ils étaient surpris ; d’autre part, ils reconnaissaient en eux ceux qui étaient avec Jésus. Mais comme ils voyaient, debout avec eux, l’homme qui avait été guéri, ils ne trouvaient rien à redire. Après leur avoir ordonné de quitter la salle du Conseil suprême, ils se mirent à discuter entre eux. Ils disaient : « Qu’allons-nous faire de ces gens-là ? Il est notoire, en effet, qu’ils ont opéré un miracle; cela fut manifeste pour tous les habitants de Jérusalem, et nous ne pouvons pas le nier. Mais pour en limiter la diffusion dans le peuple, nous allons les menacer afin qu’ils ne parlent plus à personne en ce nom-là. » Ayant rappelé Pierre et Jean, ils leur interdirent formellement de parler ou d’enseigner au nom de Jésus. Ceux-ci leur répliquèrent : « Est-il juste devant Dieu de vous écouter, plutôt que d’écouter Dieu N? À vous de juger. Quant à nous, il nous est impossible de nous taire sur ce que nous avons vu et entendu. » Après de nouvelles menaces, ils les relâchèrent, faute d’avoir trouvé le moyen de les punir : c’était à cause du peuple, car tout le monde rendait gloire à Dieu pour ce qui était arrivé.
Psaume : 117 (118), 1.14-15ab, 16
R/ Seigneur, je te rends grâce, car tu m’as exaucé. Ou : Alléluia!
Rendez grâce au Seigneur : Il est bon ! Éternel est son amour ! Ma force et mon chant, c’est le Seigneur ; il est pour moi le salut. Clameurs de joie et de victoire sous les tentes des justes
« Le bras du Seigneur se lève, le bras du Seigneur est fort ! » Non, je ne mourrai pas, je vivrai pour annoncer les actions du Seigneur: il m’a frappé, le Seigneur, il m’a frappé, mais sans me livrer à la mort.
Ouvrez-moi les portes de justice: j’entrerai, je rendrai grâce au Seigneur. « C’est ici la porte du Seigneur : qu’ils entrent, les justes!» Je te rends grâce car tu m’as exaucé : tu es pour moi le salut.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Voici le jour que fit le Seigneur, qu’il soit pour nous jour de fête et de joie ! Alléluia. (Ps 117, 24)
Évangile : Marc 16, 9-15
Ressuscité le matin, le premier jour de la semaine, Jésus apparut d’abord à Marie Madeleine, de laquelle il avait expulsé sept démons. Celle-ci partit annoncer la nouvelle à ceux qui, ayant vécu avec lui, s’affligeaient et pleuraient. Quand ils entendirent que Jésus était vivant et qu’elle l’avait vu, ils refusèrent de croire. Après cela, il se manifesta sous un autre aspect à deux d’entre eux qui étaient en chemin pour aller à la campagne. Ceux-ci revinrent l’annoncer aux autres, qui ne les crurent pas non plus. Enfin, il se manifesta aux Onze eux-mêmes pendant qu’ils étaient à table : il leur reprocha leur manque de foi et la dureté de leurs cœurs parce qu’ils n’avaient pas cru ceux qui l’avaient contemplé ressuscité. Puis il leur dit : « Allez dans le monde entier. Proclamez l’Évangile : à toute la création. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Donne-nous, Seigneur, de te rendre grâce toujours par ces mystères de Pâques ; ils continuent en nous ton œuvre de rédemption, qu’ils nous soient une source intarissable de joie. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ga 3, 27
Vous tous qui avez été baptisés dans le Christ, vous avez revêtu le Christ. Alléluia.
Prière après la communion
Regarde avec bonté, Seigneur, le peuple que tu as rénové par tes sacrements ; accorde-nous de parvenir à la résurrection bienheureuse, toi qui nous as destinés à connaître ta gloire. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Ceux qui, ayant vécu avec lui, s’affligeaient et pleuraient ; ils refusèrent de croire que le Christ était vivant. La croyance en la Résurrection n’est pas une œuvre humaine, mais une grâce divine. C’est pourquoi, malgré leur peu de foi et leur dureté de cœur, le Christ fait encore confiance à ses disciples. C’est eux qu’il envoie proclamer l’Evangile à toute la création. Sais-tu que, malgré ton peu de foi et tes péchés, le Christ te fait confiance et t’envoie en mission pour annoncer l’Evangile de la vie ?
by L'équipe de publication | Apr 25, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Peter Chanel (1803 – 1841)
Psalter: Week II
White
He was born in France in 1803. He had been a priest for three years when he was accepted by the Marists and sent to evangelize the Pacific. There he was killed, becoming the first martyr of the South Seas.
Entrance Antiphon : Ps 104: 43
The Lord led his people in hope, while the sea engulfed their foes, alleluia.
Collect
O God, who by the abundance of your grace, give increase to the peoples who believe in you, look with favour on those you have chosen and clothe with blessed immortality those reborn through the Sacrament of Baptism. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : Acts 4:13-21
The rulers, elders and scribes were astonished at the assurance shown by Peter and John, considering they were uneducated laymen; and they recognised them as associates of Jesus; but when they saw the man who had been cured standing by their side, they could find no answer. So they ordered them to stand outside while the Sanhedrin had a private discussion. ‘What are we going to do with these men?’ they asked. ‘It is obvious to everybody in Jerusalem that a miracle has been worked through them in public, and we cannot deny it. But to stop the whole thing spreading any further among the people, let us caution them never to speak to anyone in this name again.’ So they called them in and gave them a warning on no account to make statements or to teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John retorted, ‘You must judge whether in God’s eyes it is right to listen to you and not to God. We cannot promise to stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard.’ The court repeated the warnings and then released them; they could not think of any way to punish them, since all the people were giving glory to God for what had happened.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 117:1,14-21
R/ I will thank you, Lord, for you have given answer.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. The Lord is my strength and my song; he was my saviour. There are shouts of joy and victory in the tents of the just.
The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds. I was punished, I was punished by the Lord, but not doomed to die.
Open to me the gates of holiness: I will enter and give thanks. This is the Lord’s own gate where the just may enter. I will thank you for you have answered and you are my saviour.
Gospel Acclamation : Ps117:24
Alleluia, alleluia! This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad. Alleluia!
Gospel : Mark 16:9-15
Having risen in the morning on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils. She then went to those who had been his companions, and who were mourning and in tears, and told them. But they did not believe her when they heard her say that he was alive and that she had seen him. After this, he showed himself under another form to two of them as they were on their way into the country. These went back and told the others, who did not believe them either. Lastly, he showed himself to the Eleven themselves while they were at table. He reproached them for their incredulity and obstinacy, because they had refused to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. And he said to them, ‘Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.’
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant, we pray, O Lord, that we may always find delight in these paschal mysteries, so that the renewal constantly at work within us may be the cause of our unending joy. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Gal 3: 27
All of you who have been baptized in Christ have put on Christ, alleluia.
Prayer after Communion
Look with kindness upon your people, O Lord, and grant, we pray, that those you were pleased to renew by eternal mysteries may attain in their flesh the incorruptible glory of the resurrection. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Mark provides a summary of Jesus’
post-resurrection appearances,
highlighting a notable th me: the initial disbelief of the Eleven in response to reports from Mary Magdalene and the disciples from Emmaus. Subsequently, when Jesus appears to them, he rebukes their unbelief and hardness of heart. In a world filled with darkness, despair, and uncertainty, the Resurrection message brings hope, joy, and new life. It is a message that resonates with the deepest longings of the human heart, promising redemption and salvation to all who believe. The essence of Easter is encapsulated in Jesus’ final command in Saint Mark’s Gospel: “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.” This command goes beyond mere rememberance of the tomb; it beckons us to actively share the life-giving news of the Resurrection! In this Easter season, let us acknowledge our moments of doubt, recognising that Christ walks with us. In the same light, let us embrace the role of witnesses, carrying the light of the Resurrection into the world. By sharing our joy and hope, we become agents of belief in the Good News for those around us.
by L'équipe de publication | Apr 24, 2025 | Evangelium
SAINT MARK the Evangelist
Psalter: Week I
White
He was a cousin of Barnabas and accompanied the apostle Paul on his first missionary journey; later he followed him to Rome. He is credited with founding the Church in Alexandria.
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 77: 53
The Lord led his people in hope, while the sea engulfed their foes, alleluia.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who gave us the Paschal Mystery in the covenant you established for reconciling the human race, so dispose our minds, we pray, that what we celebrate by professing the faith, we may express in deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : Acts 4:1-12
While Peter and John were talking to the people the priests came up to them, accompanied by the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees. They were extremely annoyed at their teaching the people the doctrine of the resurrection from the dead by proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus. They arrested them, but as it was already late, they held them till the next day. But many of those who had listened to their message became believers, the total number of whom had now risen to something like five thousand. The next day the rulers, elders and Scribes had a meeting in Jerusalem with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, Jonathan, Alexander and all the members of the high-priestly families. They made the prisoners stand in the middle and began to interrogate them, ‘By what power, and by whose name have you men done this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, addressed them, ‘Rulers of the people, and elders! If you are questioning us today about an act of kindness to a cripple, and asking us how he was healed, then I am glad to tell you all, and would indeed be glad to tell the whole people of Israel, that it was by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the one you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this name and by no other that this man is able to stand up perfectly healthy, here in your presence, today. This is the stone rejected by you the builders, but which has proved to be the keystone. For of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.’
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 117:1-2,4,22-27
R/ The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’ Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love has no end.’
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.
O Lord, grant us salvation; O Lord, grant 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.
Gospel Acclamation : Ps117:24
Alleluia, alleluia! This day was made by the Lord: we rejoice and are glad. Alleluia!
Gospel : John 21:1-14
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, ‘I’m going fishing.’ They replied, ‘We’ll come with you.’ They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night. It was light by now and there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, ‘Have you caught anything, friends?’ And when they answered, ‘No’, he said, ‘Throw the net out to starboard and you’ll find something.’ So they dropped the net, and there were so many fish that they could not haul it in. The disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ At these words ‘It is the Lord’, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net and the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land. As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’; they knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
Prayer over the Offerings
Perfect within us, O Lord, we pray, the solemn exchange brought about by these paschal offerings, that we may be drawn from earthly desires to a longing for the things of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Cf. Jn 21: 12-13
Jesus said to his disciples: Come and eat. And he took bread and gave it to them, alleluia.
Prayer after Communion
Keep safe, O Lord, we pray, those whom you have saved by your kindness that, redeemed by the Passion of your Son, they may rejoice in his Resurrection. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
The beautiful encounter between Jesus and His disciples reaches its culmination in a shared breakfast. After a night of unsuccessful fishing, they follow Jesus’ instruction to cast their into the deep, the result is a miraculous catch of fish. Yet, what is more captivating in this scene is that as they come ashore, they find Jesus preparing a fire and cooking fish to share. This shared breakfast transcends the fact of sharing a meal, it symbolises communion and fellowship with the risen Christ. In partaking of this meal, the disciples move into a deeper relationship with their Lord, one marked by intimacy, hospitality, and love. While not explicitly mentioned in the Gospel today, we foresee that the invitation, “Come and have breakfast,” will soon transform into “Feed my sheep.” Jesus is preparing to entrust Peter with a mission. His breakfast invitation is not merely an offer of food; it serves as a summons to relationship, mission, and purpose. Much like the disciples, we too are called to leave behind our empty nets and step into a life filled with the abundance of Christ’s presence.
