APRIL 28 2026
Leader: O Lord, open my lips. All: And my mouth shall declare your praise.
The Lord is risen, alleluia.
Antiphon: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Psalm 102:12-22
You, O Lord, will endure for ever
and your name from age to age.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion:
for this is the time to have mercy;
yes, the time appointed has come
for your servants love her very stones,
are moved with pity even for her dust.
The nations shall fear the name of the Lord
and all the earth’s kings your glory,
when the Lord shall build up Zion again
and appear in all his glory.
Then he will turn to the prayers of the helpless;
he will not despise their prayers.
Let this be written for ages to come
that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord;
for the Lord leaned down from his sanctuary on high.
He looked down from heaven to the earth
that he might hear the groans of the prisoners
and free those condemned to die.
The sons of your servants shall dwell untroubled
and their race shall endure before you
that the name of the Lord may be proclaimed in Zion
and his praise in the heart of Jerusalem,
when peoples and kingdoms are gathered together
to pay their homage to the Lord.
Antiphon: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reading: From a sermon by St. Peter Chrysologus
I appeal to you by the mercy of God. This appeal is made by Paul, or rather, it is made by God through Paul, because of God’s desire to be loved rather than feared, to be a father rather than a Lord. God appeals to us in his mercy to avoid having to punish us in his severity.
Listen to the Lord’s appeal: In me, I want you to see your own body, your members, your heart, your bones, your blood. You may fear what is divine, but why not love what is human? You may run away from me as the Lord, but why not run to me as your father? Perhaps you are filled with shame for causing my bitter passion. Do not be afraid. This cross inflicts a mortal injury, not on me, but on death. These nails no longer pain me, but only deepen your love for me. I do not cry out because of these wounds, but through them I draw you into my heart. My body was stretched on the cross as a symbol, not of how much I suffered, but of my all-embracing love. I count it no loss to shed my blood: it is the price I have paid for your ransom. Come, then, return to me and learn to know me as your father, who repays good for evil, love for injury, and boundless charity for piercing wounds.
Pray either the Canticle of Zechariah or the Canticle of Mary. You can find them here.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Zechariah: The works that I do in the name of my Father speak on my behalf, alleluia.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Mary: I know my sheep and they follow me; I give them eternal life, alleluia.
Intercessions
May we always live in sincerity and truth.
Source of all life, raise us to life!
Fill us with concern for the needs of others.
Source of all life, raise us to life!
May we walk in your ways all the days of our lives.
Source of all life, raise us to life!
Dear Jesus,
May the celebration of your Resurrection fill us with joy and bring us closer to you. We ask the Father for this in your name in union with the Holy Spirit. Amen.
