APRIL 15 2026

Leader: O Lord, open my lips. All: And my mouth shall declare your praise.
The Lord is risen, alleluia!

Antiphon: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Canticle Colossians 1:12-20

Let us give thanks to the Father
for having made you worthy
to share the lot of the saints
in light.

He rescued us
from the power of darkness
and brought us
into the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Through him we have redemption,
the forgiveness of our sins.

He is the image of the invisible God,
the first-born of all creatures.
In him everything in heaven and on earth was created,
things visible and invisible.

All were created through him;
all were created for him.
He is before all else that is.
In him everything continues in being.

It is he who is head of the body, the church!
he who is the beginning,
the first-born of the dead,
so that primacy may be his in everything.

It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in him
and, by means of him, to reconcile everything in his person,
both on earth and in the heavens,
making peace through the blood of his cross.

Antiphon: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reading: From a sermon by St. Leo the Great

All that the Son of God did and taught for the world's reconciliation is not for us simply a matter of past history. Here and now we experience his power at work among us. Born of a virgin mother by the action of the Holy Spirit, Christ keeps his Church spotless and makes her fruitful by the inspiration of the same Spirit. In baptismal regeneration she brings forth children for God beyond all numbering. These are the sons of whom it is written: They are born not of blood, nor of the desire of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Pray either the Canticle of Zechariah or the Canticle of Mary. You can find them here.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Zechariah:     God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son to save all who have faith in him, and to give them eternal life, alleluia.
Antiphon for the Canticle of Mary:      The man of God welcomes the light that searches his deeds and finds them true, alleluia.

Intercessions

Help us to choose the deeds of light.
Come, Lord Jesus!
May we live in the truth.
Come, Lord Jesus!
May we always believe in you.
Come, Lord Jesus!

Heavenly Father,
You sent your Son into the world to save us. May we always walk in his light and never allow the deeds of darkness to have any part in us. We ask this through Jesus, your Son, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.