April 7, 2015 - Tuesday, Octave of Easter

First ReadingandActs 2:36-41 Let Israel then know for sure that God has made Lord and Christ this Jesus whom you crucified.

When they heard this, they were deeply troubled. And they asked Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brothers?

Peter
answeredand Each of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven. Then you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise of God was made to you and your
children, and to all those from afar whom our God may call.

With
many other words Peter gave the message and appealed to them saying,
Save yourselves from this crooked generation. So those who accepted
his word were baptized some three thousand persons were added to their
number that day.
Responsorial PsalmandPs 33and4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22

R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
Upright is the word of the Lord,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right
of the kindness ofthe Lord the earth is full.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.

See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his kindness,
To deliver them from death
and preserve them in spite of famine.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.
Our soul waits for the Lord,
who is our help and our shield.
May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
R./ The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. or Alleluia.

Gospel Readingand Jn 20, 11-18

Mary
stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she bent down to look
inside she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had
been, one at the head, and the other at the feet. They said, Woman, why
are you weeping? She answered, Because they have taken my Lord and I
don't know where they have put him.

As she
said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did
not recognize him. Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Who
are you looking for? She thought it was the gardener and answered him,
Lord, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I
will go and remove him.

Jesus
said to her, Mary. She turned and said to him, Rabboni -which means,
Master. Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me you see I have not yet
ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to themand I am
ascending to my Father, who is your Father, to my God, who is your God.

So Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, I have seen the Lord, and this is what he said to me.