Tuesday in the Octave of Easter

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/acts/2:36 ACTS 2:36-41 On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jewish people, Let the whole house of Israel know for certainthat God has made him both Lord and Christ,this Jesus whom you crucified.”Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart,and they asked Peter and the other Apostles, What are we to do, my brothers?”Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you,in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sinsand you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.For the promise is made to you and to your childrenand to all those far off,whomever the Lord our God will call.”He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”Those who accepted his message were baptized,and about three thousand persons were added that day. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/33and4 PS 33and4-5, 18-19, 20 AND 22 R. (5b)The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. orand R.Alleluia. Upright is the word of the LORD,and all his works are trustworthy.He loves justice and rightof the kindness of the LORD the earth is full. R.The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. orand R.Alleluia. See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those who fear him,upon those who hope for his kindness,To deliver them from deathand preserve them in spite of famine. R.The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. orand R.Alleluia. Our soul waits for the LORD,who is our help and our shield.May your kindness, O LORD, be upon uswho have put our hope in you. R.The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. orand R.Alleluia. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/118:24 PS 118:24 R.Alleluia, alleluia.This is the day the LORD has madelet us be glad and rejoice in it.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/john/20:11 JN 20:11-18 Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping.And as she wept, she bent over into the tomband saw two angels in white sitting there,one at the head and one at the feetwhere the Body of Jesus had been.And they said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?”She said to them, They have taken my Lord,and I don’t know where they laid him.”When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,but did not know it was Jesus.Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?Whom are you looking for?”She thought it was the gardener and said to him, Sir, if you carried him away,tell me where you laid him,and I will take him.”Jesus said to her, Mary!”She turned and said to him in Hebrew, Rabbouni,”which means Teacher.Jesus said to her, Stop holding on to me,for I have not yet ascended to the Father.But go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am going to my Father and your Father,to my God and your God.’”Mary went and announced to the disciples, I have seen the Lord,”and then reported what he had told her.