Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord - Solemnity

Acts of the Apostles

10,34a.37-43.

Peter proceeded to speak and said, "You know
what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."

Psalms

118(117),1-2.16ab-17.22-23.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
"His mercy endures forever."
"The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
the right hand of the LORD has struck with power."
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.

Letter to the Colossians

3,1-4.

Brothers and sisters: If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John

20,1-9.

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

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St. Benjamin(Deacon and Martyr (c. 424))

SAINT BENJAMIN Deacon, Martyr (+ c. 424) Isdegerdes, the son of Sapor III, put a stop to the persecution of Christians in Persia, which started with Sapor II. The Church enjoyed 12 years of peace: until 420 when Abdas, a Christian bishop, burned down the Pyræum, or Temple of Fire. King Isdegerdes demolished all the Christian churches, killed Abdas and raised a forty-year persecution against the Church. Isdegerdes passed away in 421, but his son and successor, Varanes, carried on the persecution. Among the innocents killed was St. Benjamin, a deacon. Civil authorities had him beaten and imprisoned. After a year in the dungeon, an ambassador from the emperor obtained his release on condition that he would not speak to any of the courtiers about religion. However, upon his release, Benjamin declared that he would take every opportunity to proclaim the Gospel. The king was informed that Dcn. Benjamin still preached the Faith and ordered the latter's arrest. After his arrest, Dcn. Benjamin was regularly tortured and beaten. He passed away from torture in 424. He received the beatific vision and sees God face to face forever.

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