Easter Day

Entrance Antiphon: I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. You have laid your hand upon me, alleluia. Too wonderful for me, this knowledge, alleluia, alleluia. (Cf. Ps 139 (138): 18, 5-6)
Or:

Entrance Antiphon: The Lord is truly risen, alleluia. To him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia. (Lk 24: 34; cf. Rev 1: 6)

Collect: O God, who on this day,
through your Only Begotten Son,
have conquered death
and unlocked for us the path to eternity,
grant, we pray, that we who keep
the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection
may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit,
rise up in the light of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4

Or:

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes

Gospel: John 20:1-9

Prayer over the offerings: Exultant with paschal gladness, O Lord,
we offer the sacrifice
by which your Church
is wondrously reborn and nourished.
Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon: Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia. (1 Cor 5: 7-8)

Prayer after Communion: We pray, almighty God,
that we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
in whose Body and Blood we have communion.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Suggested Music:

Processional Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today

Entrance Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Responsorial Psalm: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes

Alleluia: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Offertory Hymn: Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise

Communion Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

A Eucharistic Hymn is appropriate after communion.

The Mass is Ended/Thanks Be to God

Recessional Hymn: The Strife is O’er

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