INTROIT
I Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, alleluia, desire the rational milk without
guile, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. -- (Ps. 80. 2). Rejoice to
God our Helper; sing aloud to the God of Jacob. V.: Glory to the Father
. . . -- As newborn babes . . .
COLLECT
-Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that
we who have celebrated the Paschal Feast, may, by Thy bounty, retain its
fruits in our daily habits and behavior. Through our Lord Jesus Christ .
. .
EPISTLE
I John 5: 4-10 Dearly beloved, Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and
this is the victory, which overcometh the world, our faith. Who is he
that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son
of God? This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by
water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which
testifieth that Christ is the truth. And there are three who give
testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one. And there are three that give testimony on eath: the
Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are one. If we
receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: for this
is the testimony of God, which is greater, because He hath testified of
His Son. He that believeth in the Son of God hath the testimony of God
in himself.
GRADUAL
Matthew 28:7
Alleluia, alleluia. V.: On the
day of My Resurrection, saith the Lord, I will go before you into
Galilee. Alleluia. V.: (John 20. 26). After eight days, the doors
being shut, Jesus stood in the midst of His disciples and said: Peace be
to you. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
John 20: 19-31
At that time, when it was late that same
day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples
were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in
the midst and said to them: Peace be to you. And when He had said this,
He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples therefore were
glad, when they saw the Lord. He said therefore to them again: Peace be
to you. As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you. When He had said
this, He breathed on them, and He said to them: Receive ye the Holy
Ghost: whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose
sins you shall retain, they are retained. Now Thomas, one of the Twelve,
who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other
disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to
them: Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my
finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I
will not believe. And after eight days, again His disciples were within,
and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said: Peace be to you. The He saith to Thomas: Put in thy
finger hither, and see My hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put into
My side; and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas answered and said
to Him: my Lord and my God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen
Me, Thomas, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and
have believed. Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of His
disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written,
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that,
believing, you may have life in His Name.
OFFERTORY
Matthew 28: 2, 5, 6
An Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and said to the women; He
whom you seek is risen, as He said. Alleluia.
SECRET
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Receive, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the gifts of Thine exultant Church:
and to her whom Thou hast given cause for so great joy, grant the fruit
of perpetual happiness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son . . .
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PREFACE (Preface for Easter) -
It it truly meet and just,
right and for our salvation, at all times to praise Thee, O Lord, but
more gloriously especially this day when Christ our Pasch was
sacrificed. For He is the Lamb Who hath taken away the sins of the
world: Who by dying hath destroyed our death: and by rising again hath
restored us to life. And therefore with Angels and Archangels, with
Thrones and Dominations, and with all the hosts of the heavenly army, we
sing the hymn of Thy glory, evermore saying:
SPECIAL FORM OF COMMUNICANTES -
Communicating, and keeping this most holy day of the Resurrection of our
Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh; and also reverencing the
memory, first, of the glorious Mary, ever Virgin, Mother of the same our
God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also .
SPECIAL FORM OF HANC IGITUR - We
therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of
our service, as also of Thy whole family, which we make unto Thee on
behalf of these whom Thou hast vouchsafed to bring to a new birth by
water and the Holy Ghost, granting them remission of all their sins: and
to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from final damnation and
rank us in the number of Thine Elect. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
COMMUNION John 20: 27
Put in thy hand, and know the place of the nails, alleluia; and be not
faithless, but believing, alleluia, alleluia.
POST COMMUNION -
We beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, to make
the most holy Mysteries which Thou hast given us as a defense of our
renewal, a remedy for us now, and in the future. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ . . .
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