Second Thursday of Easter 2016

7 April 2016
Collect:
O God, who chose Saint John Baptist de la Salle to educate young Christians, raise up, we pray, teachers in your Church ready to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the human and Christian formation of the young. 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. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Acts 5:27-33
Psalm 34
John 3:31-36

Second Wednesday of the Easter Season 2016

6 April 2016
Collect:
As we recall year by year the mysteries by which, through the restoration of its original dignity, human nature has received the hope of rising again, we earnestly beseech your mercy, Lord, that what we celebrate in faith we may possess in unending love. 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. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Acts 5:17-26
Psalm 34
John 3:16-21

Second Tuesday of Easter 2016

5 April 2016
Collect:
O God, who raised up the Priest Saint Vincent Ferrer to minister by the preaching of the Gospel, grant, we pray, that, when the Judge comes, whom Saint Vincent proclaimed on earth, we may be among those blessed to behold him reigning in heaven. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Acts 4:32-37
Psalm 93
John 3:7B-15

Second Monday of Easter 2016

4 April 2016
~Today is also the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. A link has been added about this Feast Day.~
Collect:
O God, who willed that your Word should take on the reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, grant, we pray, that we, who confess our Redeemer to be God and man, may merit to become partakers even in his divine nature. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10
Psalm 40
Hebrews 10:4-10
Luke 1:26-38

2nd Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday 2016

~Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. A link has been added about this special feast.~
Collect:
God of everlasting mercy, who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast kindle the faith of the people you have made your own, increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed, that all may grasp and rightly understand in what font they have been washed, by whose Spirit they have been reborn, by whose Blood they have been redeemed. 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. Amen.
Readings of the Day:
Acts 5:12-16
Psalm 118
Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19
John 20:19-31

Saturday of the Octave of Easter 2016

2 April 2016
Collect:
O God, who by the abundance of your grace give increase to the peoples who believe in you, look with favor on those you have chosen and clothe with blessed immortality those reborn through the Sacrament of Baptism. 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. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Acts 4:13-21
Psalm 118
Mark 16:9-15

Friday of the Octave of Easter 2016

Collect:
Almighty ever-living God, who gave us the Paschal Mystery in the covenant you established for reconciling the human race, so dispose our minds, we pray, that what we celebrate by professing the faith we may express in deeds. 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. Amen.

Readings of the Day:
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 118
John 21:1-14