Readings

First Reading
Acts 4:1-12

There is no salvation through anyone else.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

After the crippled man had been cured,
   while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,
   the priests, the captain of the temple guard,
   and the Sadducees confronted them,
   disturbed that they were teaching the people
   and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
They laid hands on Peter and John
   and put them in custody until the next day,
   since it was already evening.
But many of those who heard the word came to believe
   and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

On the next day, their leaders, elders, and scribes
   were assembled in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest,
   Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
   and all who were of the high-priestly class.
They brought them into their presence and questioned them,
   “By what power or by what name have you done this?”
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them,
   “Leaders of the people and elders:
   If we are being examined today
   about a good deed done to a cripple,
   namely, by what means he was saved,
   then all of you and all the people of Israel should know
   that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
   whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;
   in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
   which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
   nor is there any other name under heaven
   given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 118:1-2 and 4, 22-24, 25-27a

R. :

℟. (22) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
   for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
   “His mercy endures forever.”
Let those who fear the LORD say,
   “His mercy endures forever.”

℟. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

The stone which the builders rejected
   has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
   it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
   let us be glad and rejoice in it.

℟. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

O LORD, grant salvation!
   O LORD, grant prosperity!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
   we bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God, and he has given us light.

℟. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Ps 118:24

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

This is the day the LORD has made;
let us be glad and rejoice in it.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Jn 21:1-14

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself in this way.
Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
   Nathanael from Cana in Galilee,
   Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”
They said to him, “We also will come with you.”
So they went out and got into the boat,
   but that night they caught nothing.
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
   but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”
They answered him, “No.”
So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat
   and you will find something.”
So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
   because of the number of fish.
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.”
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
   he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
   and jumped into the sea.
The other disciples came in the boat,
   for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
   dragging the net with the fish.
When they climbed out on shore,
   they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”
So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
   full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.”
And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”
   because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
   and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
   after being raised from the dead.

At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.

The Creed is not said.