ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 65: 1-2
Cry out with joy to God, all the
earth;
O sing to the glory of his name.
O render him glorious praise,
alleluia.

COLLECT
May your people exult for ever,
O God, in renewed youthfulness of
spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the
restored glory of our adoption,
we may look forward in confident
hope to the rejoicing of the day of
resurrection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

Priest: In the name of the Father and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.

The Lord be with you
And with your spirit.

The absolution by the priest follows:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.

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19th April 2026

Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of
good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great
glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten
Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of
the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

GLORIA

R: God bids us welcome to His house
and He invites us to His feast
day of great joy and happiness - Alleluia
Great was my joy when I was told
Let us go forth to God’s abode
That’s in the City of the Lord. R.
Let us approach unto the Feast
To, which the Lord invites us all
And eat the Bread which gives us life.R.
Christ is the Sun which brings the dawn
He is the Light of all the world
Setting us free from death and sin. R.
Christ is alive with joy we sing
We celebrate the Risen Lord
Praising the glory of his name. R.

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

Third Sunday of Easter

FIRST READING 2:14.22-33
A reading from the Acts of the
Apostles

On the day of Pentecost Peter stood
up with the Eleven and addressed the
crowd in a loud voice:
“Men of Israel, listen to what I am
going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was
a man commended to you by God by
the miracles and portents and signs
that God worked through him when he
was among you as you all know. This
man, who was put into your power by
the deliberate intention and fore-
knowledge of God, you took and had
crucified by men outside the Law. You
killed him, but God raised him to life,
freeing him from the pangs of Hades;
for it was impossible for him to be
held in its power since, as David says
of him:

‘I saw the Lord before me always,
for with him at my right hand
nothing can shake me.
So my heart was glad and my
tongue cried out with joy;
my body, too, will rest in the hope
that you will not abandon my soul to
Hades nor allow your holy one to
experience corruption.
You have made known the way of
life to me, you will fill me with
gladness through your presence.’
“Brothers, no one can deny that the

patriarch David himself is dead and
buried: his tomb is still with us. But
since he was a prophet, and knew
that God had sworn him an oath to
make one of his descendants
succeed him on the throne, what he
foresaw and spoke about was the
resurrection of the Christ: he is the
one who was not abandoned to
Hades, and whose body did not
experience corruption. God raised this
man Jesus to life, and all of us are
witnesses to that. Now raised to the
heights by God’s right hand, he has
received from the Father the Holy
Spirit, who was promised, and what
you see and hear is the outpouring of
that Spirit.”
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you forgive us our sins:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you feed us with your
body and blood: Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

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PROFESSION OF FAITH

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial
with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
(All bow during the next three lines)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under
Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the
Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord,
the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and
the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is
adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and
apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look
forward to the resurrection of the
dead and the life of the world to
come.
Amen.

ACCLAMATION Cf.Lk24:32
Alleluia, alleluia!

Lord Jesus, explain the
scriptures to us.

Make our hearts burn within us
as you talk to us.

Alleluia!

SECOND READING 1:17-21
A reading from the first letter of
St Peter

If you are acknowledging as your
Father one who has no favourites and
judges everyone according to what he
has done, you must be scrupulously
careful as long as you are living away
from your home. Remember, the ran-
som that was paid to free you from the
useless way of life your ancestors
handed down was not paid in anything
corruptible, neither in silver nor gold,
but in the precious blood of a lamb
without spot or stain, namely Christ;
who, though known since before the
world was made, has been revealed
only in our time, the end of the ages,
for your sake. Through him you now
have faith in God, who raised him
from the dead and gave him glory for
that very reason – so that you would
have faith and hope in God.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps15:1-2.5.7-11.R.v.11
R. Show us, Lord, the path of life.
or Alleluia!
1. Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you.
I say to the Lord: “You are my God.
O Lord, it is you who are my portion
and cup;
it is you yourself who are my prize.” R.

2. I will bless the Lord who gives me
counsel,
who even at night directs my heart.
I keep the Lord ever in my sight:
since he is at my right hand, I shall
stand firm. R.

3. And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad;
even my body shall rest in safety.
For you will not leave my soul
among the dead,
nor let your beloved know decay. R.

4. You will show me the path of life,
the fullness of joy in your presence,
at your right hand happiness for ever. R.

GOSPEL 24:13-35
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Two of the disciples of Jesus were on
their way to a village called Emmaus,
seven miles from Jerusalem, and they
were talking together about all that
had happened. Now as they talked
this over, Jesus himself came up and
walked by their side; but something
prevented them from recognising him.
He said to them, “What matters are
you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped short, their faces
downcast.
Then one of them called Cleopas,
answered him “You must be the only
person staying in Jerusalem who
does not know the things that have
been happening there these few
days.” “What things?” he asked. “All
about Jesus of Nazareth” they
answered “who proved he was a
great prophet by the things he said
and did in the sight of God and of the
whole people; and how our chief
priests and our leaders handed him
over to be sentenced to death, and
had him crucified. Our own hope had
been that he would be the one to set
Israel free. And this is not all: two
whole days have gone by since it all
happened; and some women from our
group have astounded us: they went
to the tomb in the early morning, and
when they did not find the body, they
came back to tell us they had seen a
vision of angels who declared he was
alive. Some of our friends went to the
tomb and found everything exactly as
the women had reported, but of him
they saw nothing.”
Then he said to them, “You foolish
men! So slow to believe the ful l
message of the prophets! Was it not
ordained that the Christ should suffer
and so enter into his glory?” Then,
starting with Moses and going through
all the prophets, he explained to them
the passages throughout the
scriptures that were about himself.
When they drew near to the village
to which they were going, he made as
if to go on; but they pressed him to
stay with them. “It is nearly evening”
they said “and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them. Now
while he was with them at table, he
took the bread and said the blessing;
then he broke it and handed it to

them. And their eyes were opened
and they recognised him; but he had
vanished from their sight. Then they
said to each other, “Did not our hearts
burn within us as he talked to us on
the road and explained the scriptures
to us?”
They set out that instant and
returned to Jerusalem. There they
found the Eleven assembled together
with their companions, who said to
them, “Yes, it is true. The Lord has
risen and has appeared to Simon.
Then they told their story of what had
happened on the road and how they
had recognised him at the breaking of
bread.

The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of
your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Receive, O Lord, we pray,
these offerings of your exultant
Church,
and, as you have given her cause for
such great gladness,
grant also that the gifts we bring
may bear fruit in perpetual happiness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Facing the people the priest says:

Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at
your hands
for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good, and the good of all
his holy Church.

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The mystery of faith

We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.
Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:
Therefore, as we celebrate the
memorial of his Death and
Resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
the Bread of life and the Chalice of
salvation, giving thanks that you have
held us worthy to be in your presence
and minister to you.
Humbly we pray that, partaking of the
Body and Blood of Christ,
we may be gathered into one by the
Holy Spirit.
Remember, Lord, your Church,
spread throughout the world,
and bring her to the fullness of charity,
together with Leo, our Pope,
N. our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s),
and all the clergy.
Remember also our brothers and
sisters who have fallen asleep in the
hope of the resurrection, and all who
have died in your mercy:
welcome them into the light of your
face.
Have mercy on us all, we pray,
that with the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of God, with blessed Joseph,
her Spouse, with the blessed
Apostles, and all the Saints who have
pleased you throughout the ages, we
may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,
and may praise and glorify you
through your Son, Jesus Christ.

The Priest takes the chalice and the paten
with the host and, elevating both, he says:
Through him, and with him, and in
him, O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honour is yours,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,
the fount of all holiness.
The Priest joins his hands and, holding them
extended over the offerings, says:
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we
pray,
by sending down your Spirit upon
them like the dewfall,
so that they may become for us
the Body X and Blood of our Lord,
Jesus Christ.

At the time he was betrayed
and entered willingly into his Passion,
he took bread and, giving thanks,
broke it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT
OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
In a similar way, when supper was
ended, he took the chalice
and, once more giving thanks,
he gave it to his disciples, saying:

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Raising the host, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer
you: fruit of the earth and work of
human hands,
it will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God for ever.
The priest pours wine and a little water
into the chalice, saying quietly:
By the mystery of this water and wine
may we come to share in the divinity
of Christ,
who humbled himself to share in our
humanity.
Raising the chalice, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the wine we offer
you: fruit of the vine and work of
human hands,
it will become our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God for ever.
Bowing the priest says quietly:
With humble spirit and contrite heart
may we be accepted by you, O Lord,
and may our sacrifice in your sight this
day be pleasing to you, O Lord.
Then the priest washes his hands, saying
quietly:
Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity;
and cleanse me from my sin.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE II of Easter
The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right and just

It is truly right and just, our duty and
our salvation, at all times to acclaim
you, O Lord, but in this time above all
to laud you yet more gloriously,
when Christ our Passover has been
sacrificed.
Through him the children of light rise
to eternal life and the halls of the
heavenly Kingdom are thrown open to
the faithful; for his Death is our
ransom from death, and in his rising
the life of all has risen.
Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,
every land, every people exults in
your praise and even the heavenly
Powers, with the angelic hosts,
sing together the unending hymn of
your glory, as they acclaim:

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TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND
DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY
BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND
ETERNAL COVENANT,
WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Lk 24: 35
The disciples recognised the
Lord Jesus in the breaking of the
bread, alleluia.

The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
And with your Spirit.

The priest may add these or similar words.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

The priest places a small piece of the host in
the chalice saying quietly:
May this mingling of the body and
blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.
Meanwhile the people sing or say:
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the
sins of the world grant us peace.

May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.

The Priest reverently consumes the Body of
Christ.
Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:
May the Blood of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.

The Priest raises a host slightly and shows it
to each of the communicants, saying:
The Body of Christ.
Amen.

Raising the host the priest says:
Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of
the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper
of the Lamb.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Look with kindness upon your people,
O Lord, and grant, we pray,
that those you were pleased to renew
by eternal mysteries may attain in
their flesh the incorruptible glory of the
resurrection. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Come Christians all, rejoice and sing,
With thankful hearts your
praises bring.
Risen is now our Lord and King.
Alleluia.

On Sunday morn, at break of day,
the sad disciples made their way,
Seeking the place where Jesus lay.

Now let us thank the Lord most high,
And with our praises fill the sky,
For Christ is risen, no more to die.

Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your Apostles:
Peace I leave you, my peace I give
you, look not on our sins,
but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and
unity in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
Amen.

The priest says quietly:
May the receiving of your Body and
Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,
not bring me to judgement and
condemnation,
but through your loving mercy
be for me protection in mind and body,
and a healing remedy.

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Solemn Blessing No6 Easter Time
May God, who by the Resurrection of
his only Begotten son was pleased to
confer on you the gift of redemption
and of adoption, give you gladness by
his blessing.
Amen.

May he, by whose redeeming work
you have received the gift of
everlasting freedom, make you heirs
to an eternal inheritance.
Amen.

And may you, who have already risen
with Christ in Baptism through faith,
by living in a right manner on this
earth, be united with him in the
homeland of heaven.
Amen.

And may the blessing of almighty
God, the Father, and the Son,X and
the Holy Spirit, come down on you
and remain with you for ever.
Amen.

Go and announce the Gospel of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

Stay with us Lord we pray you,
Alleluia.

You are the bread come down from
heaven;
You are the food of life eternal.

You are the light which illuminates
the world.
Brightening our way, dispelling our
darkness.

You are the Christ, the divine Son
of God,
You are the pledge of life eternal.

Lamb of God, your precious blood
was our ransom.
May we understand you had to suffer
and so enter into your glory.
Stay with us, Lord.
It is nearly evening and the day is
almost over.
May our hearts burn within us when
you speak to us in the Scriptures,
may we recognise you in the breaking
of bread.

And together with the people he says once:
Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.

At the Saviour’s command
and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .
Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin
and safe from all distress, as we await
the blessed hope and the coming of our
Saviour, Jesus Christ.
For the kingdom, the power and
the glory are yours, now and for ever.

Communion Rite