
We don't know where they put him. - 05-04-2026
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord - Solemnity
First Reading
Acts 10,34a.37-43.
Peter proceeded to speak and said, "You know
what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee
after the baptism that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good and healing all those
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country
of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify
that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone
who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 118(117),1-2.16ab-17.22-23.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
"His mercy endures forever."
"The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
the right hand of the LORD has struck with power."
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
Second Reading
Col 3,1-4.
Brothers and sisters: If you were raised with Christ,
seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
Gospel
John 20,1-9.
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb
early in the morning, while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple
whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don't know where they put him."
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb
and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths
but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived
at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
YOUCAT Reflection
105 Como chegaram os discípulos à fé na ressurreição de Jesus?
Os discípulos, que antes tinham perdido a esperança, chegaram à fé na ressurreição de Jesus porque, de diferentes formas, O viram após a Sua morte e falaram com Ele. Tiveram, portanto, a experiência de que Ele estava vivo.
Os acontecimentos pascais que tiveram lugar em Jerusalém por volta do ano 30 não são uma história inventada. Impressionados pela morte de Jesus e pela derrota da sua causa comum («Nós esperávamos que fosse Ele quem havia de libertar Israel», Lc 24,21), os discípulos fugiram ou barricaram-se atrás de portas trancadas. Só o encontro com Cristo ressuscitado os libertou do seu entorpecimento e os encheu com o Espírito e com a fé de que Jesus Cristo é o Senhor da vida e da morte.
