
It is the Lord - 10-04-2026
Friday of Easter week
First Reading
Acts 4,1-12.
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 them 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 Nazarean
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."
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 118(117),1-2.4.22-24.25-27a.
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 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.
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.
Gospel
John 21,1-14.
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.
YOUCAT Reflection
110 Why is Jesus Christ the Lord of the whole world?
Jesus Christ is Lord of the world and Lord of history because everything was made for his sake. All men were redeemed by him and will be judged by him.
He is over us, and the only One to whom we bend the knee in worship; he is with us as Head of his Church, in which the kingdom of God begins even now; he is ahead of us as Lord of history, in whom the powers of darkness are definitively overcome and the destinies of the world are brought to perfection according to God's plan; he comes to meet us in glory, on a day we do not know, to renew and perfect the world. We can experience his nearness especially in God's Word, in the reception of the sacraments, in caring for the poor, and wherever "two or three are gathered in my name" (see Mt 18,20).
