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Sunday, March 28, 2027

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Day 77 of the ninety

The liturgical day

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

  • Solemnity
  • The Paschal Triduum
  • Liturgical color: White

The Mass readings

First reading
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Second reading
Colossians 3:1-4
Gospel
John 20:1-9

Read today's Mass readings on the USCCB site

The readings open on the USCCB website. They follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the United States, a different translation from the Douay-Rheims we use on this site. Desert Road Catholic is not affiliated with the USCCB.

First reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Douay-Rheims: Acts 10:34, 37-43

34And Peter opening his mouth, said: In very deed I perceive, that God is not a respecter of persons.

37You know the word which hath been published through all Judea: for it began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached, 38Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree. 40Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41Not to all the people, but to witnesses preordained by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he arose again from the dead; 42And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God, to be judge of the living and of the dead. 43To him all the prophets give testimony, that by his name all receive remission of sins, who believe in him.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 117:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 (Psalm 118 at Mass)

1Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2Let Israel now say that he is good: that his mercy endureth for ever.

16The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exulted me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength. 17I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the Lord.

22The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner. 23This is the Lord’s doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Second reading: Colossians 3:1-4

Douay-Rheims: Colossians 3:1-4

1Therefore, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God: 2Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth. 3For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

Gospel: John 20:1-9

Douay-Rheims: John 20:1-9

1And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went out, and that other disciple, and they came to the sepulchre. 4And they both ran together, and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 5And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying; but yet he went not in. 6Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying, 7And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. 8Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw, and believed. 9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

The same passages in the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), the translation we use on this site. The words read at Mass come from the Lectionary for Mass and differ. Where a reading begins or ends partway through a verse, the whole verse is shown. For the official text, open the readings on the USCCB site.

March 2027

March 2027
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1, Monday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet2, Tuesday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet3, Wednesday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet4, Thursday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet5, Friday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet, Abstinence from meat6, Saturday of the third week of Lent, liturgical color violet
7, Fourth Sunday of Lent, liturgical color rose or violet8, Monday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet9, Tuesday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet10, Wednesday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet11, Thursday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet12, Friday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet, Abstinence from meat13, Saturday of the fourth week of Lent, liturgical color violet
14, Fifth Sunday of Lent, liturgical color violet15, Monday of the fifth week of Lent, liturgical color violet16, Tuesday of the fifth week of Lent, liturgical color violet17, Wednesday of the fifth week of Lent, liturgical color violet18, Thursday of the fifth week of Lent, liturgical color violet19, Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, liturgical color white, Solemnity20, Saturday of the fifth week of Lent, liturgical color violet
21, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, liturgical color red22, Monday of Holy Week, liturgical color violet23, Tuesday of Holy Week, liturgical color violet24, Wednesday of Holy Week, liturgical color violet25, Thursday of Holy Week, liturgical color violet26, Friday of the Passion of the Lord, liturgical color red, Fast and abstinence27, Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil, liturgical color white
28, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, liturgical color white, this page, Solemnity29, Monday within the Octave of Easter, liturgical color white, Solemnity30, Tuesday within the Octave of Easter, liturgical color white, Solemnity31, Wednesday within the Octave of Easter, liturgical color white, Solemnity

Key

  • Violet
  • Rose
  • White
  • Red
  • FastFast and abstinence
  • AbstAbstinence from meat
  • SolSolemnity

The dot shows the liturgical color of the day. Fridays outside Lent carry no marker.

A word for the day

To love is to wish good to someone.

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 26, a. 4. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Aquinas is quoting Aristotle (Rhetoric II, 4). Read it on Project Gutenberg.

The Rosary today

The Glorious Mysteries, prayed on Wednesday and Sunday.

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