Saturday in the Octave of Easter
FIRST
READING: Acts 4: 13 - 21
13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized
that they had been with Jesus.
14
But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they
had nothing to say in opposition.
15
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred with one another,
16
saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable
sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
17
But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us
warn them to speak no more to any one in this name."
18
So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in
the name of Jesus.
19
But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the
sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;
20
for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."
21
And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding
no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God
for what had happened.
PSALM: Psalms 118: 1, 14 - 21
1 O
give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures
for ever!
14
The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
15
Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The
right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
16
the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD
does valiantly!"
17
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.
18
The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to
death.
19
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the LORD.
20
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
21
I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.
GOSPEL: Mark 16: 9 - 15
9
Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10
She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and
wept.
11
But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they
would not believe it.
12
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were
walking into the country.
13
And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
14
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table;
and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
15
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to the whole creation.
