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| "Touch Me Not" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Exodus
14: 5 - 18
5
And it was told the king of the Egyptians that the people was fled:
and the heart of Pharao and of his servants was changed with regard
to the people, and they said: What meant we to do, that we let Israel
go from serving us?
6
So he made ready his chariot, and took all his people with him.
7
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots that
were in Egypt: and the captains of the whole army.
8
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and he
pursued the children of Israel: but they were gone forth in a mighty
hand.
9
And when the Egyptians followed the steps of them who were gone
before, they found them encamped at the sea side: all Pharao's horse
and chariots, and the whole army were in Phihahiroth before
Beelsephon.
10
And when Pharao drew near, the children of Israel, lifting up their
eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them: and they feared exceedingly, and
cried to the Lord.
11
And they said to Moses: Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt,
therefore thou hast brought us to die in the wilderness: why wouldst
thou do this, to lead us out of Egypt?
12
Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart
from us that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to
serve them, than to die in the wilderness.
13
And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand and see the great
wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day: for the Egyptians,
whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever.
14
The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
15
And the Lord said to Moses: Why criest thou to me? Speak to the
children of Israel to go forward.
16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea,
and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst
of the sea on dry ground.
17
And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I
will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his
chariots, and in his horsemen.
18
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall be
glorified in Pharao, and in his chariots and in his horsemen.
PSALM:
Exodus 15:
1 - 6
1
Then Moses and the children of Israel sung this canticle to the Lord:
and said: Let us sing to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified,
the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea.
2
The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he is become salvation to
me: he is my God and I will glorify him: the God of my father, and I
will exalt him.
3
The Lord is as a man of war, Almighty is his name.
4
Pharao's chariots and his army he hath cast into the sea: his chosen
captains are drowned in the Red Sea.
5
The depths have covered them, they are sunk to the bottom like a
stone.
6
Thy right hand, O Lord, is magnified in strength: thy right hand, O
Lord, hath slain the enemy.
GOSPEL:
John 20:
1 - 2, 11 - 18
1
And 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.
2
She 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.
11
But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now as she was
weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12
And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid.
13
They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because
they have taken away my Lord; and I know not where they have laid
him.
14
When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus
standing; and she knew not that it was Jesus.
15
Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She,
thinking it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him
away.
16
Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: Rabboni (which
is to say, Master).
17
Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my
Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father
and to your Father, to my God and your God.
18
Mary Magdalen cometh, and telleth the disciples: I have seen the
Lord, and these things he said to me.
