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Easter Vigil, Year C

April 7th, 2007

Night of Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil

Reading I Gn 1, 1-2 or 1, 1.26-31

God saw all He had made, and indeed it was good.

Reading II Gn 22, 1-18 or 22, 1-2. 10-13. 15-18

Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac.

Reading III Ex 14, 15 - 15, 1

Tell the sons of Israel to march on, to walk through the sea
on dry ground.

Reading IV Is 54, 5-14

But with everlasting love I have taken pity on you, says the
Lord, your redeemer.

Reading V Is 55, 1-11

Come to Me and your soul will live. With you I will make an
everlasting covenant.

Reading VI Bar 3, 9-15. 32 - 4, 4

Walk in the way of God and you will live in peace for ever.

Reading VII Ez 36, 16-28

I shall pour clean water over you and I shall give you a new
heart.

Epistle Rom 6, 3-11

Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die
again.

Gospel Lk 24, 1-12

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Luke

Why Look among the dead for someone who is alive?

On the first day of the week, at dawn, the women came to
the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. They found
the stone rolled back from the tomb; but when they entered
the tomb, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were still at a loss what to think of this,
two men in dazzling garments appeared beside them.
Terrified, the women bowed to the ground. The men said to
them: “Why do you search among the dead for the living
One? He is not here; he has been raised up.  Remember
what he said to you while he was still in Galilee - that
the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”
With this reminder, his words came back to them.

On their return from the tomb, they told all these things
to the Eleven and the others. The women were Mary of
Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other
women with them also told the apostles, but the story
seemed like nonsense and they refused to believe them.
Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped
down but could see nothing but the wrappings. So he went
away full of amazement at what had occurred.

This is the gospel of the Lord.

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