My peace I give to you. Jn 14:27-31a

 Jesus said to his disciples:

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.

Not as the world gives do I give it to you.

Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

You heard me tell you,

   ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’

If you loved me,

   you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;

   for the Father is greater than I.

And now I have told you this before it happens,

   so that when it happens you may believe.

I will no longer speak much with you,

   for the ruler of the world is coming.

He has no power over me,

   but the world must know that I love the Father

   and that I do just as the Father has commanded me.”

You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to the childlike. Mt 11:25-30

 At that time Jesus responded:

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

   for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned

   you have revealed them to the childlike.

Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father.

No one knows the Son except the Father,

   and no one knows the Father except the Son

   and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,

   and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

   for I am meek and humble of heart;

   and you will find rest for yourselves.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit. Jn 15:1-8

Jesus said to his disciples:

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

   and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.

Remain in me, as I remain in you.

Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own

   unless it remains on the vine,

   so neither can you unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches.

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,

   because without me you can do nothing.

Anyone who does not remain in me

   will be thrown out like a branch and wither;

   people will gather them and throw them into a fire

   and they will be burned.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you,

   ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.

By this is my Father glorified,

   that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Jn 14:7-14

 Jesus said to his disciples:

“If you know me, then you will also know my Father.

From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip said to Jesus,

   “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time

   and you still do not know me, Philip?

Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.

The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,

   or else, believe because of the works themselves.

Amen, amen, I say to you,

   whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,

   and will do greater ones than these,

   because I am going to the Father.

And whatever you ask in my name, I will do,

   so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”

I am the way and the truth and the life. Jn 14:1-6

 Jesus said to his disciples:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.

You have faith in God; have faith also in me.

In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.

If there were not,

   would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come back again and take you to myself,

   so that where I am you also may be.

Where I am going you know the way.”

Thomas said to him,

   “Master, we do not know where you are going;

   how can we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Mk 16:15-20

 Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:

“Go into the whole world

   and proclaim the gospel to every creature.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved;

   whoever does not believe will be condemned.

These signs will accompany those who believe:

   in my name they will drive out demons,

   they will speak new languages.

They will pick up serpents with their hands,

   and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them.

They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them,

   was taken up into heaven

   and took his seat at the right hand of God.

But they went forth and preached everywhere,

   while the Lord worked with them

   and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.

I came into the world as light. Jn 12:44-50

 Jesus cried out and said,

“Whoever believes in me believes not only in me

   but also in the one who sent me,

   and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.

I came into the world as light,

   so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.

And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,

   I do not condemn him,

   for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.

Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words

   has something to judge him: the word that I spoke,

   it will condemn him on the last day,

   because I did not speak on my own,

   but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.

And I know that his commandment is eternal life.

So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”

The Father and I are one. Jn 10:22-30

 The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem.

It was winter.

And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.

So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,

   “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?

If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe.

The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.

But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.

My sheep hear my voice;

   I know them, and they follow me.

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.

No one can take them out of my hand.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,

   and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.

The Father and I are one.”

I am the gate for the sheep. Jn 10:1-10

Jesus said:

“Amen, amen, I say to you,

whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate

but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.

But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,

as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

When he has driven out all his own,

he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him,

because they recognize his voice.

But they will not follow a stranger;

they will run away from him,

because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”

Although Jesus used this figure of speech,

the Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them.

So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you,

I am the gate for the sheep.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers,

but the sheep did not listen to them.

I am the gate.

Whoever enters through me will be saved,

and will come in and go out and find pasture.

A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy;

I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.”

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Jn 10:11-18

 Jesus said:

“I am the good shepherd.

A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

A hired man, who is not a shepherd

   and whose sheep are not his own,

   sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,

   and the wolf catches and scatters them.

This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd,

   and I know mine and mine know me,

   just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;

   and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.

These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,

   and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves me,

   because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.

I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.

This command I have received from my Father.”

To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Jn 6:60-69

Many of the disciples of Jesus who were listening said,

   “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this,

   he said to them,“Does this shock you?

What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

It is the Spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.

The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.

But there are some of you who do not believe.”

Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe

   and the one who would betray him.

And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me

   unless it is granted him by my Father.”

As a result of this,

   many of his disciples returned to their former way of life

   and no longer walked with him.

Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”

Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life.

We have come to believe

   and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

My Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true drink. Jn 6:52-59

 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,

   “How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”

Jesus said to them,

   “Amen, amen, I say to you,

   unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood,

   you do not have life within you.

Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood

   has eternal life,

   and I will raise him on the last day.

For my Flesh is true food,

   and my Blood is true drink.

Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood

   remains in me and I in him.

Just as the living Father sent me

   and I have life because of the Father,

   so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven.

Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,

   whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Jn 6:44-51

 Jesus said to the crowds:

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him,

   and I will raise him on the last day.

It is written in the prophets:

      They shall all be taught by God.

Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father

   except the one who is from God;

   he has seen the Father.

Amen, amen, I say to you,

   whoever believes has eternal life.

I am the bread of life.

Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;

   this is the bread that comes down from heaven

   so that one may eat it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven;

   whoever eats this bread will live forever;

   and the bread that I will give

   is my Flesh for the life of the world.”

This is the will of my Father, that all who see the Son may have eternal life. Jn 6:35-40

Jesus said to the crowds,

   “I am the bread of life;

   whoever comes to me will never hunger,

   and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

But I told you that although you have seen me,

   you do not believe.

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me,

   and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,

   because I came down from heaven not to do my own will

   but the will of the one who sent me.

And this is the will of the one who sent me,

   that I should not lose anything of what he gave me,

   but that I should raise it on the last day.

For this is the will of my Father,

   that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him

   may have eternal life,

   and I shall raise him on the last day.”

It was not Moses, but my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. Jn 6:30-35

 The crowd said to Jesus:

“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?

What can you do?

Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:

   He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

So Jesus said to them,

   “Amen, amen, I say to you,

   it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;

   my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven

   and gives life to the world.”

So they said to Jesus,

   “Sir, give us this bread always.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;

   whoever comes to me will never hunger,

   and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life. Jn 6:22-29

 [After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.]

The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea

   saw that there had been only one boat there,

   and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat,

   but only his disciples had left.

Other boats came from Tiberias

   near the place where they had eaten the bread

   when the Lord gave thanks.

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,

   they themselves got into boats

   and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

And when they found him across the sea they said to him,

   “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

Jesus answered them and said,

   “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me

   not because you saw signs

   but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Do not work for food that perishes

   but for the food that endures for eternal life,

   which the Son of Man will give you.

For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

So they said to him,

   “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”

Jesus answered and said to them,

   “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”

Thus it was written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. Lk 24:35-48

The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way,

   and how Jesus was made known to them

   in the breaking of bread.

While they were still speaking about this,

   he stood in their midst and said to them,

   “Peace be with you.”

But they were startled and terrified

   and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled?

And why do questions arise in your hearts?

Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.

Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones

   as you can see I have.”

And as he said this,

   he showed them his hands and his feet.

While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed,

   he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

They gave him a piece of baked fish;

   he took it and ate it in front of them.

He said to them,

   “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,

   that everything written about me in the law of Moses

   and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And he said to them,

   “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer

   and rise from the dead on the third day

   and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,

   would be preached in his name

   to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

You are witnesses of these things.

They saw Jesus, walking on the sea. Jn 6:16-21

 When it was evening, the disciples of Jesus went down to the sea,

   embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum.

It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

When they had rowed about three or four miles,

   they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat,

   and they began to be afraid.

But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”

They wanted to take him into the boat,

   but the boat immediately arrived at the shore

   to which they were heading.

Jesus distributed to those who were reclining as much as they wanted Jn 6:1-15

Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee.

A large crowd followed him,

   because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.

Jesus went up on the mountain,

   and there he sat down with his disciples.

The Jewish feast of Passover was near.

When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him,

   he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?”

He said this to test him,

   because he himself knew what he was going to do.

Philip answered him,

   “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough

   for each of them to have a little.”

One of his disciples,

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish;

   but what good are these for so many?”

Jesus said, “Have the people recline.”

Now there was a great deal of grass in that place.

So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,

   and distributed them to those who were reclining,

   and also as much of the fish as they wanted.

When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,

   “Gather the fragments left over,

   so that nothing will be wasted.”

So they collected them,

   and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments

   from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat.

When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,

“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.”

Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off

   to make him king,

   he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

The world hated them. Jn 17:11b-19

 Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed, saying:

“Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me,

   so that they may be one just as we are one.

When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me,

   and I guarded them, and none of them was lost

   except the son of destruction,

   in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

But now I am coming to you.

I speak this in the world

   so that they may share my joy completely.

I gave them your word, and the world hated them,

   because they do not belong to the world

   any more than I belong to the world.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world

   but that you keep them from the Evil One.

They do not belong to the world

   any more than I belong to the world.

Consecrate them in the truth.

Your word is truth.

As you sent me into the world,

   so I sent them into the world.

And I consecrate myself for them,

   so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

God sent his Son that the world might be saved through him. Jn 3:16-21

 God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,

   so that everyone who believes in him might not perish

   but might have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

   but that the world might be saved through him.

Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,

   but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,

   because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

And this is the verdict,

   that the light came into the world,

   but people preferred darkness to light,

   because their works were evil.

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light

   and does not come toward the light,

   so that his works might not be exposed.

But whoever lives the truth comes to the light,

   so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. Jn 3:7b-15

Jesus said to Nicodemus:

“‘You must be born from above.’

The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes,

   but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes;

   so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Nicodemus answered and said to him,

   “How can this happen?”

Jesus answered and said to him,

   “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this?

Amen, amen, I say to you,

   we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen,

   but you people do not accept our testimony.

If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe,

   how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

No one has gone up to heaven

    except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.

And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

   so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

   so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son. Lk 1:26-38

The angel Gabriel was sent from God

   to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

   to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,

   of the house of David,

   and the virgin’s name was Mary.

And coming to her, he said,

   “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”

But she was greatly troubled at what was said

   and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.

Then the angel said to her,

   “Do not be afraid, Mary,

   for you have found favor with God.

Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,

   and you shall name him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,

   and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

   and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,

   and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

But Mary said to the angel,

   “How can this be,

   since I have no relations with a man?”

And the angel said to her in reply,

   “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

   and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

Therefore the child to be born

   will be called holy, the Son of God.

And behold, Elizabeth, your relative,

   has also conceived a son in her old age,

   and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;

   for nothing will be impossible for God.”

Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.

May it be done to me according to your word.”

Then the angel departed from her.

Eight days later Jesus came and stood in their midst. Jn 20:19-31

On the evening of that first day of the week,

   when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,

   for fear of the Jews,

   Jesus came and stood in their midst

   and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,

   “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,

   and whose sins you retain are retained.”

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,

   was not with them when Jesus came.

So the other disciples said to him,

“We have seen the Lord.”

But he said to them,

   “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands

   and put my finger into the nailmarks

   and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Now a week later his disciples were again inside

   and Thomas was with them.

Jesus came, although the doors were locked,

   and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,

   and bring your hand and put it into my side,

   and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”

Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?

Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples

   that are not written in this book.

But these are written that you may come to believe

   that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

   and that through this belief you may have life in his name.

Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Mk 16:9-15

When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week,

   he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,

   out of whom he had driven seven demons.

She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping.

When they heard that he was alive

   and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

After this he appeared in another form

   to two of them walking along on their way to the country.

They returned and told the others;

   but they did not believe them either.

But later, as the Eleven were at table, he appeared to them

   and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart

   because they had not believed those

   who saw him after he had been raised.

He said to them, “Go into the whole world

   and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.”

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish. Jn 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.

Thus it was written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. Lk 24:35-48

The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way,

   and how they had come to recognize him in the breaking of bread.

While they were still speaking about this,

   he stood in their midst and said to them,

   “Peace be with you.”

But they were startled and terrified

   and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled?

And why do questions arise in your hearts?

Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.

Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones

   as you can see I have.”

And as he said this,

   he showed them his hands and his feet.

While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed,

   he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

They gave him a piece of baked fish;

   he took it and ate it in front of them.

He said to them,

   “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,

   that everything written about me in the law of Moses

   and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And he said to them,

   “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer

   and rise from the dead on the third day

   and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,

   would be preached in his name

   to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

   You are witnesses of these things.”

They recognized Jesus in the breaking of bread. Lk 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,

   two of Jesus’ disciples were going

   to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,

   and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.

And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,

   Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,

   but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

He asked them,

   “What are you discussing as you walk along?”

They stopped, looking downcast.

One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,

   “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem

   who does not know of the things

   that have taken place there in these days?”

And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”

They said to him,

   “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,

   who was a prophet mighty in deed and word

   before God and all the people,

   how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over

   to a sentence of death and crucified him.

But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;

   and besides all this,

   it is now the third day since this took place.

Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:

   they were at the tomb early in the morning

   and did not find his body;

   they came back and reported

   that they had indeed seen a vision of angels

   who announced that he was alive.

Then some of those with us went to the tomb

   and found things just as the women had described,

   but him they did not see.”

And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!

How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things

   and enter into his glory?”

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

   he interpreted to them what referred to him

   in all the Scriptures.

As they approached the village to which they were going,

   he gave the impression that he was going on farther.

But they urged him, “Stay with us,

   for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”

So he went in to stay with them.

And it happened that, while he was with them at table,

   he took bread, said the blessing,

   broke it, and gave it to them.

With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,

   but he vanished from their sight.

Then they said to each other,

   “Were not our hearts burning within us

   while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”

So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem

   where they found gathered together

   the Eleven and those with them who were saying,

   “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”

Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way

   and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

I have seen the Lord, and he said these things to me. Jn 20:11-18

Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping.

And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb

   and saw two angels in white sitting there,

   one at the head and one at the feet

   where the Body of Jesus had been.

And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,

   and I don’t know where they laid him.”

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,

   but did not know it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?

Whom are you looking for?”

She thought it was the gardener and said to him,

   “Sir, if you carried him away,

   tell me where you laid him,

   and I will take him.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary!”

She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,”

   which means Teacher.

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,

   for I have not yet ascended to the Father.

But go to my brothers and tell them,

   ‘I am going to my Father and your Father,

   to my God and your God.’”

Mary went and announced to the disciples,

   “I have seen the Lord,”

   and then reported what he had told her.

Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me. Mt 28:8-15

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb,

   fearful yet overjoyed,

   and ran to announce the news to his disciples.

And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.

They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.

Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,

   and there they will see me.”

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city

   and told the chief priests all that had happened.

The chief priests assembled with the elders and took counsel;

   then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

   telling them, “You are to say,

   ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’

And if this gets to the ears of the governor,

   we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

The soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed.

And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present day.