Responsorial Psalm
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Clothed in majesty and splendour;
O Lord, my God, how great you are!
How varied O Lord, are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all -
the earth full of your creatures.
When you hide your face they vanish,
you take away their breath, they expire
and return to dust.
When you send forth your spirit,
they are created,
and the face of the earth is renewed.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works!
May my song give him pleasure,
as the Lord gives me delight.
2nd. READING (1Cor 12,3-7.12-13)
I tell you that nobody inspired by the Spirit of God may say, "A curse on Jesus," as no
one can say, "Jesus is the Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. There is diversity of gifts,
but the Spirit is the same. There is diversity of ministries, but the Lord is the same.
There is diversity of works, but the same God works in all. The Spirit reveals his
presence in each one with a gift, which is also a service. As the body is one, having
many members, and all the members, while being many, form one body, so it is with
Christ. All of us, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, have been baptised in one
Spirit to form one body and all of us have been given to drink from the one Spirit.
GOSPEL (Jn 20,19-23)
On the evening of that day, the first day after the Sabbath, the doors were locked
where the disciples were, because of their fear of the Jews, but Jesus came and stood in
their midst. He said to them, "Peace be with you"; then he showed them his hands and
his side. The disciples kept looking at the Lord and were full of joy. Again Jesus said
to them, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." After saying
this he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit; for those whose
sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained."