The Third Sunday in Easter 

First Reading

Acts of the Apostles 3:13-15,17-19
Peter preaches that Jesus has been raised from the dead and calls upon the people to repent

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 4:2,4,7-8,9
A prayer seeking God’s favor

Second Reading
1 John 2:1-5a
Those who know God keep his commandments

Gospel Reading
Luke 24:35-48
Jesus appears again to his disciples and shares a meal with them

COLLECT PRAYER
Third Sunday of Easter: May your people exult for ever, O God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.