Responsorial Psalm

℟. (1) Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

Let the house of Israel say,
   “His mercy endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say,
   “His mercy endures forever.”
Let those who fear the LORD  say,
   “His mercy endures forever.”

℟. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

I was hard pressed and was falling,
   but the LORD helped me.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
   and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
   in the tents of the just:

℟. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

The stone which the builders rejected
   has become the cornerstone,
By the LORD has this been done;
   it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD had made;
   let us be glad and rejoice in it.

℟. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
  or:
℟. Alleluia.

2nd Reading

Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19

A reading from the Book of Revelation

I, John, your brother, who share with you
   the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus,
   found myself on the island called Patmos
   because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.
I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day
   and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said,
   “Write on a scroll what you see”
Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me,
   and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands
   and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man,
   wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.
When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead.
He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid.
I am the first and the last, the one who lives.
Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever.
I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.
Write down, therefore, what you have seen,
   and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.

Alleluia, Alleluia.

You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord;
blessed are they who have not seen me, but still believe!

Alleluia, Alleluia.

Gospel

Jn 20:19-31

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

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 Messiah, the Son of God,
  and that through this belief you may have life in his name.

At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.

The Creed is said.

Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to hell.

On the third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.

Amen.