First ReadingSong of Solomon 3:1-4

Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer. “I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him, but found him not. The watchmen found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?” Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Alternate First Reading2 Corinthians 5:14-17

For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh; even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore,if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9

℟My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

℟My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Because your merciful love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

℟My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,

when I think of you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

℟My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth.

℟My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Alleluia

℟Alleluia!

Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way?

I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.

℟Alleluia!

GospelJohn 20:1-2, 11-18

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Mag′dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rab-­bo′ni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” Mary Mag′dalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.