Easter — Octave
Easter Octave
- Easter Monday
- Easter Tuesday
- Easter Wednesday
- Easter Thursday
- Easter Friday
- Easter Saturday
- Common Responsorial Psalms - Easter
Documentation
The first eight days of the Easter Season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as Solemnities of the Lord. (General Norms for Liturgical Year and Calendar, 24)
Easter Monday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 2:14, 22-32 | God raised the man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. |
| Psalm | Ps 15:1-2, 5, 7-11 r. 1 | Preserve me, Lord, I take refuge in you. or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | Matt 28:8-15 | Tell my brothers that they must leave for Galilee; they will see me there. |
Easter Tuesday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 2:36-41 | You must repent and everyone of you must be baptised in the name of Jesus. |
| Psalm | Ps 32:4-5, 18-20, 22 r. 5 | The Lord fills the earth with his love. or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | John 20:11-18 | I have seen the Lord and he has spoken to me. |
Easter Wednesday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 3:1-10 | I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus stand up and walk! |
| Psalm | Ps 104:1-4, 6-9 r. 3 | Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice. or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | Luke 24:13-35 | They recognised Jesus at the breaking of bread. |
Easter Thursday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 3:11-26 | You killed the prince of life. God, however, raised him from the dead. |
| Psalm | Ps 8:2, 5-9 r. 2 | How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth! or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | Luke 24:35-48 | It is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead. |
Easter Friday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 4:1-12 | This is the only name by which we can be saved. |
| Psalm | Ps 117:1-2, 4, 22-27 r. 22 | The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | John 21:1-14 | Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. |
Easter Saturday
- Colour
- White
- Mass
- proper
- Gloria
- Sequence - optional
- Creed omitted
- Preface of Easter I
- EPI: proper inserts
- Easter Dismissal
- Office
- MP, EP: proper; hymn, antiphon, psalms and canticle as on Easter Sunday.
| Reading | Acts 4:13-21 | We cannot promise to stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard. |
| Psalm | Ps 117:1, 14-21 r.21 | I will thank you, Lord, for you have given answer. or Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Sequence | optional | Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer sacrifice and praise |
| Gospel Acclamation | Ps 117:24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. |
| Gospel | Mark 16:9-15 | Go out to the whole world: proclaim the Good News. |
Common Responsorial Psalms
| Common response | Alleluia! (repeated two or three times) | |
| Season of Easter | ||
| Common Psalm 1 | Ps 117: 1-2. 16-17.22-23 r. 24 | This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad. or Alleluia! |
| Common Psalm 2 | Ps 65: 1-7. 16.20 r.1 | Cry out with joy to God all the earth, alleuia! |