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Year A

April 5, 2026

On this page you will find:

  • The readings for Mass, the Mass leaflet with the choice of hymns

  • A sample universal prayer available for download, in PDF and editable Word formats.

  • A meditation on the Sunday Gospel, a spiritual text and commentary by Marie-Noëlle Thabut

Resurrection of the Lord

Solemnity

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Fra Angelico. Frescoes of San Marco. Noli me tangere (1440-41)

If you have been raised with Christ,

seek the realities from above

Col 3, 1

Readings from the Mass

https://www.aelf.org/2026-04-05/romain/messe


Mass leaflet



Universal Prayer



Universal Prayer

Sister Françoise, Little Sister of Jesus for the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network


Consult the Lectio Divina page, which invites you to read the Gospel in a prayerful atmosphere so that you may be touched in your heart. It is important not to rush to read commentaries or homilies before having this personal experience of encountering Christ in Scripture.
Next, if you wish, you can read the meditations below which will enrich your personal reading and meditation.

Méditation

HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS

 

Today, the Church repeats, sings, and shouts: “Jesus is risen!” But how is this possible? Peter, John, and the women went to the tomb, and it was empty. He was not there. They went there with hearts hardened by sorrow, the sorrow of defeat: the Master, their Master, the one they loved so much, had been executed, he was dead. And one does not return from death. This is defeat, this is the path of defeat, the path to the tomb. But the angel told them: “He is not here; he has risen!”

This is the first announcement: “He is risen.” Then comes the confusion, the hardened hearts, the apparitions. But the disciples remain locked in the Upper Room all day, because they were afraid that the same thing would happen to them as to Jesus. And the Church never ceases to say to our defeated, to our closed and fearful hearts: “Stop, the Lord is risen!” But if the Lord is risen, how can these things happen? How is it that so much misfortune, disease, human trafficking, wars, destruction, mutilation, revenge, and hatred occur? But where is the Lord?

Understanding the readings

with Marie-Noëlle THABUT



Une parole pour la route
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