Mass Readings

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Tuesday of the second week of Easter

Weekday · Easter Time · Cycle A · Year II · White

Reading I

Acts 4:32-37

And the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul. Neither did any one say that aught of the things which he possessed was his own: but all things were common unto them.

And with great power did the Apostles give testimony of the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord: and great grace was in them all.

For neither was there any one needy among them. For as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the price of the things they sold,

And laid it down before the feet of the apostles. And distribution was made to every one, according as he had need.

And Joseph, who, by the apostles, was surnamed Barnabas (which is, by interpretation, The son of consolation), a Levite, a Cyprian born,

Having land, sold it and brought the price and laid it at the feet of the Apostles.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5

The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Gospel

John 3:7b-15

Wonder not that I said to thee: You must be born again.

The Spirit breatheth where he will and thou hearest his voice: but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be done?

Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

Amen, amen, I say to thee that we speak what we know and we testify what we have seen: and you receive not our testimony.

If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things?

And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

That whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

About These Readings

Scripture text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision, 1899), which is in the public domain. The Mass readings appointed for today follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the dioceses of the United States.

Psalm verses follow the Vulgate numbering in the Douay-Rheims, which may differ by one chapter and a few verses from the Hebrew numbering used by the modern Lectionary. The substance of each Psalm is the same.

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