First Reading Genesis 1:1—2:2
or Genesis 1:1, 26-31a
Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter · Paschal Triduum
Mass Readings for Saturday, April 15, 2028
On Saturday, April 15, 2028, the Church in the United States celebrates Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter (Year C); the liturgical color is white. The Gospel is Luke 24:1-12.
The liturgical day
Liturgical color
White
- Celebration
- Holy Saturday — the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
- Season
- The Paschal Triduum
- Rank
- Paschal Triduum
- Sunday cycle
- Year C
- Weekday cycle
- Cycle II
Mass readings US
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35
or Psalm 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 104 (103 in the Vulgate)Psalm 33 (32 in the Vulgate)
Second Reading Genesis 22:1-18
or Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Read in the CPDV: Genesis 22
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 16 (15 in the Vulgate)
Third Reading Exodus 14:15—15:1
Responsorial Psalm Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18
Read in the CPDV: Exodus 15
Fourth Reading Isaiah 54:5-14
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 54
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 30 (29 in the Vulgate)
Fifth Reading Isaiah 55:1-11
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 55
Responsorial Psalm Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Read in the CPDV: Isaiah 12
Sixth Reading Baruch 3:9-15, 32—4:4
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 19 (18 in the Vulgate)
Seventh Reading Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28
Read in the CPDV: Ezekiel 36
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4
or Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
or Psalm 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 42 (41 in the Vulgate)Psalm 43 (42 in the Vulgate)Isaiah 12Psalm 51 (50 in the Vulgate)
Epistle Romans 6:3-11
3Do you not know that those of us who have been baptized in Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
4For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together, in the likeness of his death, so shall we also be, in the likeness of his resurrection.
6For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin.
7For he who has died has been justified from sin.
8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live together with Christ.
9For we know that Christ, in rising up from the dead, can no longer die: death no longer has dominion over him.
10For in as much as he died for sin, he died once. But in as much as he lives, he lives for God.
11And so, you should consider yourselves to be certainly dead to sin, and to be living for God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Romans 6
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Read in the CPDV: Psalm 118 (117 in the Vulgate)
Gospel Luke 24:1-12
1Then, on the first Sabbath, at very first light, they went to the tomb, carrying the aromatic spices that they had prepared.
2And they found the stone rolled back from the tomb.
3And upon entering, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4And it happened that, while their minds were still confused about this, behold, two men stood beside them, in shining apparel.
5Then, since they were afraid and were turning their faces toward the ground, these two said to them: “Why do you seek the living with the dead?
6He is not here, for he has risen. Recall how he spoke to you, when he was still in Galilee,
7saying: ‘For the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
8And they called to mind his words.
9And returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the others.
10Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women who were with them, who told these things to the Apostles.
11But these words seemed to them a delusion. And so they did not believe them.
12But Peter, rising up, ran to the tomb. And stooping down, he saw the linen cloths positioned alone, and he went away wondering to himself about what had happened.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of Luke 24
Computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.
In US parishes the readings are proclaimed from the NABRE; the text shown here is the Catholic Public Domain Version.
Old Testament readings and the psalm are listed with a link to their chapter: the US Lectionary numbers some of their verses differently from the CPDV, so their text is not printed here. Psalm citations keep the Lectionary’s Hebrew numbering; the CPDV numbers the Psalms as the Vulgate does.
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The day’s Mass celebrates Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter.