La Parola di Dio

Donven International · 2026-04-11T06:06:34.000Z

SABATO DI PASQUA 11-APR-2026 Letture 1ª LETTURA: Atti 4:13-21 In quei giorni: Quando i governanti e gli anziani e gli scribi videro la franchezza di Pietro e Giovanni, e percepirono che erano uomini comuni e senza istruzione, si meravigliarono; e riconobbero che erano stati con Gesù. Ma vedendo l'uomo che era stato guarito in piedi accanto a loro, non avevano nulla da dire in opposizione. Ma quando li ebbero comandati di allontanarsi dal consiglio, si consultarono tra di loro, dicendo: "Cosa dobbiamo fare con questi uomini? Infatti, un segno notevole è stato compiuto per mezzo di loro ed è manifesto a tutti gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, e non possiamo negarlo. Ma affinché non si diffonda ulteriormente tra il popolo, avvertiamoli di non parlare più a nessuno in questo nome." Così li chiamarono e ordinarono loro di non parlare né insegnare affatto nel nome di Gesù. Ma Pietro e Giovanni risposero loro: "Se sia giusto agli occhi di Dio ascoltare voi piuttosto che Dio, dovete giudicare; poiché non possiamo fare a meno di parlare di ciò che abbiamo visto e udito." E quando li ebbero ulteriormente minacciati, li lasciarono andare, non trovando modo di punirli, a causa del popolo; poiché tutti lodavano Dio per ciò che era accaduto.

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11-APR-2026 Readings

1ST READING: Acts 4:13-21

In those days: When the rulers and elders and scribes saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with  Jesus. But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another, saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of  Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.

The Word of The Lord!

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118

📢  R. I will thank you,  Lord, for you have answered me. or ALLELUIA.

Give praise to the  Lord, for he is good; his mercy endures for ever. The  Lord is my strength and my song; he was my saviour. There are shouts of joy and salvation in the tents of the just

R. I will thank you,  Lord, for you have answered me. or ALLELUIA.

"The  Lord's right hand has done mighty deeds; his right hand is exalted. The  Lord's right hand has done mighty deeds." I shall not die, I shall live and recount the deeds of the  Lord. The  Lord punished me, punished me severely, but did not hand me over to death.

R. I will thank you,  Lord, for you have answered me. or ALLELUIA.

Open to me the gates of justice: I will enter and thank the  Lord. This is the  Lord's own gate, where the just enter. I will thank you, for you have answered, and you are my saviour.

*R. I will thank you,  Lord, for you have answered me. or ALLELUIA.*

The Word of The Lord!

ACCLAMATION: Psalm 118:24

R. ALLELUIA.

This is the day the  Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad.

R. ALLELUIA.

GOSPEL Mark 16:9-15

When  Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

The Gospel of The Lord!

Reflection:

The spirituality of the Lenten season is meant to raise and sustain to the fullest not just our Christian life but our ordinary life too. We often make decisions that destroy our personal life. In our Readings today we have the option to choose life in God or eternal death. The Israelites faced a similar choice. We know they paid dearly for the moment they chose life that was not guided or guarded by God. We should use our Lent to learn not to make the same mistake. So, in our GOSPEL, our  Lord  Jesus exhorts that, if earthly life is our central goal, we might have it; but it ends after a number of decades. No wonder Psalm 90 says, though our life's span is 80 years, after a few decades, sadly, we begin to gradually die physically before we are 80, and return to the life hereafter.  Jesus therefore enjoins us not to lose the life hereafter. Lent affords us an opportunity to gain graces that win us that life. We have the choice to do so. Jesus, I trust in you.