Daily readings

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Easter Tuesday. Eastertide. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.

CelebrationEaster Tuesday

TypeSolemnity

SeasonEastertide

Year2026 archive

The Roman Catholic readings for this date are shown below on-site. Use plain reading mode if you want clearer modern wording, or switch back to the original Douay-Rheims wording at any time.

Reading mode

Plain mode helps modern readers follow the text more easily.

On-site scripture text: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Plain mode is a built-in reading aid that modernizes older wording for easier understanding while keeping the same Roman Catholic reading references for the day.

1

First Reading

Acts 2:36-41

How to approach it

Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.

36Therefore let all the people of Israel know most certainly, that God has made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.

37Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brothers and sisters?

38But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomever the Lord our God shall call.

40And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

41They therefore that received his word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

2

Psalm

Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20 and 22

How to pray it

The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.

4For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness.

5He loves mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

18Look the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.

19To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

3

Gospel

John 20:11-18

What to watch for

The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.

11But Mary stood at the tomb without, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the tomb,

12And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid.

13They say to her: Woman, why weepest you? She says to them: Because they have taken away my Lord; and I know not where they have laid him.

14When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing; and she knew not that it was Jesus.

15Jesus says to her: Woman, why weepest you? whom seek you? She, thinking it was the gardener, says to him: Sir, if you have taken him from here, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.

16Jesus says to her: Mary. She turning, says to him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master).

17Jesus says to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and sisters, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and your God.

18Mary Magdalen comes, and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me.

Source note

This page uses the Catholic Readings API for the day's references and liturgical celebration data, while the on-site scripture text is rendered from the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible distributed through the Open Bibles project.