Weekly Readings
April 19, 2026
Third Sunday of Easter
FIRST READING: Acts 2:14a, 36-41
14a Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed [the crowd]:36 “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him bothLord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to theother apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” 38 Peter said to them, “Repent and bebaptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven,and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you, for yourchildren, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”40 And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselvesfrom this corrupt generation.” 41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, andthat day about three thousand persons were added.
PSALM: 116:1-4, 12-19
1 I love the LORD, who has heard my voice,and listened to my supplication,
2 for the LORD has given ear to mewhenever I called.
3 The cords of death entangled me; the anguish of the grave came upon me;I came to grief and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD:“O LORD, I pray you, save my life.”
12 How shall I repay the LORDfor all the good things God has done for me?
13 I will lift the cup of salvationand call on the name of the LORD.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORDin the presence of all God’s people.
15 Precious in your sight, O LORD,is the death of your servants.
16 O LORD, truly I am your servant;I am your servant, the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds.
17 I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgivingand call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORDin the presence of all God’s people,
19 in the courts of the LORD’s house,in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
SECOND READING: 1 Peter 1:17-23
17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work,live in fear during the time of your exile. 18 You know that you were ransomed from thefutile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. 20 Hewas destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the agesfor your sake. 21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the deadand gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.22 Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you havegenuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart. 23 You have been bornanew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
GOSPEL: Luke 24:13-35
3 Now on that same day two [disciples] were going to a village called Emmaus, about sevenmiles from Jerusalem, 14 and talking with each other about all these things that hadhappened. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and wentwith them, 16 but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “Whatare you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad.18 Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only strangerin Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?”19 He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, whowas a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chiefpriests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21 Butwe had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now thethird day since these things took place. 22 Moreover, some women of our group astoundedus. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23 and when they did not find his body therethey came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that hewas alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as thewomen had said, but they did not see him.” 25 Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish youare and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was it notnecessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about
9himself in all the scriptures.28 As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he weregoing on. 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost eveningand the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at thetable with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyeswere opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said toeach other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road,while he was opening the scriptures to us?” 33 That same hour they got up and returned toJerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. 34 Theywere saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they toldwhat had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in thebreaking of the bread.
