SMC ENGLISH MASS - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord (5 Apr 2026)
SMC English Mass - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord (5 Apr 2026)
Prayer for the 80th Anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Messengers of Hope
O Lord, You are the source of all blessings and you guide the course of human history by your Providence.
With gratitude we thank you for the establishment of our Diocese eighty years ago.
In the footsteps of our predecessors, we have steadfastly kept the heritage of our Faith over the years and so have been able
to experience your unfailing help in the face of challenges;
to regain strength in our weakness;
to restore hope in our discouragement;
to look for your direction when we have lost our way.
As your children, may we always entrust ourselves to you in humility. May we always respond to your calling for us to carry on our mission to spread the Gospel and bear witness to our faith in Hong Kong, sowing the seeds of love and hope while living in joy and peace.
We ask this in the name of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
PROCESSIONAL HYMN
Easter Song #71 P. 23
1. My Lord, He died for a kingdom to redeem the hearts of man
Now my people don't you weep, He has risen from His sleep
He lives again, alleluia
* Sing alleluia, the Lord is risen
He is risen, indeed alleluia
2. My Lord came forth like the morning
With the splendor of the sun, came triumphant from the womb
From the darkness of the tomb, the victory won, alleluia
– repeat Chorus*
3. My Lord renewed all creation
That had waited late and long, now we all with one accord
Live and love the risen Lord, this is our song, alleluia
– repeat Chorus*
Sign of the cross
Priest ✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Greeting
P✠: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And with your spirit.
SPRINKLING OF CONGREGATION WITH HOLY WATER
Water of life #323 P.106
* Water of life
Cleanse and refresh us
Raise us to life in Christ Jesus
1. All you who thirst
Come to the waters
And you will never be thirsty again
2. As rain from heav'n
So is God's word
It waters the earth and brings forth life
3. Dying with Christ
So we shall rise with Him
Death shall no longer have pow'r over us
4. Turn to the Lord
Cast off your wickedness
You will find peace in His infinite love
GLORIA
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise You. We bless You. We adore you. We glorify You. We give You thanks for Your great glory. Lord God, heavenly King, O God almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only-begotten Son. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father: you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
COLLECT
Let us pray (pause)
O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the light of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
1ST READING – Apostles 10:34a, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.” —The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM – Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
“The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right hand of the LORD is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
2ND READING – Colossians 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. —The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
EASTER SEQUENCE
All:
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
Bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
To Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION – 1Corinthians 5:7b-8a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed; let us then feast with joy in the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL – John 20:1-9
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead. – The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ
HOMILY
RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL PROMISES
P✠: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth?
All: I do.
P✠: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son,
our Lord,
who was born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered death, and was buried,
rose again from the dead,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father?
All: I do.
P✠: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church, the communion of
saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the
body,
and life everlasting?
All: I do.
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
OFFERTORY HYMN
This is the Day (Easter version) #303 P. 99
1. This is the day, that the Lord has made
Let us rejoice, and be glad in it
This is the day, that the Lord has made
Let us rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day, that the Lord has made
2. This is the day, when he rose again
Let us rejoice, and be glad in it
This is the day, when he rose again
Let us rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day, when he rose again
3. This is the day, when the Spirit came
Let us rejoice, and be glad in it
This is the day, when the Spirit came
Let us rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day, when the Spirit came
P✠: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Exultant with paschal gladness, O Lord,
we offer the sacrifice by which your Church is wondrously reborn and nourished.
Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
P✠: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
P✠: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
P✠: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right and just.
P✠: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, at all times to acclaim you, O Lord..... , as they acclaim:
SANCTUS
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
P✠: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the….
At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
P✠: In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
P✠: The mystery of faith.
All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
P✠: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and Resurrection,.....
P✠: Through him, and with him, and in him,
O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
LORD'S PRAYER
P✠: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
P✠: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever.
P✠: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
P✠: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And with your spirit.
P✠: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
AGNUS DEI
All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
P✠: Lord Jesus Christ,....
P✠: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
COMMUNION HYMN
All the ends of the earth #012 P.4
* All the ends of the earth, all you creatures of the sea
Lift up your eyes to the wonders of the Lord
For the Lord of the earth, the Master of the sea
Has come with justice for the world
1. Break into song at the deeds of the Lord
The wonders He has done in ev'ry age
2. Heaven and earth shall rejoice in His might
Ev'ry heart, ev'ry nation call Him (You) Lord
3. The Lord has made His salvation known. Faithful to His promises of old
Let the ends of the earth, let the sea and all it holds. Make music before our King
Give me joy in my heart #086 P.28
1. Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising
Give me joy in my heart I pray
Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising
Keep me praising till the end of day
* Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna
Sing Hosanna to the King of kings
Sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King
2. Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting
Give me peace in my heart I pray
Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting
Keep me resting till the end of day
3. Give me love in my heart, keep me serving
Give me love in my heart I pray
Give me love in my heart, keep me serving
Keep me serving till the end of day
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
P✠: Let us pray (pause)
Look upon your Church, O God, with unfailing love and favor, so that, renewed by the paschal mysteries, she may come to the glory of the resurrection.
Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
P✠: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
SOLEMN BLESSING
P✠: Bow down for the blessing.
P✠: May almighty God bless you through today’s Easter Solemnity and, in his compassion, defend you from every assault of sin.
All: Amen
P✠: And may he, who restores you to eternal life in the Resurrection of his Only Begotten, endow you with the prize of immortality.
All: Amen
P✠: Now that the days of the Lord’s Passion have drawn to a close, may you who celebrate the gladness of the Paschal Feast come with Christ’s help, and exulting in spirit, to those feasts that are celebrated in eternal joy.
All: Amen
P✠: And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever.
All: Amen
P✠: Go in peace, the Mass is ended, Alleluia, Alleluia.
All: Thanks be to God, Alleluia, Alleluia.
RECESSIONAL HYMN
Christ the Lord is risen #46 P.15
1. Christ the Lord is ris'n, rejoice, alleluia
Praise Him now with mighty voice, alleluia
Songs of triumph let us sing, alleluia
Hail our Saviour, Lord and King, alleluia
2. Through Your death and rising, Lord, alleluia
Life and hope are both restored, alleluia
Ris'n with You in faith and love, alleluia
Seek we now the things above, alleluia
3. He who died upon a tree, alleluia
Now shall reign eternally, alleluia
He who saved our fallen race, alleluia
Takes in heav'n His rightful place, alleluia
