Readings for Sunday, April 20, 2025

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The 1st reading is from Acts 10: 34-43

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34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 

 

35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. 

 

36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 

 

37 You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 

 

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

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39 “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, 

 

40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 

 

41 He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 

 

42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 

 

43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

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The 2nd Reading is from 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26​​​​​

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19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 

 

21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 

 

22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 

 

23 But each in turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 

 

24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 

 

25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 

 

26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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