FIRST LESSON Isaiah 25:6-9

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of

well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is

spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever.

Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he

will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day,

Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for

whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

GOSPEL LESSON Mark 16:1-8

When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome

bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the

week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance

to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had

already been rolled back.

As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right

side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for

Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the

place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee;

there you will see him, just as he told you.”

So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they

said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

And all that had been commanded them they told briefly to those around Peter. And

afterward Jesus himself sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable

proclamation of eternal salvation.