A project of the Spirituality Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
We use the Sunday Responsorial Psalm as a focus for prayer and reflection during the week ahead for yourself or to share with others.
You could note your own thoughts as a possible personal journal.
As we begin our Easter journey it would be good to stop and think what does this season mean to us and how we will use these Great Fifty Days as a time of grace.
In every part of the world, the Church lives as a people who walk as disciples of Christ, our brother and Redeemer. He, the Risen One, illumines for us the path to the Father and with the strength of the Spirit he sanctifies us so that we may transform our way of life in conformity with his love.
This is the Good News, the Gospel that courses through our veins like blood, sustaining us on the journey. A journey that has brought me here with you today! In the joy and beauty of our gathering, united in the name of Jesus, let us listen with open hearts to the Word of salvation for it helps us reflect on the motive and purpose for which we follow the Lord………………
The Easter witness, therefore, certainly pertains to Christ, the crucified one who is risen, but it also pertains even to us because in him the proclamation of our resurrection finds its voice. We did not come into the world to die. We were not born to become slaves either to the corruption of the flesh or that of the soul: every form of oppression, violence, exploitation and dishonesty negates the resurrection of Christ, the supreme gift of our freedom. This liberation from death, in fact, does not happen only at the end of our days, but every day of our lives. What must we do to welcome such a gift? The Gospel itself teaches us: “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent” (Jn 6:29). Yes, let us believe! Today, let us say it together with strength and with gratitude to you, Lord Jesus. We want to follow you and serve you in our neighbour: your word is our rule of life, the measure of truth. Pope Leo XIV – Angola, 21 April 2026
Sunday 3 May Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday 10 May Sixth Sunday of Easter
Thursday 14 May The ASCENSION of the LORD
