The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

He reading from the Holy Gospel, according to John.

The Lord is your Lord.

Chapter 20 verses 19 through 31.

On the evening of that first day of the week,

when the doors were locked where the disciples were,

for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst

and said to them, peace be with you.

When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, so I send you.

And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said,

receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you forgive are forgiven them.

And whose sins you retain are retained.

Thomas, called Didamus, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

So the other disciples said to him, we have seen the Lord,

but He said to them, unless I see the mark of nails in His hands,

and put my finger into the nail marks, and put my hand into His side,

I will not believe.

Now, a week later, His disciples were again inside,

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