Readings for the day · Easter Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for April 12, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Second Sunday of Easter; Roman Catholic keeps Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy); Historic One-Year keeps The Second Sunday of Easter (Quasimodo Geniti). All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonSecond Sunday of EasterYear A · Apr 12 | Roman CatholicSecond Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)Year A · Apr 12 | LSB Three-YearSecond Sunday of EasterYear A · Apr 12 | Historic One-YearThe Second Sunday of Easter (Quasimodo Geniti)One-year · Apr 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GospelWord for word the same | John 20:19-31 | John 20:19-31 | John 20:19-31 | John 20:19-31 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Peter 1 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | 1 Peter 1:3-9 | 1 John 5:4-10 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Acts 2 | Acts 2:14a, 22-32 | Acts 2:42-47 | Acts 5:29-42 | Ezekiel 37:1-14 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 16 | Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 (1) | Psalm 148 | Psalm 33 |
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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