Catholic Easter Prayers: Easter Morning Prayers, Blessings and Easter Hymns

Lord Jesus Christ, early on the first day of the week
the women found your tomb empty and heard the angel say, “He is risen.”
I rejoice in your Resurrection this morning.
You have conquered sin and death and opened heaven to us.
Rise in my heart today: drive out my fears, heal my wounds,
and fill me with your peace and joy.
Let me live as a witness of your Resurrection,
now and all the days of my life. Alleluia! Amen.

And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre.
And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel.
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead?
He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was in Galilee,
Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
For He whom thou didst deserve to bear, alleluia.
Hath risen as He said, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.

V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. Because Our Lord is truly risen, alleluia.

O God, Who by the resurrection of Thy Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, hast vouchsafed to make glad the whole world, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His mother, we may attain the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

O filii et filiæ,
Rex cœlestis, Rex gloriæ,
Morte surrexit hodie, Alleluia.

Et mane prima Sabbati,
Ad ostium monumenti
Accesserant discipuli, Alleluia.
Et Maria Magdalene,
Et Jacobi, et Salome,
Venerunt corpus ungere, Alleluia.
In albis sedens angelus
Prædixit mulieribus,
In Galilea est Dominus, Alleluia.
Et Joannes apostolus
Monumento venit priùs, Alleluia.
Discipulis astantibus,
In medio stetit Christus,
Dicens, pax vobis omnibus, Alleluia.
Ut intellexit Didymus
Quia surrexerat Jesus,
Remansit fere dubius, Alleluia.
Vide Thoma, vide latus,
Vide pedes, vide manus:
Noli esse incrodulus, Alleluia.

Quando Thomas vidit Christum
Pedes, manus, latus suum,
Dixit: Tu es Deus meus, Alleluia.
Beati qui non viderunt,
Et firmiter crediderunt,
Vitam æternam habebunt, Alleluia.
In hoc festo sanctissimo
Sit laus et jubilatio:
Benedicamus Domino, Alleluia.
Ex quibus nos humillimas
Devotas atque debitas
Deo dicamus gratias, Alleluia.

Praise by mortals now be given,
On this day from death hath risen
The King of Glory, King of Heaven, Alleluia,

The morn of Sabbath scarce did beam,
When to his monument there came
Disciples who ador’d his name, Alleluia.
There Mary Magdalen anxious stood.
And James, and Salome the good
His body fain embalm they would, Alleluia.
The angel sat in white all rob’d,
And to the women he foretold:
In Galilee you’ll see the Lord, Alleluia.
The message scarce did greet his ear,
Cucurrit Petro citùs,
Swifter than Peter, John drew near
To the Lord’s tomb, with hope, with fear, Alleluia.
The disciples all assembled were;
Among them Jesus did appear,
His peace he gave, remov’d their fear, Alleluia.
Thomas believed not, when ’twas said
That Christ had risen from the dead,
Until he saw the wounds that bled, Alleluia.
My hands, my side, my feet, O see!
Thomas, wounds that bled for thee:
Renounce thine incredulity, Alleluia.

When Thomas, Jesus had survey’d,
And on his wounds his fingers laid,
Thou art my Lord and God, he said, Alleluia.
Blessed are they who have not seen,
And yet, whose faith entire hath been,
Them endless joy from pain shall screen, Alleluia.
On this most solemn feast let’s raise
Our hearts to God in hymns of praise.
And bless the Lord in all his ways, Alleluia,
Our grateful thanks to God let’s give,
In humblest manner, whilst we live,
For all the favours we receive, Alleluia.

Lord Jesus Christ, risen from the dead,
you ate with your disciples after your Resurrection.
Bless this food that we have prepared for our Easter feast:
the eggs, sign of new life; the bread, sign of you, the bread of life;
the salt, sign of our call to be the salt of the earth;
and the meat, sign of the Lamb who was slain and is now alive forever.
As we share this meal with joy, bless all who sit at this table,
and give food to those who have none. Alleluia! Amen.

Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts,
on this day of our Lord’s Resurrection.
May the risen Christ be with us at this table
and in our home. Alleluia! Amen.

Risen Lord, you greeted your disciples with the words, “Peace be to you.”
Bring your peace into our home this Easter.
Where there is sadness, give joy; where there is division, unity;
where there is fear, the courage of faith.
Let our family live in the light of your Resurrection
and be a sign of your love to everyone we meet. Amen.

Lord God, you have given new life to these your children
through water and the Holy Spirit.
Keep them faithful to the grace they have received,
surround them with a welcoming community,
and let them always rejoice in the risen Christ. Amen.

Therefore, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God:
Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen by Cephas; and after that by the eleven.
Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.
After that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due time.