Day: April 19, 2025

April 19, 2025
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas

Genesis 1:1-2:2
Psalm 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 and 22
Exodus 14:15-15:1
Resp. Psalm-Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18
Isaiah 55:1-11
Resp. Psalm-Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Romans 6:3-11
Alleluia with Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Luke 24:1-12

Since death entered the world through the disobedience of our first parents in the Garden of Eden, human beings have always struggled against death — seeking ways to prolong indefinitely duration of life if not completely cure death. An ancient Jewish legend tells the story that, in his final illness, Adam sent his son Seth together with Eve into the region that was formerly paradise to bring back the oil of mercy from the tree of life, so that he could be anointed with it and be healed. The myth continues that Seth and Eve went in search of the tree of life, and after an unsuccessful quest on their part, the Archangel Michael appeared to them and told them they would not obtain the oil of the tree of mercy and that Adam would have to die.