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EASTER
DURING THE DAY
ACTS 10:34-43
PSALM
118:1-2, 14-24
COLOSSIANS
3:1-4
JOHN
20:1-8
COLLECT
Lord of life and power,
through the mighty resurrection of your Son,
you have overcome the old order of sin and death
and have made all things new in him.
May we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
reign with him in glory,
who with you and the Holy Spirit is alive,
one God, now and for ever.
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A
READING FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS
Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that
God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him
and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message
he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ -
he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning
in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went
about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in
Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a
tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to
appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as
witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that
he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead.
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in
him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
ACTS 10:34-43
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PSALM
REFRAIN On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be
glad in it.
Give
thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his mercy endures for ever.
Let
Israel now proclaim, "His mercy endures for ever." R
The
Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.
There
is a sound of exultation and victory in the tents of the
righteous:
"The
right hand of the Lord has triumphed! the right hand of the Lord
is exalted! the right hand of the Lord has triumphed!" R
I
shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
The
Lord has punished me sorely, but he did not hand me over to death.
R
Open
for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter them; I will offer
thanks to the Lord.
"This
is the gate of the Lord; he who is righteous may enter."
I
will give thanks to you, for you answered me and have become my
salvation.
The
same stone which the builders rejected has become the chief
cornerstone. R
This
is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
On
this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
PSALM 118:1-2, 14-24
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A
READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are
above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your
minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,
for you have died, and your life is hid-den with Christ in God.
When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be
revealed with him in glory.
COLOSSIANS 3:1-4
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO JOHN
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed
from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other
disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They
have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they
have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciple set out and
went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other
disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to
look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go
in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb.
He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had
been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled
up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the
tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they
did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping
outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the
tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of
Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.
They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said
to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know
where they have laid him." When she had said this, she turned
around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it
was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener,
she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus
said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in
Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to
her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended
to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.'" Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had
said these things to her.
JOHN 20:1-18
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PRAYER
OVER THE GIFTS
God our strength and salvation,
receive all we offer you this day,
and grant that we who have confessed your name,
and received new life in baptism,
may live in the joy of the resurrection,
through Jesus Christ the Lord.
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PRAYER
AFTER COMMUNION
God of life,
bring us to the glory of the resurrection
promised in this Easter sacrament.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the risen Lord.
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