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--------------Easter Sunday--------------April 21, 2019

Christ is Risen!

"He is risen (John 20:1-18)! In Christ's resurrection is peace for the world and the promise of a new creation (Isaiah 65:17-25). The Lord is our strength and our salvation. This is the day the Lord has made - let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24). Death is destroyed. Christ is risen - he is risen indeed (1 Corinthians 15:19-26)." -Thomas Oden, Ancient Christian Devotional

"Christ is risen from the dead! 
Dying, he conquered death; 
To the dead, he has given life.”

- Byzantine Liturgy, Troparion of Easter.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Scripture Readings
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let Israel say: “His love endures forever...” Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things! The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!” I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done...
Isaiah 65:17-25
The promise of a new heaven
and earth


1 Corinthians 15:19-26
Christ raised from the dead

John 20:1-18
Seeing the risen Christ
Resources
"Death in this century is not the death people die but the death
people live. Men love death because the real death is better than
the living death… Here are the names of death, which shall not
prevail over me because I know the names…

Death in the guise of God and America and the happy life of home and family and friends is not going to prevail over me…

Death in the guise of belief is not going to prevail over me, for believers now believe anything and everything and do not love the truth, are in fact in despair of the truth, and that is death.

Death in the guise of unbelief is not going to prevail over me, for unbelievers believe nothing, not because truth does not exist but because they have already chosen not to believe, and would not believe, cannot believe, even if the living truth stood before them, and that is death…

Death in the form of isms and asms shall not prevail over me, orgasm, enthusiasm, liberalism, conservatism, Communism, Buddhism, Americanism, for an -ism is only another way of despairing of the truth…

Death in none of its guises shall prevail over me because I know all the names of death." 

-Walker Percy in The Second Coming, HT this article by Jessie Larkin
Collect for Easter Day
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. -The Book of Common Prayer
---------Second Sunday of Easter--------- April 28, 2019 (Year C)

"We bear witness to Jesus’ death and resurrection and tell everyone the good news (Acts 5:27-32). Like Thomas, we lay aside our doubts (Jn 20:19-31) and now anticipate his second coming (Rev 1:4-8). We will not die, but live and proclaim what the Lord has done (Ps. 118). Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!" 
–Thomas Oden in Ancient Christian Devotional

Psalm 118:14-29
Scripture Readings
The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation...I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done...Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever...

Resources
Acts 5:27-32
The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus

Revelation 1:4-8
Jesus Christ, the firstborn of the dead

John 20:19-31
Behold! The wounds of the risen Christ


Daily Readings
Revised Common Lectionary

Daily Readings
Book of Common Prayer

Bible in a Year
Chronological
Collect for the Second Sunday of Easter
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. -The Book of Common Prayer
Singing Psalms and Hymns
Hymns for Psalm 118 from Hymnary.com

Psalm 118 (Gloria Reprise) by Sarah Majorins | Chord Chart | Chord Chart (Chorus) 

He's Opened the Gates (Psalm 118) | by Wen Reagan | Chord Chart


Psalm 118 (This is the Day) | by Rawn Harbor | Leadsheet

Psalm 118 (This is the Day) | by Shane and Shane | Leadsheet

Psalm 118 (This is the Day) | by John Angotti | Leadsheet

Psalm 118 | Genevan Psalter

Psalm 118 Metrical Options
Music for Listening
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