Scriptures for Easter Sunday
Here are the scripture readings for this upcoming Sunday.
Suggestion: Print this and read a different passage each day and think about it
(some questions are offered to help stimulate your reflection).
You'll find your experience of worship on Sunday will be intensified.
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Easter Sunday, Year C
Episcopal Revised Common Lectionary
The Collect
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 Scriptures
Isaiah 65:17-25
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:19-26
Luke 24:1-12
Isaiah 65:17-25
For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former
things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and
rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create
in
of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress. No more shall
there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old
person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a
hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short
of a hundred will be considered accursed. They shall build houses
and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant
and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my
people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their
hands. They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for
calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord -- and
their descendants as well. Before they call I will answer, while
they are yet speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall
feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the
serpent--its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
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What elements of this dream of good life particular catch your imagination?
Notice that this vision is entirely concerned with the quality of life here on earth.
What would your dream of good life be?
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Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *
his mercy endures for ever.
2 Let
"His mercy endures for ever."
14 The Lord is my strength and my song, *
and he has become my salvation.
15 There is a sound of exultation and victory *
in the tents of the righteous:
16 "The right hand of the Lord has triumphed! *
the right hand of the Lord is exalted!
the right hand of the Lord has triumphed!"
17 I shall not die, but live, *
and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord has punished me sorely, *
but he did not hand me over to death.
19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *
I will enter them;
I will offer thanks to the Lord.
20 "This is the gate of the Lord; *
he who is righteous may enter."
21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *
and have become my salvation.
22 The same stone which the builders rejected *
has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord's doing, *
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 On this day the Lord has acted; *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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What words and images would you use to describe what God's victory through the resurrection of Jesus? How would you praise God for the gift of resurrection?
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1 Corinthians 15:19-26
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all
people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from
the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since
death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead
has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so
all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order:
Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to
Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God
the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every
authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
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If Adam's sin condemns all to death, says Paul, even more will Christ's victory make all alive. What does the complete victory of Jesus mean to you?
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Luke 24:1-12
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the
tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the
stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did
not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly
two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were
terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said
to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is
not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was
still in
sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." Then
they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told
all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women
with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed
to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter
got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the
linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had
happened.
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When have you had an experience of resurrection?
Some people believed and some people didn't believe the reports of Jesus' resurrection.
What do you find you can believe? What do you find you cannot believe?
What does resurrection mean to you?
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