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John 20:1-18

“Alleluia, Christ is Risen!  He is Risen indeed!  Alleluia!

The Resurrection

20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 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.” 3 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. 4 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 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.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” 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.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,[b] “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for 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.’” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 

1 The strife is o’er, the battle done;
Now is the victor’s triumph won;
Now be the song of praise begun.
Alleluia! 

2 The pow’rs of death have done their worst,
But Christ their legions hath dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia! 

3 The three sad days have quickly sped,
He rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia! 

4 He broke the age-bound chains of hell;
The bars from heav’n’s high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise His triumph tell.
Alleluia! 

5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,
From death’s dread sting Thy servants free
That we may live and sing to Thee.
Alleluia! 

Final Ending:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty God, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. We humbly pray that we may live before You in righteousness and purity forever; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God. now and forever. Amen

PSALMODY Ps. 88:1, 6-7, 8c-9; antiphon: Ps. 88:3

“For my soul is full of troubles,” and my life draws near to Sheol.

O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.

You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. Your wrath lies heavy upon me,”and you overwhelm me with all your waves. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow.” Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. For my soul is full of I troubles,” and my life draws near to Sheol.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

O God, creator of heaven and earth, grant that as the crucified body of Your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with Him the coming of the third day, and rise with Him to newness of life, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen

Ps. 38:1-4, 18, 22; antiphon: Is. 53:5

He was wounded for our transgressions; he was

crushed for our iniquities;*

upon him was the chastisement that brought us

peace, and with his stripes we are healed.

O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,

nor discipline me in your wrath!

For your arrows have sunk into me,’

and your hand has come down on me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your

indignation;*

there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my iniquities have gone over my head;*

like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me

I confess my iniquity;

I am sorry I for my sin.

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

He was wounded for our transgressions; he was

crushed for our iniquities;*

upon him was the chastisement that brought us

peace, and with his stripes we are healed.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Ps. 116:1-4; antiphon: Ps. 116:5

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

I love the LORD, because he has heard*

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

Because he inclined his ear to me,*

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of

Sheol laid I hold on me.*

I suffered distress and anguish.

Then I called on the name of the LORD:*

“O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is I merciful.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

O Lord, in this wondrous Sacrament You have left us a remembrance of Your passion. Grant that we may so receive the sacred mystery of Your body and blood that the fruits of Your redemption may continually be manifest in us; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Ps. 56:1-40; antiphon: Ps. 56:11

In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man I do to me?

Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me:*

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

my enemies trample on me all day long

for many attack me proudly.

When I am afraid,*

I put my trust in you.

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust;*

I shall not be afraid.

In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man I do to me?

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Merciful and everlasting God, You did not spare Your only Son but delivered Him up for us all to bear our sins on the cross. Grant that our hearts may be so fixed with steadfast faith in Him that we fear not the power of sin, death, and the devil; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit one God, now and forever. Amen

Ps. 42:3, 9-10; antiphon: Ps. 42:5-6a

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in

turmoil with-in me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me continually, “Where I is your God?” I say to God, my rock: “Why have you for- I gotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where I is your God?”

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in

turmoil with-in me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty and everlasting God, grant us by Your grace so to pass through this holy time of our Lord’s passion that we may obtain the forgiveness of our sins; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

“Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress.” Psalm 31

INTROIT Ps. 31:10-11, 13-15; antiphon: Ps. 31:9

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress: my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with

sighing;* my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my

bones I waste away. Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of

dread to my acquaintances;* those who see me in the street I flee from me. For I hear the whispering of many-terror on every

side!- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to

take my life. But I trust in you, O LORD: I say, “You I are my God.” My times are in your hand rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress: my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only-begotten Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God. now and forever. Amen

“We would see Jesus.” John 12:20-43

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34 So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 

“He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
    and understand with their heart, and turn,
    and I would heal them.”

41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death

upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen

Ps. 24:7-10; antiphon: Ps. 118:26

“Blessèd is he who comes in the name | of the LORD!”

We bless you from the house I of the LORD.

Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, o l

ancient doors*

that the King of glory I may come in.

Who is this King of I glory?’

The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in I

battle!

Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, o l

ancient doors,*

that the King of glory I may come in.

Who is this King of I glory?’

The LORD of hosts, he is the King of I glory!

Blessèd is he who comes in the name | of the LORD!*

We bless you from the house I of the LORD.

Hymn of the Day

A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth,
   The guilt of sinners bearing
And, laden with the sins of earth,
   None else the burden sharing;
Goes patient on, grows weak and faint,
To slaughter led without complaint,
   That spotless life to offer,
He bears the stripes, the wounds, the lies,
The mockery, and yet replies,
   “All this I gladly suffer.”

This Lamb is Christ, the soul’s great friend,
   The Lamb of God, our Savior,
Whom God the Father chose to send
   To gain for us His favor.
“Go forth, My Son,” the Father said,
“And free My children from their dread
   Of guilt and condemnation.
The wrath and stripes are hard to bear,
But by Your passion they will share
   The fruit of Your salvation.”

“Yes, Father, yes, most willingly
   I’ll bear what You command Me.
My will conforms to Your decree,
   I’ll do what You have asked Me.”
O wondrous Love, what have You done!
The Father offers up His Son,
   Desiring our salvation.
O Love, how strong You are to save!
You lay the One into the grave
   Who built the earth’s foundation.

Lord, when Your glory I shall see
   And taste Your kingdom’s pleasure,
Your blood my royal robe shall be,
   My joy beyond all measure!
When I appear before Your throne,
Your righteousness shall be my crown;
   With these I need not hide me.
And there, in garments richly wrought,
As Your own bride shall we be brought
   To stand in joy beside You.

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death

upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen

“Jesus came in mercy to be with us in our brokenness.”  Luke19:28-40

The Triumphal Entry

28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Almighty and everlasting God, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Himself our flesh and to suffer death

upon the cross. Mercifully grant that we may follow the example of His great humility and patience and be made partakers of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever.  Amen