Easter Sunday the Resurrection of the Lord 12 April 2009

Acts 10,34a. 37-43 Peter opened his mouth and said, that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree. God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."

so let us rejoice and be glad. Psalm 117 This is the day the Lord has made; so let us rejoice and be glad. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, His loving kindness endures forever. Let Israel say, “His loving kindness endures forever”.

This is the day the Lord has made; so let us rejoice and be glad. The right hand of the Lord is lifted high, the right hand of the Lord strikes mightily!. I shall not die, but live to proclaim what the Lord has done.

This was the Lord’s doing This is the day the Lord has made; so let us rejoice and be glad. The stone rejected by the builders has become the keystone. This was the Lord’s doing and we marvel at it.

Paul’s Letter to the Colossians 3,1-4 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 3:4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory Seek the things that are above

ACLAMATION 1Corinthians 5, 7b-8a Aleluia! Aleluia! Throw out, then, the old yeast and be new dough. Let us celebrate, therefore; the Passover. Aleluia!

John 20,1-9 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. 20:2Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!" 20:3Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. 20:4They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. 20:5Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in. 20:6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, 20:7and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. 20:8So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. 20:9For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.