The Lord is Risen. Let the Earth Rejoice!
Scripture for Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil: Isaiah 55: 1-11; (Psalm) Isaiah 12: 1-6; Romans 6: 3-11; Luke 24: 1-12.
Scripture For the Feast of the Lord's Resurrection:
Acts 10: 34, 37-43; Psalm 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians 3: 1-4; John 20: 1-9.
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Meditation for Easter Vigil [Holy Saturday]– April 3, 2010
Quoted from the April 3, 2010 meditation in the Word Among Us, [Feb. 17-April 4, 2010]
“All you who are thirsty, come!” (Isaiah 55;1)
“With one word, God spoke; and there was light. So come to him, and let him speak his word of light into your heart.
Before he formed you, h e knew you. So come to him, and let him show you how much he delights in you.
With great eagerness he ate the Passover supper with his disciples. So come to him, and let him nourish you with his own living bread.
He made an everlasting covenant with
He welcomed the repentant thief who hung on the cross next to him. So come to him, and let him shower you with forgiveness and freedom.
He is slow to anger, rich in kindness. So come to him, and let him deliver you from the burden of guilt and shame.
On the cross, he conquered sin and death. So come to him, and let him show you his power over sin and darkness.
On the third day, he rose from the dead, taking his rightful place as Lord and King. So come to him, and let him sit on the throne of your heart.
He opened the Scriptures to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. So come to him, and let his word burn within your heart.
He is the eternal Lord, who was and is and is to come. So come to him, and let your life be enveloped in his unending life.
He healed all those who sought him out. So come to him, and let him restore your spirit, your mind, and your body.
He makes all things new. So come to him, and let him raise you to experience his new life.
Christ the Lord is risen indeed. So come to him, and share in his resurrection!
In him is the fullness of wisdom and understanding. Come to him, and let him fill you with the knowledge of his will.
He brings to completion all that he has begun. Come to him, and let him fulfill his plans and promises for your life.
Prayer: “All praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! On this night when you shattered darkness, I come to you in faith and trust.
I surrender everything to you”.
Scripture: Isaiah 55: 1-11; (Psalm) Isaiah 12: 1-6; Romans 6: 3-11; Luke 24: 1-12.
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Meditation for Easter Sunday – April 4, 2010
John 20: 1-9
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. 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." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the other linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and and believed; for as yet they did not know scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
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 hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
And Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, ... ... the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest; not to all the people but to use who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that his is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."