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Wednesday, April 8 |
| The Morning Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 6 and 9 a.m. |
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Easter Monday |
The Call to Prayer |
| Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous;* it is good for the just to sing praises. Praise the LORD with the harp;* play to him upon the psaltery and lyre. Sing for him a new song;* sound a fanfare with all your skill upon the trumpet. |
| Psalm 33:1–3 |
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The Request for Presence |
| Let your loving-kindness, O LORD, be upon us,* as we have put our trust in you. |
| Psalm 33:22 |
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The Greeting |
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| How great is your goodness, O LORD! which you have laid up for those who fear you;* which you have done in the sight of all for those who put their trust in you. |
| Psalm 31:19 |
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The Refrain for the Morning Lessons |
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| . . . the loving-kindness of the LORD fills the whole earth. |
| Psalm 33:5 |
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A Reading |
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| Now that very same day, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. And it happened that as they were talking together and discussing it, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He said to them, ‘What are all these things that you are discussing as you walk along?’ They stopped, their faces downcast. Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.’ He asked, ‘What things?’ They answered, ‘All about Jesus of Nazareth, who showed himself a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and the whole people; and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have now gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they could not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women reported, but of him they saw nothing.’ Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe all that the prophets have said! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer before entering into his glory?’ Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself. When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them saying, ‘It is nearly evening, and the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them. Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?’ They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, ‘The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognized him at the breaking of bread. |
| Luke 24:13–35 |
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The Refrain |
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| . . . the loving-kindness of the LORD fills the whole earth. |
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The Morning Psalm |
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Happy the Nation Whose God Is the LORD |
| Let all the earth fear the LORD;* let all who dwell in the world stand in awe of him. For he spoke, and it came to pass;* he commanded, and it stood fast. The LORD brings the will of the nations to naught;* he thwarts the designs of the peoples. But the LORD’s will stands fast for ever,* and the designs of his heart from age to age. Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD!* happy the people he has chosen to be his own! |
| Psalm 33:8–12 |
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The Refrain |
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| . . . the loving-kindness of the LORD fills the whole earth. |
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The Cry of the Church |
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| Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again! |
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The Lord's Prayer |
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| Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. |
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week |
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| Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that I, 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. † |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church |
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| Grant, I pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. † |
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