Easter-Day.
{For Easter
Vigil: http://orderofcenturions.org/easter.html}
{At
Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, &c. these Anthems shall be sung or said.}
CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast;
Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness : but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more :
death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin
once : but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also
yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin : but alive unto God through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Rom. vi. 9
Christ is risen from the dead : and become the
first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death : by man came also
the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die : even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world
without end. Amen.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee,
that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good
desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old
Testament Reading: Isaiah 25.1-9
Psalter:
Psalm 2, 57, 111 | 113, 116, 117
Epistle
Reading: Colossians 3.1-7
Gospel
Reading: St. John 20.1-10
St.
Athanasius: “For that death
is destroyed, and that the Cross is become the victory over it, and that it has
no more power but is verily dead, this is no small proof, or rather an evident
warrant, that it is despised by all Christ’s disciples, and that they all take
the aggressive against it and no longer fear it; but by the sign of the Cross
and by faith in Christ tread it down as dead. For of old, before the divine sojourn
of the Saviour took place, even to the saints death was terrible, and all wept
for the dead as though they perished. But now that the Saviour has raised His
body, death is no longer terrible; for all who believe in Christ tread him
under as nought, and choose rather to die than to deny their faith in Christ.
For they verily know that when they die they are not destroyed, but actually
[begin to] live, and become incorruptible through the Resurrection. And that
devil that once maliciously exulted in death, now that its pains were loosed,
remained the only one truly dead. And a proof of this is, that before men
believe Christ, they see in death an object of terror, and play the coward before
him. But when they are gone over to Christ’s faith and teaching, their contempt
for death is so great that they even eagerly rush upon it, and become witnesses
for the Resurrection the Saviour has accomplished against it. For while still
tender in years they make haste to die, and not men only, but women also,
exercise themselves by bodily discipline against it. So weak has he become, that
even women who were formerly deceived by him, now mock at him as dead and
paralyzed. For as when a tyrant has been defeated by a real king, and bound
hand and foot, then all that pass by laugh him to scorn, buffeting and reviling
him, no longer fearing his fury and barbarity, because of the king who has
conquered him; so also, death having been conquered and exposed by the Saviour
on the Cross, and bound hand and foot, all they who are in Christ, as they pass
by,
trample on him, and witnessing to Christ scoff at
death, jesting at him, and saying what has been written against him of old: “O
death, where is thy victory? O grave, where is thy sting”” (“The Incarnation of
the Word, Para. 27).
Monday in
Easter-Week.
Psalm 62
Nonne Deo?
MY SOUL truly waiteth still upon God : for of him
cometh my salvation.
2. He verily is my strength and my salvation : he
is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.
3. How long will ye imagine mischief against every
man : ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye
be, and like a broken hedge.
4. Their device is only how to put him out whom God
will exalt : their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth,
but curse with their heart.
5. Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God
: for my hope is in him.
6. He truly is my strength and my salvation : he is
my defence, so that I shall not fall.
7. In God is my health, and my glory : the rock of
my might, and in God is my trust.
8. O put your trust in him alway, ye people : pour
out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.
9. As for the children of men, they are but vanity
: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether
lighter than vanity itself.
10. O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not
yourselves unto vanity : if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11. God spake once, and twice I have also heard the
same : that power belongeth unto God;
12. And that thou, Lord, art merciful : for thou
rewardest every man according to his work.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee,
that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good
desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
For
the Epistle: Acts 10.34-43
Gospel
Reading: St. Luke 24.13-35
Tuesday in
Easter-Week.
Psalm 113
Laudate, pueri
PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : O praise the Name of
the Lord.
2. Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time
forth for evermore.
3. The Lord’s Name is praised : from the rising up
of the sun unto the going down of the same.
4. The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory
above the heavens.
5. Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his
dwelling so high : and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in
heaven and earth?
6. He taketh up the simple out of the dust : and
lifteth the poor out of the mire;
7. That he may set him with the princes : even with
the princes of his people.
8. He maketh the barren woman to keep house : and
to be a joyful mother of children.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee,
that as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good
desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
For
the Epistle: Acts 13.26-41
Gospel
Reading: St. Luke 24.36-48
