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.
{***Collect
from the 1542 BCP for Tuesday in Easter-Week: ALMYGHTY father, whiche haste
geven thy only sonne to dye for our synnes, and to ryse agayne for oure
justificacion; Graunt us so to put awaye the leven of malyce and wyckednes,
that we maye alwaye serve thee in purenes of lyvynge and truth; through Jesus
Christe oure Lorde. }
For the Epistle: Acts 13.26-41
Gospel Reading: St. Luke 24.36-48
