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
