Long
Before the Word is Waking – Lutheran Service Book #485
John
21:1-17
Long before the world is waking,
Morning
mist on Galilee,
From
the shore, as dawn is breaking,
Jesus
calls across the sea:
Hails
the boat of weary men,
Bids
them cast their net again.
The Savior’s appearance after
the resurrection was for our great comfort. Who but Christ Himself could
satisfy the deep longing of the human heart at a time of confusion and sorrow?
Jesus appears to His disciples to assure them that He is indeed risen from the
dead. By their testimony to we confess and believe.
Almighty God, by the glorious resurrection
of Your Son, Jesus Christ, You destroyed death and brought life and immortality
to light. Grant that we who have been raised with Him may abide in His presence
and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through the same Jesus Christ, our
Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever.[1]
[1]
Lutheran Service Book, Collect for Easter Wednesday © 2006 Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis
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