EASTER SUNDAY: April 4, 2021 The Feast of our Lord’s Resurrection - John 20: 1-18
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her. – John 20:18
Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our 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 forever. [2]
We rejoice in thee, O Lord everlasting, with gladness and exultation, beseeching Thee, that while the gates of our hearts are thrown open in Thy praise, they may also be flung wide to receive Thy mercy and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with Thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen. [3]
Break in sunder, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the chains of our sins; that, taking upon us Thy light yoke and easy burden, we may serve Thee, with fear and reverence, all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, [4]
Almighty God, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You overcame death and opened to us the grate of everlasting life. We humbly pray that we may live before You in righteousness and purity forever; [5]
God our Father, creator of all, today is the day of Easter joy. This is the morning on which the Lord appeared to men who had begun to lose hope and opened their eyes to what the Scriptures foretold that first he must die and then he would rise and ascend into his Father’s glorious presence. May the risen Lord breathe on our minds and open our eyes that we may know him in the breaking of bread, and follow him in his risen life. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen [6]
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[1] The Resurrection copyright © Ed Riojas Higher Things
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Collect for Easter, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis
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Easter Collect © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
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Easter Collect © 2005 Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood
[5]
Collect for Easter Sunrise, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis
[6]
Collect for Easter Sunday For All the Saints, A Prayer Book For and By the
Church Vol. 1 © 1994 American Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
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