SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2026
RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD: EASTER DAY​

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INTRODUCTION​

This is the day the Lord has made! Christ is risen, and through him all creation is
     made new! Indeed, “God shows no partiality” (Acts 10:34): Christ’s resurrection
     truly brings life to everyone. We sing hymns of praise, gather around sacred
     words, and proclaim God’s faithfulness, power, and love in the feast of holy
     communion. With the women at the tomb, we are astonished, elated, and
     grateful. We depart with joy to proclaim the good news of God’s endless love.​

PRAYER OF THE DAY

O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption,
     and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make
     us die every day to sin, that we may live with him forever in the joy of the
     resurrection, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
     you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.​

FIRST READING

ACTS 10:34-43
Peter’s sermon, delivered at the home of Cornelius, a Roman army officer, is a
     summary of the essential message of Christianity: Everyone who believes in
     Jesus, whose life, death, and resurrection fulfilled the words of the prophets,
     “receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

34 Peter began to speak to [Cornelius and his household]: “I truly understand that
     God shows no partiality, 35 but in every people anyone who fears him and
     practices righteousness is acceptable to him. 36 You know the message he sent
     to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.
     37 That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism
     that John announced: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
     Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were
     oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 We are witnesses to all that he
     did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a
     tree, 40 but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 41 not to
     all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses and who ate and
     drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to
     the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living
     and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in
     him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

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PSALM

PSALM 118:1-2, 14-24
(Response) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good;
God’s mercy endures forever.
2 Let Israel now declare,
“God’s mercy endures forever.”
14 The Lord is my strength and my song,
and has become my salvation.
15 Shouts of rejoicing and salvation echo in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord acts valiantly!
16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
The right hand of the Lord acts valiantly!”
17 I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
(Response) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)

18 The Lord indeed punished me sorely,
but did not hand me over to death.
19 Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter them and give thanks to the Lord.
20 “This is the gate of the Lord;
here the righteous may enter.”
21 I give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and you have become my salvation.
(Response) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)

22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
23 By the Lord has this been done;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
(Response) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)

SECOND READING

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4
Easter means new life for us as it first meant new life for Christ. His resurrection
     reshapes the entire focus and motivation for our lives since we are now hidden
     with the risen Christ in God.

1 If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ
     is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things that are above,
     not on the things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden
     with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will
     be revealed with him in glory.​

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​​​​GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us
     keep the feast. Alleluia. (1 Cor. 5:7, 8)

GOSPEL READING

MATTHEW 28:1-10
Sorrow gives way to “fear and great joy” when two women are sent by an angel
     to proclaim the good news: Jesus is risen!

1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene
     and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And suddenly there was a great
     earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled
     back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning and his clothing
     white as snow. 4 For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men.
     5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are
     looking for Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has been raised, as
     he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his
     disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of
     you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ This is my message for you.” 8 So they left
     the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly
     Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his
     feet, and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and
     tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”​

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