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    Easter Day

    O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Easter Day

    O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord’s resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Easter Day

    Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the 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 for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

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    Laudate DominumBCP p. 805

    1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord from the heavens; *praise him in the heights.

    2Praise him, all you angels of his; *praise him, all his host.

    3Praise him, sun and moon; *praise him, all you shining stars.

    4Praise him, heaven of heavens, *and you waters above the heavens.

    5Let them praise the Name of the Lord; *for he commanded, and they were created.

    6He made them stand fast for ever and ever; *he gave them a law which shall not pass away.

    7Praise the Lord from the earth, *you sea-monsters and all deeps;

    8Fire and hail, snow and fog, *tempestuous wind, doing his will;

    9Mountains and all hills, *fruit trees and all cedars;

    10Wild beasts and all cattle, *creeping things and wingèd birds;

    11Kings of the earth and all peoples, *princes and all rulers of the world;

    12Young men and maidens, *old and young together.

    13Let them praise the Name of the Lord, *for his Name only is exalted, his splendor is over earth and heaven.

    14He has raised up strength for his people and praise for all his loyal servants, *the children of Israel, a people who are near him. Hallelujah!

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    Cantate DominoBCP p. 807

    1Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song; *sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful.

    2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; *let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

    3Let them praise his Name in the dance; *let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.

    4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people *and adorns the poor with victory.

    5Let the faithful rejoice in triumph; *let them be joyful on their beds.

    6Let the praises of God be in their throat *and a two-edged sword in their hand;

    7To wreak vengeance on the nations *and punishment on the peoples;

    8To bind their kings in chains *and their nobles with links of iron;

    9To inflict on them the judgment decreed; *this is glory for all his faithful people. Hallelujah!

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    Laudate DomiBCP p. 807

    1Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy temple; *praise him in the firmament of his power.

    2Praise him for his mighty acts; *praise him for his excellent greatness.

    3Praise him with the blast of the ram’s-horn; *Praise him with lyre and harp.

    4Praise him with timbrel and dance; *praise him with strings and pipe.

    5Praise him with resounding cymbals; *praise him with loud-clanging cymbals.

    6Let everything that has breath *praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

    Daily Office Readings

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    John 1:1-18

    1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”) 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

    Exod. 12:1-14

    1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4 If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10 You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.