A.D. 2012 April 8

Easter Day

Acclamations

Celebrant: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Collects

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, by your life-giving Spirit, be delivered from sin and raised from death; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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

Lessons

Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B

Early Service

Genesis 1:1–2:3 or Genesis 3 or Genesis 7:1–5, 11–18; 8:6–20; 9:8–13 or Genesis 22:1–18 or Exodus 14:10–15:1 or Isaiah 4:2–6 or Isaiah 55:1–11 or Ezekiel 36:24–28 or Ezekiel 37:1–14 or Daniel 3:1–28 or Jonah 1:1–2:10 or Zephaniah 3:12–20
Psalm 114
Romans 6:3–11
Matthew 28:1–10

Principal Service

Evening Service

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us, and has taken away the sin of the world; who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again has won for us everlasting life.

Liturgical Colors

White or Gold

References

William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, Reformer of the Church and Renewer of Society, 1877

Liturgical Colors

White or Gold