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Introit for The Second Sunday of Easter 4-27-25

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation—

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name;

make known his deeds among the peoples!

Sing to him, sing praises to him;

tell of all his wondrous works!

Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

Seek the LORD and his strength;

seek his presence continually!

Remember the wondrous works that he has done,

his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.

He remembers his covenant forever,

the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation—

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

 

Collect

Almighty God, grant that we who have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection may by Your grace confess in our life and conversation that Jesus is Lord and God; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

 

[Acts 5:12-20]  Meanwhile, the apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon's Colonnade.  13 No one else dared to join them, though everyone had high regard for them. 14 And more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord -- crowds of both men and women.  15 As a result of the apostles' work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter's shadow might fall across some of them as he went by.  16 Crowds came in from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.  17 The high priest and his friends, who were Sadducees, reacted with violent jealousy.  18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the jail.  19 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them, 20 "Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!"

 

[Revelation 1:4-8]  4 This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne;  5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the commander of all the rulers of the world. All praise to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.  6 He has made us his Kingdom and his priests who serve before God his Father. Give to him everlasting glory! He rules forever and ever! Amen!  7 Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him -- even those who pierced him. And all the nations of the earth will weep because of him. Yes! Amen!  8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega -- the beginning and the end," says the Lord God. "I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come, the Almighty One

 

[John 20:19-31]  That evening, on the first day of the week, the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! "Peace be with you," he said.  20 As he spoke, he held out his hands for them to see, and he showed them his side. They were filled with joy when they saw their Lord!  21 He spoke to them again and said, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."  22 Then he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.  23 If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you refuse to forgive them, they are unforgiven."  24 One of the disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin ), was not with the others when Jesus came.  25 They told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "I won't believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side." 26 Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. He said, "Peace be with you."  27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe!"  28 "My Lord and my God!" Thomas exclaimed.  29 Then Jesus told him, "You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who haven't seen me and believe anyway." 30 Jesus' disciples saw him do many other miraculous signs besides the ones recorded in this book.  31 But these are written so that you may believe1 that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life. 

 

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