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Order of Holy Communion - Pg. 15 Hymn #200 I Know That My Redeemer Lives Hymn #192 Awake My Heart With Gladness Hymn #191 Christ the Lord is Risen Today; Alleluia! Readings Isaiah 52:13-15 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 St. Mark 16:1-8 Collect for the Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who celebrate the solemnities of the Lord’s Resurrection may by the renewal of Thy Holy Spirit rise again from the death of the soul; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon on the Holy Gospel Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 1)          Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bring spices to the tomb where Jesus was laid in haste after His death. These devout women wa...

SERVICE OF WORD AND PRAYER Hymn #140 Jesus I Will Ponder Now Hymn #153 Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted Hymn #143 O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken Hymn #146 Lamb of God, Pure and Holy Hymn #151 Christ, the Life of All the Living Readings Isaiah 50:6-9 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 St. John 18:1-19:42 Collect Almighty God, we beseech Thee graciously to behold this Thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Collect Hear us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy abundant blessing may be upon Thy people who have held the passion and death of Thy Son in devout remembrance, that we may receive Thy pardon and the gift of Thy comfort, and may increase in faith and take hold of eternal salvation; through the same Jesu...

Order of the Confessional Service - Pg. 46 Order of Holy Communion - Pg. 15 Hymn # 164 Twas on that Dark, That Doleful Night Hymn # 311 Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior Readings Exodus 12:1-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 St. John 13:1-15 Collect for Maundy Thursday O Lord God, Who hast left unto us in a wonderful Sacrament a memorial of Thy Passion, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so use this Sacrament of Thy Body and Blood that the fruits of Thy redemption may continually be manifest in us; Thou, Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon on the Epistle Lesson Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 1)          On the night in which He was betrayed, Christ gives His church one of her greatest treasures. Jesus takes the unleavened bread of the Passover meal, breaks it, distributes it and says, “ Take, eat: this is my ...

Order of Holy Communion - pg. 15 Hymn #160 All Glory, Laud, and Honor Hymn #142 A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth Hymn #162 Ride On, Ride On, in Majesty Readings Zechariah 9:9-10 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 21:1-9 Collect for Palmarum, the Sixth Sunday in Lent Almighty and Everlasting God, Who hast sent Thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of His patience and also be made partakers of His Resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon on the Holy Gospel Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 1)          Today’s gospel lesson begins and ends with the preaching of Jesus and t...