Resurrection Sunday
Greetings in Christ Jesus,
Sunday April 16, 2017
The Feast of Feasts
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8
6 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a
little leaven corrupts the whole lump? 7 Purge out the old leaven,
that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover is
sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor
with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.
Gospel: Matthew 28: 1-20
1 And in the end of the Sabbath, when it began
to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other
Mary, to see the sepulchre. 2 And behold there was a great
earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled
back the stone, and sat upon it. 3 And his countenance was as lightning,
and his raiment as snow. 4 And for fear of him, the guards were
struck with terror, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel
answering, said to the women: Fear not; for I know that you seek Jesus who was
crucified. 6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and
see the place where the Lord was laid. 7 And going quickly, tell
his disciples that he is risen: and behold he will go before you into Galilee;
there you shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it to you. 8 And they
went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell
his disciples. 9 And behold Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But
they came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him.
10 Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell
my brethren that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me.
11 Who
when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and told
the chief priests all things that had been done. 12 And they being
assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money
to the soldiers, 13 saying: Say you, His disciples came by night,
and stole him away when we were asleep. 14 And if the governor
shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they
taking the money did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among
the Jews even unto this day. 16 And the eleven disciples went into
Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And
seeing him they adored: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus coming,
spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. 19 Going
therefore, teach all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even
to the end of the world.
Psalm 65
1 Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the
resurrection. Shout with joy to God, all the earth, 2 sing a psalm
to his name; give glory to his praise. 3 Say unto God, How terrible
are Your works, O Lord! In the multitude of Your strength Your enemies shall
lie to You. 4 Let all the earth adore You, and sing to You: let it
sing a psalm to Your name. 5 Come and see the works of God; who is
terrible in his counsels over the sons of men. 6 Who turns the sea
into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in
him. 7 Who by his power rules for ever: his eyes behold the
nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. 8 O
bless our God, you Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard. 9 Who
has set my soul to live: and has not suffered my feet to be moved: 10 For
You, O God, has proved us: You have tried us by fire, as silver is tried. 11 You
have brought us into a net, You have laid afflictions on our back: 12 You
have set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and You
have brought us out into a refreshment. 13 I will go into Your
house with burnt offerings: I will pay You my vows, 14 which my
lips have uttered, And my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I
will offer up to You holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I
will offer to You bullocks with goats. 16 Come and hear, all you
that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he has done for my soul. 17 I
cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. 18 If
I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. 19 Therefore
has God heard me, and has attended to the voice of my supplication. 20 Blessed
be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalm 150
1 Alleluia.
Praise the Lord in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise
him for his mighty acts: praise him according to the multitude of his
greatness. 3 Praise
him with sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. 4 Praise
him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings and organs. 5 Praise
him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: 6 let
every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.
My Friends,
Christ is risen, death is defeated, sin has been overcome,
all of this done by our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ through sinless life, His
crucifixion, death, and resurrection. This
is a glorious day for those who believe. Praise God and glorify His holy name.
I pray that on this day that there is a true awakening in each and every one of
us. I pray that as the Psalmist says we have been proven, that during the days
leading up to this day we have been tried by fire as silver is tried, I pray that we have had afflictions laid upon our
backs, and that we all have passed through fire and water, and have been brought
out into a refreshment. My friends, this is how our faith grows, this is what
kindles the fire within us.
By overcoming we gain wisdom and knowledge. So today praise
Him that has tried us through fire, glorify the name of the one who teaches us
and purifies us and has by His crucifixion, death, and resurrection, given us
the ability to attain this new life through His blood. He is our strength; He
is our High Priest and Mediator between us and the Father. Jesus the Christ
unites us to the Father.
May the peace of our Lord Jesus the Christ be with you
throughout this day and the rest of your life. May the Holy Spirit fill us all
to overflowing so that everyone in whose path we cross may receive a blessing
from our Lord Jesus the Christ.
Blessings
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Many Blessings!
+William
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