Holy Eucharist Rite II at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. with Easter Lessons and Carols.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Choral from Pièces en style libre Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Processional Hymn 208 Alleluia! The strife is o’er Victory
Lessons and Carols for Easter
In the same tradition that we employ in Advent and Christmas, the story of Easter is illuminated through meaningful scripture readings punctuated by song. This liturgy is shared without commentary, allowing the meaning of the words and music to dwell in your heart and find their own personal meaning. Please join in singing as indicated.
Jeremiah 31: 1-6 – God’s everlasting love is proclaimed to his people
Hymn 458, vv 1, 2, 7 My song is love unknown Love unknown
Isaiah 52:7-10, 13-15 – The prophet foretells the coming of the Savior
Hymn 178, vv. 1, 2, 4 Alleluia, Alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord Alleluia No. 1
Revelation 21:1-7 – Saint John speaks of the New Jerusalem
Hymn 182, vv. 1, 2, 5 Christ is alive! Truro
Luke 24:1-9 – The women find the empty tomb
Sequence Hymn 204 Now the green blade riseth Noël nouvelet
John 20:19-31 – Jesus reveals himself to the disciples and to Thomas
Hymn 206 O sons and daughters, let us sing O filii, O filiae
Offertory Music Préambule from Pièces en style libre Louis Vierne
Sanctus S125 Richard Proulx (1937-2010)
Fraction Anthem Christ our Passover Jeffrey Rickard (b. 1942)
Closing Hymn 180 He is risen, he is risen! Unser Herrscher
Voluntary Carillon de Longpont from Pièces en style libre Louis Vierne