Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. with Easter Lessons and Carols.

Worship at Home:

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Service Music:

Voluntary    Berceuse    Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Alborada    Carson Cooman (b. 1982)

Opening Hymn 208    Alleluia! The strife is o’er    Victory

Song of Praise 417 vv. 1,2,3    This is the feast    Festival Canticle

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.

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    Lied    Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Sanctus S125    Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

Fraction Anthem    Christ our Passover    Jeffrey Rickard (b. 1942)

Communion Hymn 324    Let all mortal flesh keep silence    Picardy

Closing Hymn 205    Good Christians all, rejoice and sing    Gelobt sei Gott

Voluntary    Fantasy on Gelobt sei Gott    Healey Willan (1880-1968)

Organ scholar: Ted Babbitt