A Commemoration of the Resurrection

		A Commemoration of the Resurrection


		This Commemoration is appropriate as an early Sunday morning celebration, especially during the Easter season.

		Preparation

		As the night watch looks for the morning,
All		So do we look for you, O Christ.

		[Come with the dawning of the day
All		and make yourself known in the breaking of the bread.]

		Opening Canticle

		Benedicite - a Song of Creation (shorter version) may be said or sung

1		Bless the Lord all you works of the Lord: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

2		Bless the Lord you heavens: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

3		Bless the Lord you angels of the Lord: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

4		Bless the Lord all people on earth: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

5		O people of God bless the Lord: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

6		Bless the Lord you priests of the Lord: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

7		Bless the Lord you servants of the Lord: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

8		Bless the Lord all you of upright spirit: •
		bless the Lord you that are holy and humble in heart;

9		bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: •
		sing his praise and exalt him for ever.
		From The Song of the Three

		The Word of God

		Psalmody

		Psalm 118.14-29 is said or sung

14		The Lord is my strength and my song, •
		and he has become my salvation.

15		Joyful shouts of salvation •
		sound from the tents of the righteous:

16		'The right hand of the Lord does mighty deeds;
		the right hand of the Lord raises up; •
		the right hand of the Lord does mighty deeds.'

17		I shall not die, but live •
		and declare the works of the Lord.

18		The Lord has punished me sorely, •
		but he has not given me over to death.

19		Open to me the gates of righteousness, •
		that I may enter and give thanks to the Lord.

20		This is the gate of the Lord; •
		the righteous shall enter through it.

21		I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me •
		and have become my salvation.

22		The stone which the builders rejected •
		has become the chief cornerstone.

23		This is the Lord's doing, •
		and it is marvellous in our eyes.

24		This is the day that the Lord has made; •
		we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25		Come, O Lord, and save us we pray. •
		Come, Lord, send us now prosperity.

26		Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; •
		we bless you from the house of the Lord.

27		The Lord is God; he has given us light; •
		link the pilgrims with cords
		right to the horns of the altar.

28		You are my God and I will thank you; •
		you are my God and I will exalt you.

29		O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; •
		his mercy endures for ever.

		Scripture Reading

		One of the following may be read

		Genesis 1.1-5; Exodus 14.21-31; 1 Corinthians 15.1-8; Colossians 3.1-4

		Old Testament Canticle

		The Song of Moses and Miriam is said or sung

		Refrain:
All		In your unfailing love, O Lord,
		you lead the people whom you have redeemed. Alleluia!

1		I will sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously, •
		the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

2		The Lord is my strength and my song •
		and has become my salvation.

3		This is my God whom I will praise, •
		the God of my forebears whom I will exalt.

4		The Lord is a warrior, •
		the Lord is his name.

5		Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power: •
		your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

6		At the blast of your nostrils, the sea covered them; •
		they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

7		In your unfailing love, O Lord, •
		you lead the people whom you have redeemed.

8		And by your invincible strength •
		you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

9		You will bring them in and plant them, O Lord, •
		in the sanctuary which your hands have established.
		Exodus 15.1b-3,6,10,13,17
		Glory to the Father and to the Son
		and to the Holy Spirit;
		as it was in the beginning is now
		and shall be for ever. Amen.

All		In your unfailing love, O Lord,
		you lead the people whom you have redeemed. Alleluia!

		Gospel Reading

		One of the following is read

		Matthew 28.1-10; Mark 16.1-8; Mark 16.9-20; Luke 24.1-9; John 20.1-10; John 20.11-18; John 21.1-14.

		New Testament Canticle

		The Easter Anthems are said or sung

1		Christ our passover has been sacrificed for us, •
		so let us celebrate the feast,

2		not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness •
		but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
		1 Corinthians 15.1b-3,6,10,13,17
3		Christ once raised from the dead dies no more; •
		death has no more dominion over him.

4		In dying he died to sin once for all; s
		in living he lives to God.

5		See yourselves, therefore, as dead to sin •
		and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.
		Romans 6.9-11

6		Christ has been raised from the dead, •
		the first fruits of those who sleep.

7		For as by man came death •
		by man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

8		For as in Adam all die: •
		even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
		1 Corinthians 15.20-22

		Prayers
		The Collect is said

		Grant, Lord, that we who are baptized into the death of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ may continually put to death our evil desires and be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass to our joyful resurrection; though his merits, who died and was buried and rose again for us, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

		The Lord's Prayer is said

		Rejoicing in God's new creation,
		as our Saviour has taught us, so we pray
All		Our Father in heaven,

		(or)

		Rejoicing in God's new creation,
		let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us
All		Our Father, who art in heaven,

		The Conclusion

		May the risen Christ grant us the joy of eternal life.
All		Amen.

		Let us bless the Lord. [Alleluia! Alleluia!]
All		Thanks be to God. [Alleluia! Alleluia!]

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