The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, 20 April 2014
The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day - 20 April 2014 Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Acts 10:34-43 or Colossians 3:1-4 St. John 20:1-18 St. Matthew 28:1-10 Background: Choices Ever since the revision of the Lectionary by the Episcopal and Lutheran Churches, following the model of the Roman Ordo, we have been faced with a difficult choice during the Liturgy for Easter Day. One choice would be to read the readings from the Hebrew Scriptures, and the other is to read the reading from Acts. In the one case we lose the reading from Jeremiah, and in the other we lose a brief reading from Colossians. What guides me in this internal conversation is the question of what is most urgent to hear, and of course that will provide for a different answer for many of us. I prefer to use the Acts lesson as the first lesson because it addresses the issue of “what must I do now that I have witnessed the resurrection?” The...
