Year
C
Second Sunday of
Pascha
Sunday 7 April 2013
Eucharistic Preface
Let
us lift up our hearts.
........We
lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.
........It is right to
give our thanks and praise.
It is indeed right to give
you our thanks and praise, O God,
for you meet us in our
doubts
and fill us with life and peace.
You are the one who
was and is, and is to come
— the beginning and the end —
who
breathed life into the earth and its creatures.
Our ancestors put
their trust in you
and celebrated your mighty acts of
salvation.
You sent your child, Jesus,
as a faithful
witness to your goodness and love.
He was killed by the
powerful,
but you raised him, as the firstborn from the
dead.
Appearing behind the locked doors of our fear
he breathed
Holy Spirit into us
and commissioned us
to carry his words of
peace and mercy to the world.
Seated at your right hand as Leader
and Saviour,
he frees us from sin
and makes us a kingdom of
priests
to serve you forever.
Therefore with .....
©2001
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Short
Preface
(for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with
fixed prefaces)
We thank you for your risen Son, Jesus,
the
firstborn from the dead,
who meets us behind the locked doors of
our fear
and breathes Holy Spirit into us,
commissioning us to
proclaim peace and mercy to all the world.
©2001
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
General
Prayer of Thanksgiving
(Preface reformatted for use
apart from communion)
We give you all
thanks and praise, O God,
for you meet us in our doubts
and
fill us with life and peace.
You are the one who was and is,
and is to come
— the beginning and the end —
who breathed
life into the earth and its creatures.
Our ancestors put their
trust in you
and celebrated your mighty acts of salvation.
You
sent your child, Jesus,
as a faithful witness to your goodness
and love.
He was killed by the powerful,
but you raised him, as
the firstborn from the dead.
Appearing behind the locked doors of
our fear
he breathed Holy Spirit into us
and commissioned us
to carry his words of peace and mercy to the world.
Seated at
your right hand as Leader and Saviour,
he frees us from sin
and
makes us a kingdom of priests
to serve you forever.
Therefore,
with our hearts lifted high,
we offer you thanks and praise at all
times
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
©2001
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Declaration
of Grace / Absolution
God has
exalted Jesus Christ, as Leader and Saviour,
that he might turn us
back to God
and free us from our sins by his blood.
All who put
their trust in him, have life in his name.
Sisters and
Brothers,
........your sins are
forgiven;
................be at
peace.
©2001 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Commission
& Benediction
Go now to love and forgive,
for
as God sent Christ,
so now Christ is sending you.
Obey God
above any other authority
and bear witness to Christ’s
resurrection life.
And may God continue the work of salvation
in you;
May Christ Jesus meet you in your doubts and fears;
And
may the Holy Spirit fill you with peace
........and
speak through you with mercy.
We go in peace to love and serve
the Lord,
........In the name
of Christ. Amen.
©2001 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net
Paraphrases
of the Scripture
Lections
for the Second Sunday
of Pascha - Year C - Sunday 7 April 2013
Lections
from The Revised Common Lectionary.
Copyright 1992 by the
Consultation on Common Texts (CCT)
P. O. Box 340003, Room 381,
Nashville, TN 37203-0003, USA. Used with Permission.
* Acts 5: 27-32
........The
apostles were arrested for a third time and dragged before the
authorities. The High Priest tore strips off them, saying, “You
were ordered by this court to stop spreading the teachings of Jesus,
but now the things you’ve been saying about him are all over town.
And what’s more, you are determined to make us wear the blame for
his death.”
........But Peter,
backed up by the other apostles, said, “Whenever obeying God and
obeying some mere human authority are at odds with each other, we
have no choice but to obey God. You had Jesus strung up on a post and
killed; but God — the very same God our ancestors worshipped —
raised him back to life again. What’s more, he is now God’s right
hand man. God has given him the top job, as Leader and Saviour, so
that he might give the nation the chance to turn back to God and have
their sins forgiven. We know about these things, first hand, and it’s
our job to tell the truth about them. And our partner in this task is
the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to all who take their cues from
God.”
©2001 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
Psalm 118: 14-29
Our energy and strength come
from you, LORD;
........our
peace and safety were won by you.
The sound of singing rings
out
........from the homes of all who
are honest and true.
They sing of what you have done,
LORD,
........for
you raised your hand and saved the day.
Now we know that our
lives are safe;
........we will live
to tell of what you have done.
You gave us the tough medicine we
deserved, LORD,
........but
you didn’t let death get its claws into us.
The minute they
open the city gates
........— the
gates of justice —
we’ll be the first through,
LORD;
........eager
to tell you how thankful we are.
These gates belong to you,
LORD,
........those
you have put right can come on through.
Thank you for
answering our prayers, LORD;
........for
coming to our rescue and putting us right.
From a rejected
stone found in a rubbish pile
........you
cut and polished a priceless jewel.
This is obviously your work,
LORD,
........and
we can hardly believe our eyes!
Today is your day, LORD,
a day to honour you;
........we will
celebrate with joy and laughter.
Get us through safely,
LORD!
........In
the tasks ahead, give us success!
The one who comes in your
name, LORD,
........is
the one who is truly blessed.
Gathered here in your
house,
........we praise you for
sending him.
You, LORD, are our only
God,
........and you light up our
lives.
In a great procession,
........we
march to the sacred place,
waving branches and
banners;
........tossing flowers in
the air.
You are our God
........and
we give you thanks.
You are our God
........and
we give you our highest acclaim.
Thank you, LORD,
thank you!
........Thank you for your
goodness!
........Thank you for your
love —
................rock solid
and timeless!
©2001 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
Psalm 150 (alternative Psalm)
All praise to you,
LORD!
We sing your praises in the house of
worship;
........we sing your praises
out in the open air!
We give you all the credit for the
amazing things you have done;
........we
openly declare that your greatness
................is
in a league of its own!
The bands strike up with songs
dedicated to you,
........making
every kind of music in your honour.
For you, the haunting
sounds of the didgeridoo!
........For
you, the jazz band’s wailing horns!
For you, a funky bass
riff!
........For you, the fieriest
fiddles!
For you, screaming guitars!
........For
you, drums and cymbals!
For you, a polished solo!
........For
you, a full-blooded orchestra!
All who can breathe,
sing,
........all who can stand,
dance;
................and all to
sound your praises, LORD!
All praise to
you, LORD of all!
©2001
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
Revelation 1: 4-8
........A
message from me, John, to you, the seven churches in the region of
Turkey:
Greetings and best wishes. May the One who is and who was
and who is yet to come be generous to you and give you peace. May the
seven spirits who gather around heaven’s throne do likewise for
you. And so too may Jesus Christ. He is the key witness whose
testimony will not be silenced, no matter what. He is the first one
to have been reborn from the grave. He is the one to whom everyone
who holds power on earth must answer.
........All
glory and power to Jesus Christ,
................for
he loves us.
........He cut us loose
from our sins,
................even
spilling his own blood to get it done.
........He
made us citizens of a new global domain
................and
priests in the service of his God and Father.
........All
glory and power to Jesus Christ,
................from
now to forever. So say all of us!
........Be
on the watch — he’s on his way!
................Rolling
in on the clouds — no one will fail to see him.
........Even
those who cut him down will have to look,
................and
the sight of him will cause weeping and
wailing
........................from
every race and nation on earth.
That’s the long and the
short of it, and so say all of us!
“I’m the first and the
last; the be all and end all,” says the Lord God, the invincible
one, who is and who was and who is yet to come.
©2000
Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net
*
John 20: 19-31
........It
was a Sunday — the first day of the week — when the tomb was
found empty. That same evening, the disciples met together. They
locked all the doors of the house where they were meeting because
they were afraid of being tracked down by the religious authorities.
Suddenly, Jesus appeared and stood among them saying, “Good evening
to you all!”
........He proceeded
to show them the deep scars in his hands and side. The disciples, of
course, were over the moon at seeing the Lord again. Jesus spoke
again, saying, “All the best to you. God sent me into the world,
and in the same way, I’m sending you.”
........Having
said that, he breathed a big breathe onto them and said, “Receive
the Holy Spirit; all of you. If you forgive anyone who has sinned,
then their sins are forgiven. If you withhold forgiveness for any
sins, they remain unforgiven.”
........When
this happened, Thomas — known as “the Twin” and one of the
twelve — was missing. The other disciples told him that they had
seen the Lord, but they couldn’t convince him. “I’m not falling
for that one!” Thomas replied. “I’d have to see the nail holes
in his hands before I’d believe it. In fact I’d have to feel the
holes myself, and touch the spear wound in his side.”
........A
week later, the disciples again gathered behind locked doors in the
same house, and this time Thomas was with them. Despite the locked
doors, Jesus came and stood among them again and said, “Good
evening to you all!”
........Then
he turned to Thomas and said, “Here are my hands, Thomas. Put your
finger here in the wound.” And pulling up his shirt, he said, “And
here is my side. You can put your hand in the hole. Let go of your
doubts and trust me.”
........Thomas,
of course, was blown away, and said, “You are my Lord and my
God!”
........Jesus said to him,
“Believing is not that hard when you’ve seen me, is it? Imagine
how much God will smile on those who put their trust in me without
ever having seen me!”
........The
disciples saw Jesus do many other things that demonstrated to them
the reality of who he was, but they have not all been written down in
this book. But what has been written here has been written for you,
dear readers, so that you will know enough to see that Jesus is the
anointed One — the Son of God — and so that by putting your trust
in him you can come to have real life: the life that he lived and
shares.
©2001 Nathan
Nettleton LaughingBird.net