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Sunday 12 Apr 2020 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Sunday 12 Apr 2020 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Before gathering to pray, you are encouraged to gather some symbols of new life and things to decorate your prayer space, make it bright and colourful. You will need: A Leader; Reader(s) Set up a prayer space including the symbols of new life you have gathered (also include a white or gold prayer cloth, candle, cross, bible) Access to music (if possible) - Examples of music that you can access via YouTube are listed throughout the liturgy. Choose what you will use and open the songs in different tabs, skip the ads, pause them ready for playing. If music is not available say the Entrance Antiphon. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Lk 24:34; cf. Rv 1:6 The Lord is truly risen, alleluia. To him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia. GATHERING HYMN Easter Alleluia- Michael Mangan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bJ8D6lvrk Alleluia! Love is Alive- Steve Angrisano, Sarah Hart, Jesse Manibusan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6LsNoyczQ Come the Lord is Risen Today- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzy7jFNUc3w GREETING LEADER: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ALL: Amen LEADER: We celebrate the conquering of death in the Resurrection of Jesus. The Church has long celebrated this with an Easter greeting. Let us celebrate Easter by sharing this greeting with each other and those we encounter over this Easter season, whether in person, telephone or online. Christ is Risen! ALL: He is Risen indeed! Everyone is encouraged to share this greeting with each other. PENITENTIAL ACT LEADER: Brothers and Sisters, let us acknowledge our failings, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. LEADER: Lord Jesus, you have won victory over death: Lord, have mercy. ALL: Lord, have mercy. LEADER: Christ Jesus, you are the joy of all who believe: Christ, have mercy. ALL Christ, have mercy. LEADER: Lord Jesus, in you we are reborn: Lord, have mercy. ALL: Lord, have mercy. GLORIA LEADER: With peoples everywhere, let us glorify our God (in joyful song). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb-2XUH-CMI or ALL: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. OPENING PRAYER LEADER: Let us pray O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the light of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ALL: Amen FIRST READING Acts 10:34. 37-43 RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 117:1-2. 16-17. 22-23. R. v.24 SECOND READING Col 3:1-4 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Cor 5:7-8 Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia! GOSPEL Jn 20:1-9 LEADER: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’ So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead. The Gospel of the Lord ALL: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ REFLECTION Read Bishop Michael’s Easter Message - http://bathurst.catholic.org.au/?i=5801&a-message- from-bishop-mckenna-at-easter-2020 or Consider blessing your home with an Easter Blessing. One can be found on the resource page of the Diocesan website or What feelings, thoughts and questions arose as you listened to this Gospel? PROFESSION OF FAITH LEADER: Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? ALL: I do. LEADER: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered death and was buried, rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father? ALL: I do. LEADER: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting? ALL: I do. LEADER: And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life. ALL: Amen. UNIVERSAL PRAYER LEADER: Rejoicing in Christ’s triumph over death, we bring our prayers before the God of Glory. We pray for our Church, that we may proclaim the new life that Jesus Christ offers to all. In your Glory. ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. We pray for our leaders, that they may make decisions mindful of all, especially the most vulnerable. In your Glory ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. We pray for all followers of Jesus Christ, that they will find strength in their faith and draw inspiration from the Easter message. In your Glory. ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. We pray for the people who are alone or isolated, that they will find solace in your love and in the love of those around them. In your Glory. ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. We pray for those living with the fear of disease, that they will find a sense of calm and shelter in Christ. In your Glory. ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. Pause to allow others to mention any other prayers they may have. For all those who have died, especially those we know and love, remembering those who have died in this last year. In your Glory. ALL: Lord, hear our prayer. LEADER: Father, we rejoice this day in Christ’s triumph over death. Hear our prayers and help us to live as faithful witnesses who proclaim the good news of our salvation. We ask this through Christ our Lord. ALL: Amen LEADER: Jesus taught us to call God our Father, and so we are able to pray together. ALL: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen As we are unable to gather as a community and share the Eucharist, let us take a moment to share a Spiritual Communion. ALL: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. Time of Silence CONCLUDING PRAYER LEADER: Let us pray. Nourished by the Word, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that, just as through the death of your Son you have brought us to hope for what we believe, so by his Resurrection you may lead us to where you call. Through Christ our Lord. ALL: Amen. LEADER: May Almighty God bless us and keep us safe, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ALL: Amen LEADER: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life, alleluia, alleluia. ALL: Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia. FINAL SONG Christ is Risen - Matt Maher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mXeA0G_xKc Glorious Day- Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfzpfqrPUDo&feature=youtu.be Resurrection Day- Rend Collective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7V-g_cJaU The Season of Easter lasts 50 Days, Jesus is alive, it’s time to celebrate.
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