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Easter Sunday Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 8:30am Fifth Sunday of Easter HOLY EUCHARIST Prelude Andante in D Major Christlieb Siegmund Binder Regina Coeli Entrance Hymn 448 b ˙ & b œ ˙ œ œ œ œ 1 Oœ love,˙ how deep, how broad, œ howœ high,˙ how pass - ing 2 For us bap - tized, for us he bore his ho - ly 3 For us he prayed; for us he taught; for us his 4 For us to wick - ed hands be - trayed, scourged, mocked, in 5 For us he rose from death a-gain; for us he 6 All glo - ry to our Lord and God for love so b & b œ œ œ ˙ n ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ 1 thought and fan - taœ - sy, that God, the Son of 2 fast and hun - gered sore; for us temp - ta - tions 3 dai - ly works he wrought: by words and signs and 4 pur - ple robe ar - rayed, he bore the shame - ful 5 went on high to reign; for us he sent his 6 deep, so high, so broad; the Trin - i-ty whom b & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1 God, œshouldœ take˙ our mor - tal form forœ mor˙ - tals’œ sake.˙ 2 sharp he knew; for us the tempt - er ov - er - threw. 3 ac - tions, thus still seek - ing not him - self, but us. 4 cross and death; for us gave up his dy - ing breath. 5 Spi - rit here to guide, to strength - en, and to cheer. 6 we a-dore for ev - er and for ev - er - more. Fifth Sunday of Easter THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ is risen. People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia. Gloria Fifth Sunday of Easter Celebrant: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Celebrant: Let us pray. Collect for Easter Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. First Reading Acts 8:26-40 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he Fifth Sunday of Easter was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Psalm 66:1-8 1 Be joyful in God, all you / lands; * sing the glory of his Name; sing the glory of his / praise. 2 Say to God, “How awesome are your / deeds! * because of your great strength your enemies cringe be- / fore you. 3 All the earth bows down be- / fore you, * sings to you, sings out your / Name.” 4 Come now and see the works of / God, * how wonderful he is in his doing toward all / people. 5 He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on / foot, * and there we rejoiced in / him. 6 In his might he rules for ever; his eyes keep watch over the / nations; * let no rebel rise up a- / gainst him. 7 Bless our God, you / peoples; * make the voice of his praise to be / heard; 8 Who holds our souls in / life, * and will not allow our feet to / slip. Second Reading 1 John 3:14-24 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death. All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them. We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we Fifth Sunday of Easter receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Sequence Hymn 529 Unison or harmony b j & œ œ œœb œ œ œ œ. nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ 1 In Christ there is no East or West, in 2 Join hands, dis - ci - ples of the faith, what - 3 In Christ now meet both East and West, in j œ œ œ bœ œ. œ ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ bœ œJ œœ ˙œ. œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ him no South or North, but one great fel - low - e’er your race may be! Who serves my Fa - ther him meet South and North, all Christ - ly souls are œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ ˙œ. œ œ œ œ j & œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœJ œ œ ˙. ship of love through - outJ the whole wide earth.˙ as his child is sure - ly kin to me. one in him, through - out the whole wide earth. j j œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ œœ. #œ œ œ nœ ˙. œ œ œ J œ ˙. Alleluia Fifth Sunday of Easter The Holy Gospel John 14:15-21 Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People: Glory to you Lord Christ. Jesus said to his disciples, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to you, Lord Christ. Homily Fr. Jordan The Nicene Creed Prayer Book, pg. 358 Celebrant and People: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.