The good news of Jesus’ triumph over death with the conviction that what happened to Jesus will also happen to us.
Collect: Easter Sunday
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Acts 10:34-43 . . . Peter preaches the good news: Jesus, judge of the living and the dead, offers forgiveness.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 . . . the hearts of believers resound with shouts of victory: “The Lord has done a mighty thing!
1 Corinthians 15:1-11. . . Paul reminds us that Christ is now our life, and we have set our hearts on him.
John 20:1-18. . . the tomb is empty, and the risen Jesus reassure Mary Magdalene of his victory.
A sermon on John “Shed it.” in the West Zion Mennonite Church
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Sermon on Mark by The Rev. Michael Livingston, Senior Executive Minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, preaches a sermon called “In Praise of Mark’s Easter Story,” from Mark 16:1-8. Rev. Livingston is a great fan of Mark’s Gospel, and thinks of it not as a poorer telling of the Jesus story, but as a wonderful “primer” for ministry.