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SUNDAY 16 APRIL
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
In the Common Worship Lectionary the reading from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading. In the Revised Common Lectionary it may be used as the first reading.
COMMENT
Thomas was not present when the resurrected Christ appeared to
his fearful disciples in the locked room on Easter evening. Neither,
of course, were the first readers of this Gospel, and nor were we! John shows that this story is for everyone, whether present or not. Many of us have warmed to ‘doubting’ Thomas, who needed empirical evidence to prove that Jesus was alive before he could believe. However, he soon learnt that belief is not necessarily a consequence of seeing. Belief is, as John and the whole New Testament make plain, always the work
of the Holy Spirit.
BIBLE READINGS
Common Worship Lectionary/Revised Common Lectionary
Acts 2.14a, 22–32 Peter addresses the crowds, telling them of Christ’s resurrection
or Exodus 14.10–31; 15.20–21 Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and their pursuers are drowned
Psalm 16 ‘Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge’
1 Peter 1.3–9 Through mercy we have a new birth into a living hope or Acts 2.14a, 22–32 Peter addresses the crowds, telling them of Christ’s resurrection
John 20.19–31 Jesus appears to the disciples, then Thomas
Roman Lectionary
Acts 2.42–47 Peter tells the crowds of Christ’s resurrection
Psalm 117.2–4, 13–15, 22–24 ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’
1 Peter 1.3–9 Through mercy we have a new birth into a living hope John 20.19–31 Jesus appears to the disciples, then Thomas
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HYMNS AND SONGS
All shall be well! for on our Easter skies
Alleluia! Jesus is risen
Alleluia, alleluia! hearts to heaven
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
Baptized in water, sealed by the Spirit
Breathe on me, breath of God
Christ the Lord is risen again
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Come, ye/you faithful, raise the strain
Forth in the peace of Christ
Guide me, O thou great redeemer
Hail the day that sees him rise
I believe in Jesus
*If Christ had not been raised from death
In Christ alone
Jesus is risen from the grave Jesus is risen, alleluia
Jesu(s), my Lord, my God, my all Jesus, stand among us
Jesus, these eyes have never seen Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us Like a sea without a shore
Love’s redeeming work is done My hope rests firm
Now is eternal life
Now may the peace of the Lord O/ye sons and daughters
Purify my heart
**See, what a morning, gloriously bright
Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast Spirit of the living God
The God of Abraham praise
The strife is o’er
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195
194
198
236
200
201
475
652
228
204
678
206
685
695
702
209
731
211
213
373
215
263
791
217
80
81
157
79
76
458
214
87
245
224
83
402
74
331
78
CFE
58
67
98
183
233
240
351
368
820
666
CH4
429
427
636
596
579
414
646
167
434
409
431
676
619-20
162
412
CP
137
138
174
141
405
143
429
455
167
483
491
496
150
152
154
586
159
HON
9
53
84
103
123
132
187
252
255
301
361
365
379
433
470
574
614-5
642
667
HTC
149
151
381
226
153
542
528
176
525
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9
163
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269
407
302
911
853
960
291
315
84
264/ 280
306
712
275
MP
1149
67
201
202
264
1072
381
400
921
1105
612-3
645
670
NEH
103
104
342
105
633
106
361
368
130
384
389
393
113
114
125
148
119
R&S
295
233
352
236
602
345
252
565
592
543
432
244
308-9
121
250
SOF
51
148
2311
203
1346
303
321
1458
2465
1948
475
2020
510-1
530
STF
370
465
300
351
304
30
238
508
309
598
395
91
*For a hymn workshop on ‘If Christ had not been raised from death’, see SbyS 75, page 11. **For a hymn workshop on ‘See, what a morning, gloriously bright’, see SbyS 79, pages 6–8.
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