A Commemoration
of the Resurrection

This Commemoration is appropriate as an early Sunday morning celebration, especially during the Easter season.

Preparation

As the night watch looks for the morning,
Allso do we look for you, O Christ.

[Come with the dawning of the day
Alland make yourself known in the breaking of the bread.]

Opening Canticle


The Benedicite – A Song of Creation (shorter version) may be said or sung

1Bless the Lord all you works of the Lord:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

2Bless the Lord you heavens:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

3Bless the Lord you angels of the Lord:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

4Bless the Lord all people on earth:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

5O people of God bless the Lord:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

6Bless the Lord you priests of the Lord:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

7Bless the Lord you servants of the Lord:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

8Bless the Lord all you of upright spirit:
bless the Lord you that are holy and humble in heart.

The Song of the Three 35-37, 60-65

AllBless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit:
sing his praise and exalt him for ever.

The Word of God

 

Psalmody

Psalm 118.14-29 is said

14The Lord is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.

15Joyful shouts of salvation
sound from the tents of the righteous:

16‘The right hand of the Lord does mighty deeds;
the right hand of the Lord raises up;
the right hand of the Lord does mighty deeds.’

17I shall not die, but live
and declare the works of the Lord.

18The Lord has punished me sorely,
but he has not given me over to death.


19Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter and give thanks to the Lord.

20This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.

21I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have become my salvation.

22The stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.

23This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes.

24This is the day that the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25Come, O Lord, and save us we pray.
Come, Lord, send us now prosperity.

26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
we bless you from the house of the Lord.

27The Lord is God; he has given us light;
link the pilgrims with cords
right to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God and I will thank you;
you are my God and I will exalt you.

29O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his mercy endures for ever.

This psalm may end with

AllGlory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Scripture Reading

One of the following may be read

Genesis 1.1-5; Exodus 14.21-31; 1 Corinthians 15.1-8; Colossians 3.1-4

Old Testament Canticle

The Song of Moses and Miriam is said

Refrain:

AllIn your unfailing love, O Lord,
you lead the people whom you have redeemed. Alleluia.

1I will sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously,
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

2The Lord is my strength and my song
and has become my salvation.

3This is my God whom I will praise,
the God of my forebears whom I will exalt.

4The Lord is a warrior,
the Lord is his name.

5Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power:
your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

6At the blast of your nostrils, the sea covered them;
they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

7In your unfailing love, O Lord,
you lead the people whom you have redeemed.

8And by your invincible strength
you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

9You will bring them in and plant them, O Lord,
in the sanctuary which your hands have established.

Exodus 15.1b-3, 6, 10, 13, 17

AllGlory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.

AllIn your unfailing love, O Lord,
you lead the people whom you have redeemed. Alleluia.

Gospel Reading

One of the following is read

Matthew 28.1-10; Mark 16.1-8; Mark 16.9-20; Luke 24.1-9; John 20.1-10; John 20.11-18; John 21.1-14

When the Gospel is announced the reader says

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to N.
AllGlory to you, O Lord.

At the end

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
AllPraise to you, O Christ.

New Testament Canticle

The Easter Anthems are said

1Christ our passover has been sacrificed for us:
so let us celebrate the feast,

2not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness:
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

1 Corinthians 5.7b, 8

3Christ once raised from the dead dies no more:
death has no more dominion over him.

4In dying he died to sin once for all:
in living he lives to God.

5See yourselves therefore as dead to sin:
and alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6.9-11

6Christ has been raised from the dead:
the first fruits of those who sleep.

7For as by man came death:
by man has come also the resurrection of the dead;

8for as in Adam all die:
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15.20-22

AllGlory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.

Prayers

The Collect is said

Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
AllAmen.

The Lord’s Prayer is said

Rejoicing in God’s new creation,
as our Saviour taught us, so we pray

AllOur Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.

(or)

Rejoicing in God’s new creation,
let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us

AllOur 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.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

The Conclusion

May the risen Christ grant us the joys of eternal life.
AllAmen.

Let us bless the Lord. [Alleluia, alleluia.]
AllThanks be to God. [Alleluia, alleluia.]