Bread & Fish: Third Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a week in the liturgical calendar known as the Easter Octave and a seven-week festival called Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.

Read all the way to the end of the post for a way you can help us practice resurrection!

Look: Fish for Breakfast (2000), Laura James - Source

Listen: The Sun Will Rise, Good Shepherd Collective- Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Acts 4:5-14; Psalm 98; 1 John 1:1-2:2; Luke 24:36-49

Daily readings for the second week of Eastertide

Sunday (4/18) Psalm 148-150; Psalm 114-115; Daniel 4:1-18; 1 Peter 4:7-11; John 21:15-25

Monday (4/19) Psalm 25; Psalm 9, 15; Daniel 4:19-27; 1 John 3:19--4:6; Luke 4:14-30

Tuesday (4/20) Psalm 26, 28; Psalm 36, 39; Daniel 4:28-37; 1 John 4:7-21; Luke 4:31-37

Wednesday (4/21) Psalm 38; Psalm 119:25-48; Daniel 5:1-12; 1 John 5:1-12; Luke 4:38-44

Thursday (4/22) Psalm 37; Daniel 5:13-30; 1 John 5:13-21; Luke 5:1-11

Friday (4/23) Psalm 105; Daniel 6:1-15; 2 John 1-13; Luke 5:12-26

Saturday (4/24) Psalm 30, 32; Psalm 42-43; Daniel 6:16-28; 3 John 1-15; Luke 5:27-39

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Third Sunday in Easter

Almighty God, you gave your only Son to be for us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of godly living: Give us grace thankfully to receive his inestimable benefits, and daily to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. If you need inspiration, here’s a list of 50 ways to celebrate all 50 days! Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!

Here are a few photo stories you shared on Instagram from our photo-a-day fun for the first week of Eastertide.

“Last year in the throes of quarantine boredom we decided to follow a friend’s idea of making violet jam. The kids love it (more than I do, to be honest) and Ellie is determined that we’ll make it again this year. We’ll see, but in the meantime, aren’t these flowers just stunning?!” - Alicia Nichols, MD

“Last Friday a friend sent me a jar of honey from her own bees and beeswax candles from a local candle maker. The honey tastes unbelievable! So spoiled!🐝💛🍯

I was so excited about the honey goodness that I wanted to needle-felt a bee candle holder.” - Kaisa Stenberg-Lee of @kutsucompanions, Denver, CO

- Aimee Sylvester, NC

-Amy Willers, CT

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