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The Beginning and the End: Seventh Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as 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.

LOOK: I Am the Light of the World, Khrystyna Kvyk - Source

LISTEN: Alpha & Omega, Israel Houghton (Live in South Africa) - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: 1 Samuel 12:19-24; Psalm 47; Revelation 22:10-21; John 17:20-26

(Open post to find the daily readings for the seventh week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Seventh Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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For the Beauty: Sixth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! We’re in our final weeks of Eastertide and this week is a BIG ONE in the liturgical calendar. This Thursday, May 26 is Ascension Day which might be fairly familiar to you, but have you heard of the Rogation Days leading up to Ascension?

Read all the way to the bottom of today’s post to hear more about this little-known festival in the church calendar and one way we can mark these days together!

LOOK: Landscape With Trees by William H. Johnson - Source

LISTEN: Brother Sun (Giving Glory), The Porter’s Gate - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

READ: Joel 2:21-27; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:1-4,22-22:5; John 14:21-29

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Sixth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Share a photo-a-day to celebrate Rogation Days and Ascension with me this week!

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By This the World Will Know: Fifth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as 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.

LOOK: Cheers, Yong You - Source

LISTEN: Getting Ready (from Revelation 19), Maverick City & UPPERROOM - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Acts 13:44-52; Psalm 145; Revelation 19:1-9; John 13:31-35

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Fifth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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The Sheep of His Pasture: Fourth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as 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.

LOOK: Psalm 100, Laura James - Source

LISTEN: Jamming on the 100 Psalms, Lashun Pace - Spotify | YouTube (or watch this recording of the choir)

READ: Numbers 27:12-23; Psalm 100; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Fourth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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Filled with wonder once again: Third Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as 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.

LOOK: The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Raphael - Source

LISTEN: Filled With Wonder Once Again, Bill Fay - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Jeremiah 32:36-41; Psalm 33; Revelation 5:1-14; John 21:1-14

(Open post to find the daily readings for the second week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Third Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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Whoever lives and believes in me will never die: Second Sunday of Easter

LOOK: Doubting Thomas, Juda Ward - Source

LISTEN: I Am the Resurrection, James Ward & New City - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube with thanks to Victoria Emily Jones for Art & Theology’s epic Eastertide playlist here

READ: Job 42:1-6; Psalm 111; Revelation 1:9-19; John 20:19-31

PRAY: Collect for Second Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Easter Saturday: Waiting for salvation in the land of the living

LOOK: Easter Egg, Yuriy Koch (part of the “Waiting for Salvation” exhibition at Iconart Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine) - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: Acts 4:1-22; Psalm 116:1-9; John 21:1-14

PRAY: Collect for Easter Saturday, the Book of Common Prayer

We thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered us from the dominion of sin and death and brought us into the kingdom of your Son; and we pray that, as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his love he may raise us to eternal joys; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Easter Friday: Believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy

LOOK: Joy, Tawny Chatmon - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: 1 Peter 1:3-9; Psalm 116:1-9; John 21:1-14

PRAY: Collect for Easter Friday, the Book of Common Prayer

Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Easter Thursday: How majestic is your name in all the earth!

LOOK: Song of Songs (The Hebrew Bible in Chinese Art), Wu Guo-ting - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: Acts 3:11-26; Psalm 8; Luke 24:36-49

PRAY: Collect for Easter Thursday, the Book of Common Prayer

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Easter Wednesday: Our hearts burning within us

LOOK: The pilgrim of Emmaus (detail), Arcabas - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: Acts 3:1-10; Psalm 105: 1-8; Luke 24:13-35

PRAY: Collect for Easter Wednesday, the Book of Common Prayer

O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Easter Tuesday: I have seen the Lord

Look: James Brunt creates artworks using the natural materials he finds in forests, parks, and beaches near his home in Yorkshire, England. - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: Acts 2:14, 36-41; Psalm 33: 17-21; John 20:11-18

PRAY: O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Resurrection Monday: Do not be afraid

Look: The Holy Women at the Tomb, William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Source

LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022

READ: Acts 2:14, 22-32; Psalm 16; Matthew 28:9-15

PRAY: Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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Resurrection Sunday: Let us rejoice and be glad!

LOOK: Handmade (Ukranian) Pysanky Eggs, Deirdre M. Folley - Source

LISTEN: Songs for Resurrection, 2022 playlist

READ: Isaiah 51:9-11; Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24; Acts 10:34-43; Luke 24:1-12

PRAY: 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 for ever. Amen.

DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!

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