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 daily 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: 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

Daily readings for the second week of Eastertide

Monday (5/30) Psalm 89; Joshua 1:1-9; Ephesians 3:1-13; Matthew 8:5-17

Tuesday (5/31) Psalm 97, 99; Psalm 94;1 Samuel 16:1-13a; Ephesians 3:14-21; Matthew 8:18-27

Wednesday (6/1) Psalm 101, 109; Psalm 119:121-144; Isaiah 4:2-6; Ephesians 4:1-16; Matthew 8:28-34

Thursday (6/2) Psalm 105; Zechariah 4:1-14; Ephesians 4:17-32; Matthew 9:1-8

Friday (6/3) Psalm 102; Psalm 107:1-32; Jeremiah 31:27-34; Ephesians 5:1-20; Matthew 9:9-17

Saturday (6/4) Psalm 107:33-43, 108; Ezekiel 36:22-27; Ephesians 6:10-24; Matthew 9:18-26

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

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

DO: Practicing resurrection feels harder than ever right now. It might even feel unloving or ignorant to look for beauty and celebration in a world full of fresh death and grief. I encourage you to dig in this week. We have ONE LAST WEEK to encourage each other to practice resurrection. One last time, check out the list of ideas I brainstormed for simple ways to practice resurrection.

Choose 1 idea for the week or for each day, and whatever you do, do it with gusto! Share your photo and caption on FB or IG with the hashtag #practiceresurrection2022. If you don’t use social media or hashtags, feel free to email them to me and I’ll share them on your behalf.

You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Eastertide, and see previous Eastertide posts here.

Sunday Scripture readings are taken from Year C of the Book of Common Prayer 2019 (Anglican Church of North America). Daily Scripture readings are taken from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and include both Morning and Evening Psalms (Year 2)