Second Sunday of Easter: Come Love, See My Hands

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever. 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. 

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

Look: After Resurrection, He Qi- Source

Listen: Come Love, See My Hands, Brooke Waggoner - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Also, you can listen to my new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’

Read: Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31

Pray: Collect for the Second Sunday of Easter

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: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. Here’s one from patron Amy Willers.

All these sweet plants put together from cuttings of my plants and on their way to homes of friends as a way of saying “home sweet home” or “better days ahead” or just “I love you. A piece of me is now with you.” #practiceresurrection2020 #churchoftheapostlesct

Eastertide 2020: A guidebook to help us practice resurrection together: I'm excited to offer you a brand new resource I've created along with Brian and the Children's Ministry Director for our church (and fellow patron!), Amy Willers. 

While we created this for our church family, I'm extending the invitation to the Sacramental Life Patreon community as well. You can print out the pdf or use it digitally. 

There are several prompts for sharing photos that you can send to me at tamara@tamarahillmurphy.com. 

The guidebook is a helpful, shelter-in-place supplement to our regular Eastertide list: 50 ways to Practice Resurrection during the 50 days of Eastertide! 

Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!  (and send me a photo)

I look forward to hearing from you! 

Tamara

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