Third Sunday of Easter: The Meal We Could Not Make
Happy Resurrection Day, friends! May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever. Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival called Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days.
Read all the way to the end of the post for a way you can help us practice resurrection!
Look: Emmaus (triptych), 2014, Maximino Cerezo Barredo
Read more about this painting via Art & Theology
Listen: The Meal We Could Not Make, Son of Laughter - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Also, you can listen to my new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to youraccount by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’
Read: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35
Daily readings for this week are included in the Practice Resurrection guidebook, and available as a PDF at Church of the Apostles' homepage.
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Third Sunday of 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.
There’s just something about new life
That makes my heart fill with joy. - Karen Giardina, OH
Backyard nature walk. We noticed we have a lot of yellow flowers; we have a little strawberry patch; said hi to a ladybug and our little garden gnome; and just generally relaxed in the sun.
- Amy Willers, CT
If you're looking for a cloth mask, I'm taking requests. They're double ply 100% cotton lined with non-woven polypropylene, a flannel pocket inner for your own filter of choice, and a thin wire nose piece to pinch for a more secure fit.
- Aimee Sylvester , NC
(Note from Tamara: We are wearing these masks and I can confirm they are wonderful and much more comfortable than the other options I'd been wearing!)
I found a vine while hiking on Mark Twain’s former property in CT, Stormfield, and decided to be a kid again and swing on it!
- Kelly Rowley, CT
Practice resurrection together using our 2020 guidebook. This morning I am enjoying creating and feasting!
- Brian Murphy, CT
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. We'll be updating each Sunday at Church of the Apostles' homepage.
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.