EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S Intercessions LH 354; response to be sung

Divine Praises
RESURRECTION Reposition Song: VC 120
Holy Rosary – The Glorious Mysteries EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S
Regina Coeli and Other Preliminary Prayers RESURRECTION
Solemn Vespers with Adoration Holy Rosary – The Glorious Mysteries
“JESUS SAVIOR:  He Is Risen, Alleluia!” Regina Coeli and Other Preliminary Prayers

Introduction: Solemn Vespers with Adoration

L: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”  The “day” we
rejoice in is the new life God wants to bestow upon our soul here and now. 
All: It’s a new day, a glorious one, a transformed one, a resurrected one.  New life
must begin now and must become continually new and glorious as we journey
deeper and deeper into the glory of the Resurrection.  rejoice in is the new life God wants to bestow upon our soul here and now.
L: “This is the day that the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it   with a
spiritual gladness pleasing to God. This is our greatest feast, one that is celebrated by
the world, a feast of renewal and salvation.
All: We too must be renewed today; we must renew a right spirit within our hearts
and so prepare to enter into the mysteries of this new and perfect feast and to exult
in this day’s heavenly joy.”
(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Exposition Song: CP 114
 O Sacrament…/ Man. 367a (chanted)
Psalmody:
 Proper: LH 352
GOSPEL READING: Jn 20:1-9
 Points for Reflection
In the Easter account of Saint John, the Beloved Disciple who outruns Peter to the tomb is
presented as an image of receptivity to the Easter mystery. Though he does not see the body of
Jesus, he opens himself to the miracle of Easter. No further proof is necessary for him. He
simply believes. Faith is his response to the Easter event. This is also true for us. If we allow
ourselves to be touched by the life-giving energy of the Lord’s resurrection, then the death-
dealing experiences of our daily lives are transformed into life-giving situations. The mystery
of life blossoms! For the Beloved Disciple, the empty tomb is not an image of despair, but of
the power of the Lord’s resurrection. And so, it is for us, the Easter people: the “empty tombs”
of our lives are simply preludes to more astounding apparitions of the Risen Lord who loves
us to the end.
Song: VC 69 vv. 1-2 only
SILENT ADORATION
Magnificat: VC 84
“JESUS SAVIOR:  He Is Risen, Alleluia!”
Introduction:
L: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”  The “day” we
 
All: It’s a new day, a glorious one, a transformed one, a resurrected one.  New life
must begin now and must become continually new and glorious as we journey
deeper and deeper into the glory of the Resurrection. 
L: “This is the day that the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it   with a
spiritual gladness pleasing to God. This is our greatest feast, one that is celebrated by
the world, a feast of renewal and salvation.
All: We too must be renewed today; we must renew a right spirit within our hearts
and so prepare to enter into the mysteries of this new and perfect feast and to exult
in this day’s heavenly joy.”
(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Exposition Song: CP 114
 O Sacrament…/ Man. 367a (chanted)
Psalmody:
 Proper: LH 352
GOSPEL READING: Jn 20:1-9
 Points for Reflection
In the Easter account of Saint John, the Beloved Disciple who outruns Peter to the tomb is
presented as an image of receptivity to the Easter mystery. Though he does not see the body of
Jesus, he opens himself to the miracle of Easter. No further proof is necessary for him. He
simply believes. Faith is his response to the Easter event. This is also true for us. If we allow
ourselves to be touched by the life-giving energy of the Lord’s resurrection, then the death-
dealing experiences of our daily lives are transformed into life-giving situations. The mystery
of life blossoms! For the Beloved Disciple, the empty tomb is not an image of despair, but of
the power of the Lord’s resurrection. And so, it is for us, the Easter people: the “empty tombs”
of our lives are simply preludes to more astounding apparitions of the Risen Lord who loves
us to the end.
Song: VC 69 vv. 1-2 only
 SILENT ADORATION

Magnificat: VC 84
Intercessions LH 354; response to be sung
Divine Praises
Reposition Song: VC 120