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b'(Gn.1:1-2:2;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.104:1-2,5-6,10,12-14,24,35 or Ps.33:4-7,12-13,20-22;\\xa0\\xa0 Gn.22:1-18;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.16:5,8-11;\\xa0\\xa0 Ex.14:15-15:1;\\xa0\\xa0 Ex.15:1-6,17-18;\\xa0\\xa0 Is.54:5-14;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.30:2,4-6,11-13;\\xa0\\xa0 Is.55:1-11;\\xa0\\xa0 Is.12:2-6;\\xa0\\xa0 Bar.3:9-15,32-4:4;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.19:8-11;\\xa0\\xa0 Ez.36:16-17a,18-28;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.42:3,5,43:3,4; Rom.6:3-11;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.118:1-2,16-17,22-23;\\xa0\\xa0 Mt.28:1-10 or Mk.16:1-7 or Lk.24:1-12) \\xa0 \\u201cHe is not here.\\u201d \\xa0 The women come faithfully to the tomb early Easter morning.\\xa0 What do they find but that the stone is rolled back from its gaping mouth; and angel(s) in white deliver unto them the message of the ages: \\u201cHe has been raised.\\u201d This night, this early morning, we are led through salvation history, through our own history as human beings made in the image of God here upon the face of the earth, souls coming unto heaven.\\xa0 \\u201cOur soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield,\\u201d is the song of the Old Testament.\\xa0 From the beginning of Creation our hearts are set on Him.\\xa0 Along the way \\u201cAbraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Isaac\\u2019s shoulders,\\u201d prefiguring the Father\\u2019s own sacrifice of His Son for our sins and our salvation.\\xa0 Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, out of the land of sin, through the Red Sea, \\u201cwith the water like a wall to their right and to their left,\\u201d prefiguring our Baptism as Christians; and they \\u201csing to the Lord for He is gloriously triumphant,\\u201d prefiguring our own joy. Always we are reminded by the prophets of old: \\u201cThe Lord calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit.\\u201d\\xa0 And he who heard the call even then sang, \\u201cO Lord, you brought me up from the netherworld; you preserved me from those going down into the pit.\\u201d\\xa0 Yes, repeatedly the Lord calls out through His prophets: \\u201cCome to the water!\\u2026 Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk!\\u201d\\xa0 He promises, \\u201cWith joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation.\\u201d\\xa0 We who \\u201chave forsaken the fountain of wisdom\\u201d by the sin that plagues our inheritance are called back to \\u201cthe One who established the earth for all time\\u2026 before whom the stars at their posts shine and rejoice\\u201d; we are called to cling to the Word of God, to Wisdom: \\u201cTurn, O Jacob, and receive her: walk by her light toward splendor.\\u201d\\xa0 For the sake of His Name, the Lord who \\u201cscattered them among the nations\\u201d now beckons His children home.\\xa0 And those of faith sing with David, \\u201cSend forth your light and your fidelity; they shall lead me on and bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place.\\u201d Brothers and sisters, we know that \\u201cwe who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death,\\u201d the death to sin.\\xa0 And having been \\u201cburied with Him,\\u201d we are also raised with Him this night, this morning, that \\u201cwe too might live in newness of life.\\u201d\\xa0 Now His holy dwelling place is here among us with the purest of light that rises this day.\\xa0 Let us be children of this holy Light.\\xa0 No longer in the tomb let us dwell. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Removing the Log from My Eye" (third part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, from the tomb your Son has been raised, and we shall be raised with Him. YHWH, your Son is no longer in the tomb, and we have escaped with Him.\\xa0 It is the third day and He has been raised, just as He said.\\xa0 The stone is rolled away and so now all souls may leave the darkness of this world behind and come with Jesus to the light of Heaven. You have led us to this day, O LORD, throughout all our history, it has always been your intention to save our souls and raise us to you, even from the time of Creation.\\xa0 And so you called Abraham to sacrifice his son; and so you led the Israelites out of Egypt.\\xa0 Your Wisdom has been upon your people every step of our way that we might be wed to you in your eternal kingdom. And now in the death and resurrection of your Son you fulfill your will among us.\\xa0 And now we who are baptized into His death are raised to glory with Him.\\xa0 Let it be declared to all, LORD, that the Christ is no longer in the tomb, but awaits us all in new life.'