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b'(Acts 10:34a,37-43;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.118:1-2,16-17,22-24;\\xa0\\xa0 Col.3:1-4 or 1Cor.5:6b-8;\\xa0\\xa0 Jn.20:1-9 or Lk.24:13-35) \\xa0 \\u201cEveryone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins through His name.\\u201d \\xa0 \\u201cHis mercy endures forever,\\u201d brothers and sisters, and it is for us to \\u201cdeclare the works of the Lord\\u201d: that Jesus was \\u201craised on the third day,\\u201d that He lives, that He still is \\u201chealing all those oppressed by the devil.\\u201d\\xa0 With Peter and the apostles we must \\u201cpreach to the people and testify\\u201d that \\u201cthe right hand of the Lord is exalted.\\u201d\\xa0 Yes, \\u201cthey put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,\\u201d but \\u201cthe stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.\\u201d\\xa0 Yes, we all bear guilt for the death of the Son, but in His rising He brings about the death of our sin. Brothers and sisters, \\u201cyou were raised with Christ\\u201d and should have nothing more to do with sin.\\xa0 \\u201cChrist is seated at the right hand of God,\\u201d and we must be seated there with Him.\\xa0 To Him should we raise our eyes for our \\u201clife is hidden with Christ in God.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u201cTherefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.\\u201d\\xa0 No more should sin find place in us or grow within us unto death, but now that new life has come, we should find our place with Him. Peter and John ran to the tomb upon hearing the news that Jesus was not there.\\xa0 Upon entering, they \\u201csaw and believed,\\u201d they \\u201cunderstood the Scripture that He had to rise from the dead.\\u201d\\xa0 Upon believing, death no longer held dominion over them; and soon they would proclaim to all the world the Gospel of life and peace.\\xa0 Soon the cornerstone of truth would take hold of all who heard their words, and grow in time unto heaven.\\xa0 And His kingdom shall not be removed. Brothers and sisters, each day the Lord opens the Scriptures to us as we gather as His children.\\xa0 Each day we recognize Him in the breaking of the bread.\\xa0 Each day we are called to make known the glory of the resurrection we hold in \\u201cour hearts burning within as He [speaks] to us on the way.\\u201d\\xa0 Here at His table we receive Him each day in Word and in Sacrament.\\xa0 May all men know the gift of life that is ours through the forgiveness of sins He offers.\\xa0 Let us pray that all will believe. \\xa0 Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. \\xa0 Music: "Every Day Is Christmas" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, He whom we crucified has been raised; the tomb is empty and His Word now burns in our souls \\u2013 Alleluia! YHWH, your Son has truly been raised.\\xa0 Alleluia!\\xa0 And this stone rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone of your Church.\\xa0 Let us be built up in Him and come to His glory.\\xa0 Alleluia! Help us, O LORD, to keep our eyes fixed on Him and on the glory to which He leads us.\\xa0 In Him we find the forgiveness of our sins and so become new men.\\xa0 Let us not turn back as we walk on the road with Him; may His Word always burn in our hearts along our way to you, and may we partake always of His precious Body and Blood until we are present with Him in your eternal kingdom. O LORD, we praise you for your glory, for your grace that has come into our lives and leads us to union with you.\\xa0 O let us die and be raised with Christ!\\xa0 Let us humbly run to the empty tomb and declare with His disciples that He has been raised.\\xa0 Let all hear His Word and believe in Him, and so enter into His glory.\\xa0 Alleluia!'