Alleluia, He is risen!

He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

John 20:1-18

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' " Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

Alleluia, Christ is risen!!

+ Easter blessings to all who read this +

THE EXSULTET

Rejoice now, all ye heavenly legions of angels:

all high things that pass understanding:

for the King that cometh with victory, let the trumpet proclaim salvation.

Sing with joy, O earth, illumined with this celestial radiancy:

and enlightened by the eternal God, thy glory,

believe and know thou hast put away the darkness of all mankind.

So likewise let our Mother, his holy Church,

welcome the bright beams of light shed upon her:

and let his holy courts be filled with the praises of his people.

I pray and beseech you therefore, dearly beloved,

that all here present seeking this heavenly brightness,

make your supplication with me to the Almighty,

that he would shew forth his mercy toward me.

That he who in my unworthiness numbered me among his Ministers

and called me to do him service:

so also may vouchsafe to lighten my darkness,

making me meet to praise this gift of fire with thankfulness.

Through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer:

who liveth and reigneth with him and the Holy Ghost:

ever one God, world without end.

AMEN

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