{"id":859,"date":"2020-04-11T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=859"},"modified":"2020-04-25T12:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T17:24:14","slug":"holy-saturday-reflection-11-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil Reflection: 11 April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reflection for Holy Saturday and Easter Vigil.
The entirety of the readings for the Easter Vigil is below as is todays reading from the Song of the Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Reading
Genesis 1:1–2:4a
First Response
Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26
Second Reading
Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13
Second Response
Psalm 46
Third Reading
Genesis 22:1-18
Third Response
Psalm 16
Fourth Reading
Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21
Fourth Response
Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18
Fifth Reading
Isaiah 55:1-11
Fifth Response
Isaiah 12:2-6
Sixth Reading
Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6
Sixth Reading (alternate)
Baruch 3:9-15, 32–4:4
Sixth Response
Psalm 19
Seventh Reading
Ezekiel 36:24-28
Seventh Response
Psalm 42–43
Eighth Reading
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Eighth Response
Psalm 143
Ninth Reading
Zephaniah 3:14-20
Ninth Response
Psalm 98
Tenth Reading
Jonah 1:1–2:1
Tenth Response
Jonah 2:2-3 [4-6] 7-9
Eleventh Reading
Isaiah 61:1-4, 9-11
Eleventh Response
Deuteronomy 32:1-4, 7, 36a, 43a
Twelfth Reading
Daniel 3:1-29
Tweflth Response
Song of the Three 35\u201365
New Testament Reading
Romans 6:3-11
Gospel
John 20:1-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Song of the Three 35\u201365
All you works of the Lord, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You angels of the Lord, | bless the Lord;
you heavens, | bless the Lord;
all you powers of the Lord, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You sun and moon, | bless the Lord;
you stars of heaven, | bless the Lord;
you rain and dew, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You winds of God, | bless the Lord;
you fire and heat, | bless the Lord;
you winter and summer, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You dews and falling snow, | bless the Lord;
you frost and cold, | bless the Lord;
you ice and snow, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You nights and days, | bless the Lord;
you light and darkness, | bless the Lord;
you lightnings and clouds, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the earth | bless the Lord;
you mountains and hills, | bless the Lord;
all you green things that grow on the earth, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wells and springs, | bless the Lord;
you seas and rivers, | bless the Lord;
you whales and all that swim in the waters, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All you birds of the air, | bless the Lord;
all you wild animals and cattle, | bless the Lord;
all you children of mortals, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You people of God, | bless the Lord;
you priests of the Lord, | bless the Lord;
you servants of the Lord, | bless the Lord. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You spirits and souls of the righteous, | bless the Lord;\u2003you holy and humble in heart, | bless the Lord;\u2003let us bless the Father and the Son and the | Holy Spirit. R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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