SAINT THOMAS CHURCH FIFTH AVENUE

THE LESSON Acts 10:34-43
The Lector concludes The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
PSALM 118:14-17, 22-24 Confitemini Domino Anglican Chant (Gray, S. Wesley)
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Sung by the Choir. The People remain seated.
HE Lord is my strength, and my song;* and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous;* the right hand of the Lord bringeth
mighty things to pass.
16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence;* the right hand of the Lord bringeth
mighty things to pass.
17 I shall not die, but live,* and declare the works of the Lord.
22 The same stone which the builders refused,* is become the head-stone in the corner.
23 This is the Lord’s doing,* and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord hath made;* we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,* world without end. Amen.
THE EPISTLE Colossians 3:1-4
The Subdeacon concludes The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
AT THE GRADUAL, Hymn GAUDEAMUS PARITER
(arranged by John Scott)
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OME, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought his Israel
Into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
Jacob’s sons and daughters;
Led them with unmoistened foot
Through the Red Sea waters.
2. ‘Tis the spring of souls to-day;
Christ hath burst his prison,
And from three days’ sleep in death
As a sun hath risen;
All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark, is flying
From his light, to whom we give
Laud and praise undying.
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3. Now the queen of seasons, bright
With the day of splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus’ resurrection.
4. Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb’s dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal
Hold thee as a mortal:
But to-day amidst thine own
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That thy peace which evermore
Passeth human knowing.
Saint John of Damascus, 8th cent.; tr. John Mason Neale
THE HOLY GOSPEL Saint John 20:1-18
Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John.
Choir and People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
After the Gospel, the Deacon says The Gospel of the Lord.
Choir and People Praise be to thee, O Christ.