"The Son of Man must ... on the third day be raised again."

           

Monday musical meditations on God's good news






















An opening prayer:

    Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
    Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
    Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!
    Suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia!

    Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
    Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
    Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
    Sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia!

    But the pains which He endured, Alleluia!
    Our salvation hath procured, Alleluia!
    Now above the sky He’s king, Alleluia!
    Where the angels ever sing, Alleluia!

    Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
    Praise eternal as His love, Alleluia!
    Praise Him, all you heavenly host, Alleluia!
    Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Amen.

Luke 24:1–12

  • On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,  3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 
  • 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?  6  He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:  7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’”  8 Then they remembered his words. 
  •  9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.  10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
  •  12  Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
     

Good news questions

  • Jesus lives! Praise the Lord. His mercy is eternal. What especially does this change for you?

For others pray

  • That God spreads the good news of the kingdom of the Son he loves in Venezuela

J.S. Bach's beautiful music for today

  • BWV 137 (YouTube, "Praise the Lord, the King of Might and Honor")
  • This piece walks artistically through a joyful hymn. 
  • What better than Easter to remind us? "Consider what the Almighty can do!"
  • Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things—even death—so wondrously reigns.

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