Lutheran Church of Mahomet, The Invitation 2018 Easter Invitation | 页面 15

This is the night! This is our Passover with Christ from darkness to light, from
bondage to freedom, from death to life. Tonight is the heart of our celebration of
the Three Days and the pinnacle of the church’s year. The resurrection of Christ is
proclaimed in word and sign, and we gather around a pillar of fire, hear ancient
stories of our faith, welcome new sisters and brothers at the font, and share the
food and drink of the promised land. Raised with Christ, we go forth into the world,
aflame with the good news of the resurrection.
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Reading 7 — Ezekiel 36:24-28
Reading 1 — Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Response 1 — Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26
Reading 2 — Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18;
9:8-13
Response 2 — Psalm 46
Reading 8 — Ezekiel 37:1-14
Response 8 — Psalm 143
Reading 9 — Zephaniah 3:14-20
Reading 3 — Genesis 22:1-18
Response 9 — Psalm 98
Response 3 — Psalm 16
Reading 10 — Jonah 1:1–2:1
Reading 4 — Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21
Response 4 — Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18
Reading 5 — Isaiah 55:1-11
Response 10 — Jonah 2:2-3 [4-6] 7-9
Reading 11 — Isaiah 61:1-4, 9-11
Response 11 — Deuteronomy
32:1-4, 7, 36a, 43a
Response 5 — Isaiah 12:2-6
Reading 6 — Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21;
9:4b-6
Response 6 — Psalm 19
Response 7 — Psalm 42-43
Reading 12 — Daniel 3:1-29
Response 12 — Song of the Three 35–65
New Testament Reading — Romans 6:3-11
Gospel — John 20:1-18
Acts 10:34-43, Luke 24:1-12
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us re-
joice and be glad in it.” God has indeed raised from
the dead the one who was put to death “by hanging
him on a tree.” Alleluia! God allows Jesus to appear
“to us who were chosen by God as witnesses” in
holy baptism and invites us to eat and drink at the
table of the risen Christ. Alleluia! (NOTE: The Gos-
pel texts listed below are from Year C of our Re-
vised Common Lectionary.)