Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate
with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your
life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
FIRST LESSON Acts 10:34-43
Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that
God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right
is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching
peace by Jesus Christ - he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning
in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in
Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him
on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were
chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one
ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him
that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
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