Easter

Easter Vigil

Sunday, April 16, 2028

FIRST READING

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 / Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 and Psalm 46 / Genesis 22:1-18 and Psalm 16 / Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 and Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18 / Isaiah 55:1-11 and Isaiah 12:2-6 / Baruch 3:9-15, 3:32-4:4

Verse 1. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good.
Verse 2. Give thanks to the God of gods.
Verse 3. Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
Verse 4. He alone does great wonders.
Verse 5. By His insight He made the heavens.
Verse 6. He spread out the earth upon the waters.
Verse 7. He made the great lights —
Verse 8. the sun to rule the day,
Verse 9. the moon and stars to govern the night.

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PSALM

Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6 and Psalm 19 / Ezekiel 36:24-28 and Psalm 42, 43 / Ezekiel 37:1-14 and Psalm 143 / Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Psalm 98

Verse 1. Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Verse 2. On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
Verse 3. Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:
Verse 4. “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Verse 5. O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Verse 6. Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Verse 7. For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
Verse 8. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

SECOND READING

Romans 6:3-11 and Psalm 114

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

GOSPEL

Luke 24:1-12

Verse 1. On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. Verse 2. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, Verse 3. but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Verse 4. While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them. Verse 5. As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? Verse 6. He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee: Verse 7. ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ ” Verse 8. Then they remembered His words. Verse 9. And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. Verse 10. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. Verse 11. But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women. Verse 12. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.