Eastertide – a Single Joyful Feast
No matter which translation we read, as a worldwide church we celebrate God’s love for us at Easter.
- Greater love than this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friends. — 1599 Geneva Bible
- This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. — The Message
- Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. — English Standard Version Anglicised
- And here is how to measure it—the greatest love is shown when a person lays down his life for his friends; — Living Bible
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Eastertide is the period of fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.
It is celebrated as a single joyful feast, indeed as the “great Lord’s Day”. Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter, and, after the Sunday of the Resurrection, they are named Second Sunday of Easter, Third Sunday of Easter, etc. up to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, while the whole fifty-day period concludes with Pentecost Sunday.
Readings
| Easter Year B |
First reading | Psalm | Second reading | Gospel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Vigil March 31, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
Old Testament Readings and Psalms
| |||
| Resurrection of the Lord March 31, 2024 Easter Day ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9 |
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 |
John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 |
| Easter Evening March 31, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
Isaiah 25:6-9 | Psalm 114 | 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 | Luke 24:13-49 |
| Second Sunday of Easter April 7, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 4:32-35 | Psalm 133 | 1 John 1:1-2:2 | John 20:19-31 |
| Third Sunday of Easter April 14, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 3:12-19 | Psalm 4 | 1 John 3:1-7 | Luke 24:36b-48 |
| Fourth Sunday of Easter April 21, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 4:5-12 | Psalm 23 | 1 John 3:16-24 | John 10:11-18 |
| Fifth Sunday of Easter April 28, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 8:26-40 | Psalm 22:25-31 | 1 John 4:7-21 | John 15:1-8 |
| Sixth Sunday of Easter May 5, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 10:44-48 | Psalm 98 | 1 John 5:1-6 | John 15:9-17 |
| Ascension of the Lord May 9, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 1:1-11 | Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 |
Ephesians 1:15-23 | Luke 24:44-53 |
| Seventh Sunday of Easter May 12, 2024 (If Ascension not observed here) ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 | Psalm 1 | 1 John 5:9-13 | John 17:6-19 |
| Day of Pentecost May 19, 2024 ART — PRAYER |
*Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel 37:1-14 |
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b | Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21 |
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 |
| Italicized readings, complementary to the standard reading, may be used with, or in place of it. | ||||
* During Eastertide a reading from Acts is often substituted for the lesson from the Hebrew Bible. On the Day of Pentecost, if the Old Testament passage from Genesis is chosen for the first reading, the passage from Acts is used as the second reading.
Sources:
- Photo: http://brotherword.org/tag/he-is-risen/
- Lectionary from The Vanderbilt Divinity Library
