Scriptures and Music for Easter Sunday, April 28, 2019

Lay Leader: Dennis

FIRST READING Psalm 150

1. Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament! 2. Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness! 3. Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4. Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5. Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!  6. Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

GOSPEL READING John 20:19-31

19. When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

 20. After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22. When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

 24. But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” 26. A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” 28. Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29. Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”