Daily Bible Readings
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Misericordias Domini, Second Sunday of Easter
Chief Hymn: The Lutheran Hymnal #436Liturgical Color: White
Introit
THE EARTH || is full of the goodness of the | Lord. | - *
By the word of the Lord the heav- | ens | were | made. (Psalm 33:5b–6a)
|| Rejoice in the Lord, O you | right- | eous! *
For praise from the upright is | beau- | ti- | ful.
|| Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who | fear | Him, *
On those who hope in | His | mer- | cy.
|| To deliver their soul from | death, | - *
And to keep them alive | in | fa- | mine.
|| Our soul waits for the | Lord; | - *
He is our help | and | our | shield. (Psalm 33:1, 18–20)
GLORIA PATRI (From Hymnal)
|| The earth is full of the goodness of the | Lord. | - *
By the word of the Lord the heav- | ens | were | made. (Psalm 33:5b–6a)
Psalm Readings
Collect
God, Who by the humiliation of Thy Son didst raise up the fallen world, grant unto Thy faithful ones perpetual gladness, and those whom Thou hast delivered from the danger of everlasting death do Thou make partakers of eternal joys; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Ezek. 34:11-16
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First Reading: 1 Peter 2:21-25
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Gradual
|| Alle- | lu- | ia! *
Al- | le- | lu- | ia!
|| Then was the Lord Jesus known to | them | - *
In the breaking of bread. Al- | le- | lu- | ia!
|| I am the Good | Shep- | herd; *
And I know My sheep, and am known by My own. Al- | le- | lu- | ia! (St. Luke 24:35b paraphrase; St. John 10:14)
Second Reading: John 10:11-16
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
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