April 16, 2023 The Second Sunday of Easter

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #195 <em>Jesus Lives! Thy Terrors Now</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #209 <em>We Walk By Faith</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>This Joyful Eastertide (Woodward, arr. Somervell) </em></strong><em>Danielle Grilli, Soloist </em></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>We Behold the Risen Lord (Lawler, Friedell) </em></strong><em>Danielle Grilli, Soloist </em></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #212 <em> Awake, Arise, Lift Up Your Voice</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Acts 2:14a, 22-32</em></strong></p><p>Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “You that are Israelites, listen to what&nbsp;I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know—&nbsp;this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him,</p><p>‘I saw the Lord always before me,</p><p>for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken;</p><p>therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope.</p><p>For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,</p><p>or let your Holy One experience corruption.</p><p>You have made known to me the ways of life;</p><p>you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’</p><p>“Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our