April 23, 2023 The Third Sunday of Easter

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #296 <em>We Know That Christ is Raised and Dies No More</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #495 <em>Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Christ is Risen, Alleluia! (Albrecht/Althouse)</em></strong></p><p><strong> Communion Hymn #305 <em>Come, Risen Lord, and Deign to Be Our Guest</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #180 <em>He Is Risen, He Is Risen!</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.</p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Acts 2:14a, 36-41</em></strong></p><p>Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “Let the entire house of Israel</p><p>know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”</p><p>Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is&nbsp;for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”&nbsp;And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.</p><p><strong>PSALM&nbsp;<em>Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 Dilexi, quoniam&nbsp;</em></strong>1 I love the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, *</p><p>because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.</p><p>2 The cords of death entangled me;</p><p>the grip of the grave took hold of me; * I came to grief