
Resurrection Sunday Morning – Year C
16 April 2028 All day

Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them, plus sermons based on them.
Bible Readings (paraphrased)
Lections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003, Room 381, Nashville, TN 37203-0003, USA. Used with Permission.
1st Reading: Acts 10: 34-43
“Now it is all perfectly clear to me — God does not play favourites! Whoever you are and wherever you are from, if you take God seriously and do the right thing, God will welcome you with open arms! Jesus the Messiah preached God’s message about a peace deal to the people of Israel, but clearly it did not stop with them — he is Lord of all! No doubt you have heard the news about Jesus of Nazareth, because since it sparked off in Galilee, it has spread like wildfire all over Judea. The story began after John started calling everyone to turn their lives around through baptism. God singled Jesus out then and there, charging him with the Holy Spirit’s power. From then on, Jesus travelled around working for good and helping people out from under the devil’s thumb and back onto their feet. God was with him in all this. We saw it all ourselves; everything he did in the Judean backblocks and in the city of Jerusalem. They strung him up on a post and killed him, but three days later God raised him to life and let us see him. Not everybody got to see him, but God had picked us out to be the ones who would know first hand what had happened. We got to spend time sharing meals and a few drinks with him after he was brought back from the dead. He gave us the job of getting his message out to the people and going public with the fact that he is the one who God has appointed to make the final assessment of everybody on earth, past and present. You don’t have to take our word alone on this; all the prophets back us up. Everyone who puts their trust in Jesus receives pardon for their sins on his say so.”
©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.netAlternative 1st Reading: Isaiah 65: 17-25
Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26
Alternative 2nd Reading: Acts 10: 34-43
“Now it is all perfectly clear to me — God does not play favourites! Whoever you are and wherever you are from, if you take God seriously and do the right thing, God will welcome you with open arms! Jesus the Messiah preached God’s message about a peace deal to the people of Israel, but clearly it did not stop with them — he is Lord of all! No doubt you have heard the news about Jesus of Nazareth, because since it sparked off in Galilee, it has spread like wildfire all over Judea. The story began after John started calling everyone to turn their lives around through baptism. God singled Jesus out then and there, charging him with the Holy Spirit’s power. From then on, Jesus travelled around working for good and helping people out from under the devil’s thumb and back onto their feet. God was with him in all this. We saw it all ourselves; everything he did in the Judean backblocks and in the city of Jerusalem. They strung him up on a post and killed him, but three days later God raised him to life and let us see him. Not everybody got to see him, but God had picked us out to be the ones who would know first hand what had happened. We got to spend time sharing meals and a few drinks with him after he was brought back from the dead. He gave us the job of getting his message out to the people and going public with the fact that he is the one who God has appointed to make the final assessment of everybody on earth, past and present. You don’t have to take our word alone on this; all the prophets back us up. Everyone who puts their trust in Jesus receives pardon for their sins on his say so.”
©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.netGospel Reading: John 20: 1-18
Alternative Gospel Reading: Luke 24: 1-12
Prayers
Eucharistic Preface
Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)
General Prayer of Thanksgiving
Declaration of Grace / Absolution
Commission & Benediction
Sermons
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- The Easter Homily of St John Chrysostom
A sermon by Nathan Nettleton - God Came Back
A sermon by Nathan Nettleton - Do Not Be Afraid
A sermon by Andrew Woff - Factoring the Unthinkable
A sermon on Luke 24:1-12 & Romans 6:3-11 by Nathan Nettleton - A Backwards Glance
A sermon by Nathan Nettleton - Life and love in the face of death
A sermon by Roslyn Wright - By The Light Of A Rumour
A sermon on Luke 24:1-12 by Nathan Nettleton - Showing Up
A sermon by Joel Sierra - A Question For Your Tears
A sermon on John 20:11-18 by Edward L Taylor