The Second Sunday of Easter
7th April 2024
Principal Service
Collect One
Almighty Father,
who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins,
and to rise again for our justification;
Grant us so to put away the leaven
of malice and wickedness,
that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits of the same thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect Two
Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
Grant us so to put away the leaven
of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Gospel Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
Lord God our Father,
through our Saviour Jesus Christ
you have assured your children of eternal life
and in baptism have made us one with him.
Deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in your love,
in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Collect Of The Word
Risen Christ,
whose absence leaves us in despair
but whose presence is overwhelming:
breathe on us with your abundant life,
that where we cannot see
we may have courage to believe
that we may be raised with you.
Suggested Hymns
An asterisk (*) before the hymn number indicates that the hymn has been recorded for use in public worship by the Recorded Church Music Committee.
Acts 4: 32-35
*258 - Christ the Lord is risen again!
*523 - Help us to help each other, Lord
277 - Love's redeeming work is done
*283 - The Day of Resurrection
Isaiah 26: 2-9, 19
*S210 - A city strong we claim as ours
*563 - Commit your ways to God
*646 - Glorious things of thee are spoken
*668 - God is our fortress and our rock
*16 - Like a mighty river flowing
505 - Peace be to this congregation
*557 - Rock of ages, cleft for me
Psalm 133
*518 - Bind us together, Lord
*522 - In Christ there is no east or west
*525 - Let there be love shared among us
*438 - O thou, who at thy eucharist didst pray
507 - Put peace into each other's hands
*661 - Through the night of doubt and sorrow
1 John 1: 1 - 2: 2
87 - Christ is the world's Light, he and none other
501 - Christ is the world's true Light
*52 - Christ, whose glory fills the skies
*613 - Eternal light, shine in my heart
*349 - Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
*324 - God, whose almighty word
*418 - Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
*553 - Jesus, lover of my soul
*587 - Just as I am, without one plea
*81 - Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided
*429 - Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
*104 - O for a thousand tongues to sing
*557 - Rock of ages, cleft for me
S153 - Thuma mina
624 - Speak, Lord, in the stillness
S141 - Tagaimis le chéile os comhair an Ri
*490 - The Spirit lives to set us free
*S143 - Teach me to dance to the beat of your heart
*373 - To God be the glory!
*343 - We love the place, O God
John 20: 19-31
608 - Be still and know that I am God
*293 - Breathe on me, Breath of God
*255 - Christ is risen, alleluia!
610 - Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life
*263 - Crown him with many crowns
460 - For all your saints in glory
*415 - For the bread which you have broken
*454 - Forth in the peace of Christ we go
*219 - From heav'n you came, helpless babe
*268 - Hail, thou once-despised Jesus!
*S63 - I'm not ashamed to own my Lord
*583 - Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all
*338 - Jesus, stand among us
*424 - Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives
*652 - Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
*S92 - Lord, make us servants of your peace
305 - O Breath of life, come sweeping through us
*104 - O for a thousand tongues to sing
279 - O sons and daughters, let us sing!
*307 - Our great Redeemer, as he breathed
505 - Peace be to this congregation
675 - Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
71 - Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise
S153 - Thuma mina
*S130 - Sing, God's Easter people, sing!
S141 - Tagaimis le chéile os comhair an Ri
*490 - The Spirit lives to set us free
*288 - Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son