The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.

My mouth is filled with Your praise,
and with Your glory all the day.

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

463 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia

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A hymn, canticle, or psalm may be sung or spoken.

Introit	Psalm 78:13–15, 24–25; antiphon: v. 4
4we'll not hide them from their children
but will tell the next generation about the LORD's wonderful deeds, His power and the marvelous things He did:
13He divided the sea and led them through, making the water stand up like a wall. 14During the day He led them by a cloud and all night by the light of a fire. 15He split rocks in the wilderness, and let them drink as from deep water,
24He rained on them manna to eat, and gave them the bread of heaven. 25So man ate the bread of angels, and He sent them plenty of food..
Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
	and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
	is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
4we'll not hide them from their children
but will tell the next generation about the LORD's wonderful deeds, His power and the marvelous things He did:

Reading	Exodus 15:1–18
The Song of Moses
	Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD:
“I will sing to the LORD, Who has triumphed; horses and their riders He has thrown into the sea.
2My Strength and my Defense is the LORD, Who has saved me: He is my God, and I will praise Him: my father's God, and I will glorify Him. 3the LORD is a warrior; His name is YHWH [the LORD]. 4Pharaoh's chariots and army He threw into the sea. In the Red Sea the best of his charioteers were drowned; 5Covered by floods, they sank into the depths like stones. 6Your right hand, LORD, is wonderfully strong; Your right hand, LORD, has crushed the enemy. 7By Your great majesty You put down those who rise against You; You send Your blazing anger to burn them up like stubble. 8The breath of Your nostrils heaps up the water; running water stands like a dam; floods turn solid in the heart of the sea. 9The enemy said, “I'll pursue and catch up with them; I'll divide the spoil and take my full revenge; I'll draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.' 10You blew Your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11Who, LORD, is like You among the gods? Who is like You, wonderful in holiness, Whose glory is to be feared, Who does marvelous things? 12 You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them. 13You kindly lead the people You freed and mightily guide them to Your holy dwelling place. 14Nations hear of it and tremble: anguish grips the people in Philistia. 15Edom's chiefs are terrified. Moab's leaders tremble, all those who live in Canaan melt away; .. . 16terror and dread fall on them, still as a stone till Your people, LORD, pass through, till the people You purchased come through. 17You will bring them in and plant them on Your own mountain, the place where You live, which You, LORD, have made, the holy place Your hands, Lord, have established. 18The LORD will rule forever."

Reading	Acts 10:34–43
Gentiles Hear the Good News
	34Then Peter spoke: “Now I really understand that God doesn't favor one person over another. 35It doesn't matter what people you belong to; if you fear Him and do what's right, He accepts you. 36He sent His Word to the people of Israel to bring the news of peace in Jesus Christ — He is Lord of all!
37“You know what happened in the whole country of the Jews, how after the baptism that John preached, 38God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and Jesus, beginning in Galilee, went around doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the devil, because God was with Him. 39We have seen everything He did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, and we can tell about it. Men hanged Him on a cross and killed Him. 40But God raised Him on the third day and showed Him to us — 41not to all our people but to us whom God has chosen to be witnesses and who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42He ordered us to preach to the people and warn them that God has appointed Him to judge the living and the dead. 43All the prophets declare that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness for his sins."

A portion of the Small or Large Catechism may be read.

Reading	Luke 24:13–49
On the Road to Emmaus
	130n the same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14They were talking about everything that had happened.
15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself joined them and walked with them. 16They saw Him but were kept from knowing Who He was. 17“What are you discussing as you're walking along?” He asked them. They stood still and looked gloomy. 18“Are you the only stranger living in Jerusalem," the one by the name of Cleopas asked Him, “who doesn't know what happened there these days?" 19“What do you mean?” He asked. "All about Jesus from Nazareth," they told Him, "Who was a prophet, mighty in what He did and said before God and all the people, 20and how our high priests and rulers handed Him over to be condemned to death and crucified Him. 21But we were hoping He would be the one to free Israel. What is more, this is now the third day since it happened. 22And then some of our women startled us. They went to the grave early this morning 23and didn't find His body. They came and told us they had even seen a vision of angels who said He is alive. 24Some of our men went to the grave and found it as the women had said; and they didn't see Him.”
25“How foolish you are,” He told them, “and how slow to believe everything the prophets said! 26Didn't the Christ have to suffer this and so go to His glory?" 27Then He explained to them, starting with Moses and all the prophets, what they said about Him in all their writings.

28And so they came near the village where they were going, and He acted as if He were going farther. 29“Stay with us,” they urged Him. “It's getting late, and the day is almost gone.” So He went in to stay with them.
30While He was at the table with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they knew Who He was. But He vanished from them. 32“Didn't our hearts glow," they said to each other, "as He was talking to us on the way and explaining the Bible to us?” 33That same hour they started out, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them all together. 34These said, “The Lord really did rise, and Simon saw Him." 35Then the two men told what had happened on the way and how they had recognized Him while He was breaking the bread.

36While they were talking about what had happened, Jesus stood among them. "Peace to you!” He said to them. 37They were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost. 38“Why are you troubled?” He asked them. “And why do doubts come into your minds? 39Look at My hands and My feet: it is I Myself. Touch Me and see. A ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see I have.” 40As He said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41They were overcome with joy and amazement because they thought it was too good to be true. “Do you have anything here to eat?” He asked them. 42They gave Him a piece of broiled fish. 43He took it and ate it while they watched Him. 44“While I was still with you,” He said to them, “I told you that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must come true.” 45Then He opened their minds to understand the Bible. 46“This,” He told them, "is what is written: The Christ will suffer and will rise from the dead on the third day; 47and that repentance and the forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all people, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You will testify of these things.” 49 “I am sending you Him Whom My Father promised. Wait here in the city until you are armed with power from above."

Apostles’ Creed
C	I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
     maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
     who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
     born of the virgin Mary,
     suffered under Pontius Pilate,
     was crucified, died and was buried.
     He descended into hell.
     The third day He rose again from the dead.
     He ascended into heaven
     and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
     From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
     the holy Christian Church,
          the communion of saints,
     the forgiveness of sins,
     the resurrection of the body,
     and the life T everlasting. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer
C	Our Father who art in heaven,
     hallowed be Thy name,
     Thy kingdom come,
     Thy will be done on earth
          as it is in heaven;
     give us this day our daily bread;
     and forgive us our trespasses
          as we forgive those
          who trespass against us;
     and lead us not into temptation,
     but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom
     and the power and the glory
     forever and ever. Amen.

Concluding prayers:

O Lord, enter not...
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
C	hear us.
A	Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us and has taken away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who was crucified for our transgressions and raised for our justification,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who foretold Your passion saying, “The Son of Man must be crucified and on the third day rise again,”
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who destroyed death by dying, and by rising to life again brought life and immortality to light,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Whose resurrection was first announced by an angel to the women,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Mary Magdalene and was worshiped by her,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who revealed Yourself to the two disciples on the Emmaus road and made Yourself known to them in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to the disciples, bestowing on them Your peace and Your Spirit,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who showed Your wounded hands and side to the apostle Thomas that he too might believe,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias, bringing a miraculous catch of fish,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Peter and to the Twelve, to over 500 disciples, to James and to all the apostles, and to Paul on the Damascus road,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who commissioned Your Church to make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching them,
C	have mercy on us.
A	By Your glorious resurrection from the dead,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By Your victory over sin and death,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By the majesty of Your risen body,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	We poor sinners implore You
C	to hear us, Lord Jesus.
A	That we may daily die and rise with You in our Baptism and walk in the freedom of Your forgiveness,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may set our minds on things above and not on earthly things, serving others as we have been served by You,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may dwell with You forever in the new creation as citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, together with all the saints,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	grant us Your peace.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy. Amen.

Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance, and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work this day be well pleasing to You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Then go joyfully to your work.

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