April Sunday Readings

April 5, 2020

Procession with Palms

• Matthew 21:1-11
  Jesus enters Jerusalem

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 50:4-9a
  The servant of the Lord submits to suffering
• Psalm 31:9-16
  Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. (Ps. 31:5)
• Philippians 2:5-11
  Humbled to the point of death on a cross
• Matthew 26:14–27:66
  The passion of the Lord
• Matthew 27:11-54 (alternate)
  The passion of the Lord

April 10, 2020

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 52:13–53:12
  The suffering servant
• Psalm 22
  My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Ps. 22:1)
• Hebrews 10:16-25
  The way to God is opened by Jesus’ death
• Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 (alternate)
  Jesus is our merciful high priest
• John 18:1–19:42
  The passion and death of Christ

April 12, 2020

Readings and Psalm

• Acts 10:34-43
  God raised Jesus on the third day
• Jeremiah 31:1-6 (alternate)
  Joy at the restoration of God’s people
• Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
  This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24)
• Colossians 3:1-4
  Raised with Christ to seek the higher things
• Acts 10:34-43 (alternate)
  God raised Jesus on the third day
• Matthew 28:1-10
  Proclaim the resurrection
• John 20:1-18 (alternate)
  Seeing the risen Christ

April 19, 2020

Readings and Psalm

• Acts 2:14a, 22-32
  Christ’s resurrection: the fulfillment of God’s promise to David
• Psalm 16
  In your presence there is fullness of joy. (Ps. 16:11)
• 1 Peter 1:3-9
  New birth to a living hope through the resurrection
• John 20:19-31
  Beholding the wounds of the risen Christ

April 26, 2020

Readings and Psalm

• Acts 2:14a, 36-41
  Receiving God’s promise through baptism
• Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
  I will call on the name of the Lord. (Ps. 116:13)
• 1 Peter 1:17-23
  Born anew through the living word of God
• Luke 24:13-35
  Eating with the risen Christ

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