A Day of Remembrance, and More--March 27, 2016

Let everything that breathes praise you, Lord Jesus;

for this is a day for remembering you!

You came into being in the Word, and you were life,

and your life was a light of all people.

Today we remember--your light shined

in the darkness, and the darkness tried

to put it out, but the darkness could not.

May today be more than a day to remember you;

today open our eyes to recognize that

your light still shines in our darkness,

and you are still a light for the world.

Let all that breathes sing praise to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117

Exod. 12:1-14

John 1:1-18

Luke 24:13-35

Selected Verses

Ps. 150:6

 Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
     Praise the Lord!

Exod. 12:14

This day shall be a day of remembrance for you.  You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.

John 1:3b-5

What has come into being in [the Word] was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

Luke 24:31

Then [the eyes of Cleopas and the other disciple] were opened, and they recognized [Jesus]; and he vanished from their sight.