Freed from Death--April 5, 2021

O Jesus, 

 

you were caught like a bird

in the snare of the fowlers, 

but God broke the snare

and you escaped. 

 

You were cast into the deep,

into the heart of the seas;

waves and billows above

and flood all around,

 

but God raised you up,

freed you from death;

you could not be held

in death’s power.

 

In the house 

where you dwell

there is room for us all;

you have prepared us a place.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115

Jonah 2:1-10

Acts 2:14, 22-32

John 14:1-14

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 124:7

We have escaped like a bird
          from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
          and we have escaped.

 

Jonah 2:3

You cast me into the deep,
          into the heart of the seas,
          and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
          passed over me.

 

Acts 2:24

But God raised [Jesus] up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

 

John 14:2

“…In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.  If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  …”  [Jesus, to the eleven]