Monday in Easter Week

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The service opens with the declaration 'Hallelujah! Christ is risen!' and a call to keep the feast with sincerity and truth.

The episode is a structured audio companion for Daily Morning Prayer during Easter Week. It begins with the traditional Easter acclamation 'Hallelujah! Christ is risen!' followed by a call to worship and a reading from 1 Corinthians about Christ as the Passover sacrifice. The service includes three Psalms: 93, which proclaims God's eternal kingship and strength over chaotic waters; 98, which calls for a new song of praise for God's victory; and a repeated portion of Psalm 98 with musical imagery. A reading from Exodus 12 details the Passover ordinance, including instructions for the festival of unleavened bread and the ritual of marking doorposts with lamb's blood to be spared from the destroyer. A canticle follows, drawing water from the springs of salvation. The Gospel reading is from Mark 16, describing how Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome discovered the empty tomb and were told by a young man in white that Jesus had been raised and would go ahead to Galilee. A prayer praises God's great deeds. The congregation then recites the Apostles' Creed, affirming core Christian doctrines including the resurrection. The Lord's Prayer is said. A series of intercessory prayers follow, asking for mercy, salvation, righteousness for ministers, joy for people, peace, care for the nation, justice, remembrance of the needy, clean hearts, and the Holy Spirit's sustenance. Two concluding prayers focus on the Paschal Feast and God's mission to all peoples. The episode ends with a blessing, doxology, and credits naming the producers and sponsor.

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