Celebrating Eastertide from Home: Monday in the 2nd Week of Easter
In these worship resources,
we continue our journey in Eastertide.
“No one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.”
Reflection on Eastertide and ideas for celebrating this season from home
We know that you are a teacher who has come from God;
for no one can do these signs that you do
apart from the presence of God.Scimus quia a Deo venisti magister,
nemo enim potest haec signa facere,
quae tu facis, nisi fuerit Deus cum eo.
John 3:2
The Liturgy of the Word
Reflection
Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, comes to Jesus by night;
he has his reputation to keep.
He recognises that Jesus must be in God’s presence
as he could not otherwise have done these works of healings.
Jesus tells him that be must be begotten from above
– some translations say “born again” or “born anew”,
and this is what Nicodemus hears.
Jesus explains that to enter the Kingdom one must be born of water and the Spirit.
Although we cannot tell where the ruah (Spirit or wind) comes from or where it goes,
we can hear its sound.
If we listen.
And this is a great challenge for us too, in our time.
There is so much we don’t know, especially where all this is going.
But we can listen.
Music for reflection
An Eastertide hymn
1 We walk by faith, and not by sight,
no gracious words we hear
of him who spoke as none e’er spoke,
but we believe him near.
2 We may not touch his hands and side
nor follow where he trod;
yet in his promise we rejoice,
and cry, ‘My Lord and God!’
3 Help then, O Lord, our unbelief,
and may our faith abound
to call on you when you are near
and seek where you are found.
4 That when our life of faith is done
in realms of clearer light
we may behold you as you are
in full and endless sight.
5 We walk by faith, and not by sight,
no gracious words we hear
of him who spoke as none e’er spoke,
but we believe him near.
Henry Alford, alt.
The Lord’s Prayer
Almighty God:
in your great goodness,
grant that we,
as pilgrims through the Easter mysteries,
may hold them fast in our lives;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia!
In these strange times, we are called to trust
Other resources
The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA.
The Collects are from the Scottish Episcopal Church, 1982.
