Celebrating Eastertide from Home: Monday in the 4th Week of Easter
In these worship resources,
we continue our journey in Eastertide.
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Reflection on Eastertide and ideas for celebrating this season from home
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.Quare tristis es, anima mea?
et quare conturbas me?
Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi,
salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.
Psalm 42 (43):5
The Liturgy of the Word
Short Reflection
The Way is no longer just for the Jewish people; Peter, amongst others, has taken the early Christian movement to the Gentiles.
Just as the Epiphany of Jesus, in the revelation of Christ to the magi, brought this new Way to a wider group of people, so it is now in the post-resurrection story.
The vision Peter receives, in which there is nothing that is unclean, is a watershed for the disciples.
They were brought up understanding that the Jewish people are God’s own chosen people; indeed, as Vatican II affirms, they are still God’s chosen people (Nostra Aetate, 4). Here’s a short extract (it’s worth reading the whole of this short document).
The Church, therefore, cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in his inexpressible mercy concluded the Ancient Covenant.
Nor can [the Church] forget that she draws sustenance from the root of that well-cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the Gentiles (cf. Romans 11:17-24). Indeed, the Church believes that by his cross Christ, our Peace, reconciled Jews and Gentiles, making both one in himself (cf. Ephesians 2:14-16).
New people (i.e. those from outside Judaism) are brought to faith in Christ; they see what the Lord has done and respond in new-found faith and hope.
We too are called to share in this new-found faith and hope, so even when we feel despondent, it is good to be reminded that our Father cares for each and every one of us.
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Pray to discern God’s presence and to hear God’s call.
Pray for those who bring light into others’ lives.
Pray for politicians and other leaders, that they may learn to be truthful.
Pray for essential workers.
Pray for us all.
Music for reflection *
An Eastertide hymn
1 Blest be the everlasting God,
the Father of our Lord!
Be God’s abounding mercy praised,
and majesty adored!
2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
and called him to the sky,
God gave our souls a lively hope
that they should never die.
3 There’s an inheritance divine
reserved against that day;
’tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
and cannot fade away
4 Saints by the power of God are kept,
till that salvation come
we walk by faith as strangers here,
till Christ shall call us home.
Isaac Watts, alt.
Alternative Eastertide Hymn (especially for the evening)
1 As spring buds forth your praise, O Christ,
We too proclaim you, Lord, enthroned:
For in your person we have passed
From exile to our Father’s home.
2 Compassion for our wintered earth
Brings forth a radiant world restored;
Flung open is the realm of life
To all whose life proclaims you Lord.
3 New growth springs up where all seemed dead;
Now open is the tomb once sealed.
The stone is rolled away that we
To resurrection life may yield.
4 With evening here, stay with us. Lord,
That Easter’s joy may never end.
In you our world can sing afresh;
In you our earth is sacrament.
Aelred-Seton Shanley
© 1999 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications,
3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60609-2523
from ‘Hymns for Prayer & Praise‘
The Lord’s Prayer
You can say this in any language you choose.
Here it is, in English, Latin and French.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours.
Now and for ever. Amen.
Pater noster, qui es in cælis;
sanctificatur nomen tuum:
adveniat regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in cælo, et in terra.
Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie:
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris:
et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
sed libera nos a malo.
Quia tuum est regnum,
et potestas, et gloria, in saecula.
Amen.
Notre Père qui es aux cieux,
que ton nom soit sanctifié.
Que ton règne vienne.
Que ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donne-nous aujourd’hui notre pain de ce jour.
Pardonne-nous nos offences
comme nous pardonnons aussi
à ceux qui nous ont offensés.
Et ne nous soumets pas à la tentation,
mais délivre-nous du mal.
Car c’est à toi qu’appartiennent le règne,
la puissance et la gloire
pour les siècles des siècles. Amen.
Concluding prayer
O God,
whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people:
grant that when we hear his voice
we may know him who calls us each by name,
and follow where he leads;
who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Alleluia!
In these strange times, we are called to trust
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Acknowledgements
The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Collects are from the Scottish Episcopal Church, 1982.
The hymn ‘As spring buds forth your praise, O Christ’ is taken from ‘Hymns for Prayer & Praise‘.
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