Saint Paul's on-the-Hill Episcopal Church
 

The First Station - The Tomb is Empty

 

Reader 1:     Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

 

All:               It is right to give God thanks and praise.

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Reader 2:

In the morning early, the women came to the tomb. 

“He is not here,” they were told. 

They could see it was true

Reader 3:

the sun lifted darkness from the land, another morning.

A blocking stone had moved.

The tomb was open and empty.

All:

We thank you dear God for all of your mighty acts.

We pray, good Lord, for sight.  We pray to see You.

Reader 2:

Spirit of God, you are present within us,

your dwelling place and home.  

 All:We thank you for your light by which we see.

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Reader 1: Rejoice, my friends, Christ is risen.

        All: Rejoice, dear friends, the Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

“Ubi caritas”
Ubi caritas et amor, ubi caritas Deus ibi est.
Translation: Where true charity and love abide, God is there.

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