Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church - Olive Branch, MS beautifulsaviorlc

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Old Testament: Job 19:23–27Psalm: Psalm 118:15–29; antiphon: v. 1Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:51–57Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5:6–8Gospel: Mark 16:1–8Introit: Psalm 8:1, 5–6, 9; antiphon: Luke 24:5b–6bGradual: Psalm 118:24, 1Verse: 1 Corinthians 5:7b–8a, c
Christ’s Resurrection Means That We Will One Day Be Raised “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Cor. 5:7). By the shed blood of Christ, the Lamb of God, eternal death has passed over us. Now we pass with Christ through death into life everlasting. For Christ the crucified One is risen! The stone has been rolled away from the tomb, revealing that the tomb could not hold Him (Mark 16:1–8). Now our Redeemer lives eternally to save us from sin and Satan and the grave, and we can live in the sure hope of our own bodily resurrection with Christ. “After my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God” (Job 19:26). Feasting on the living Christ, who is our meat and drink indeed, we boldly say: “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? . . . But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 15:54–55, 57).
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Old Testament: Isaiah 52:13—53:12Psalm: Psalm 22; antiphon: v. 1Psalm: Psalm 31; antiphon: v. 1Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21Gospel: John 18:1—19:42Introit: Psalm 102:1–2, 12; antiphon: Isaiah 53:4a, 5a, 6a, cGradual: Isaiah 53:1, 11bTract: Psalm 140:1–7, 12–13
Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World Jesus, the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter of His cross as the sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the world. “Despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Is. 53:3), He is the righteous Servant who justifies many by His innocent suffering and death. He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows; He is wounded for our transgressions; He is crushed for our iniquities; He suffers our chastisement, so that “with His stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:4–5). As the Son of God, He fulfills the Law for us in human flesh, and so fulfills the Scriptures (John 19:7, 24). For in Christ, “God was reconciling the whole world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor. 5:19).
Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship

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Old Testament: Isaiah 52:13—53:12Psalm: Psalm 22; antiphon: v. 1Psalm: Psalm 31; antiphon: v. 1Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21Gospel: John 18:1—19:42Introit: Psalm 102:1–2, 12; antiphon: Isaiah 53:4a, 5a, 6a, cGradual: Isaiah 53:1, 11bTract: Psalm 140:1–7, 12–13
Behold the Lamb of God, Who Takes Away the Sin of the World Jesus, the Lamb of God, is led to the slaughter of His cross as the sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the world. “Despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Is. 53:3), He is the righteous Servant who justifies many by His innocent suffering and death. He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows; He is wounded for our transgressions; He is crushed for our iniquities; He suffers our chastisement, so that “with His stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:4–5). As the Son of God, He fulfills the Law for us in human flesh, and so fulfills the Scriptures (John 19:7, 24). For in Christ, “God was reconciling the whole world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them” (2 Cor. 5:19).
Lectionary summary © 2021 The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Used by permission. http://lcms.org/worship

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Old Testament: Exodus 12:1–14Old Testament: Exodus 24:3–11Psalm: Psalm 116:12–19; antiphon: v. 17Epistle: 1 Corinthians 11:23–32Gospel: John 13:1–15Gospel: John 13:1–15, 34–35Introit: Psalm 67:1–3, 6b–7; antiphon: Galatians 6:14b; Liturgical TextGradual: Psalm 111:4–5Tract: Psalm 111:4–5; John 6:55–56
Let Us Love One Another, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” (1 Cor. 11:26). By eating His body and drinking His blood, we proclaim to all the world that Jesus is, indeed, our Passover Lamb (Ex. 12:1–14), who was sacrificed for us on Calvary. In Christ, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity. With such love, he “loved His own who were in the world,” and even loves us “to the end” (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love, let us love one another, just as He has loved us (John 13:34).

Old Testament: Zechariah 9:9–12Psalm: Psalm 31:9–16; antiphon: v. 5Psalm: Psalm 118:19–29; antiphon: v. 26Epistle: Philippians 2:5–11Gospel: Matthew 26:1—27:66Gospel: Matthew 27:11–54Introit: Psalm 22:1, 7–8, 11; antiphon: vv. 19, 21Gradual: Psalm 73:23b–24, 1Tract: Psalm 22:1, 4–5
The Cross and Passion of Our Lord Are the Hour of His Glory “Behold, your King is coming to you . . . humble and mounted on a donkey” (Zech. 9:9–12; Mt. 21:1–9). Our Lord rides in this humble fashion because He is entering Jerusalem to humble Himself even to the point of death on a cross (Phil. 2:5–11). His kingly crown will not be made of gold but of thorns, the sign of sin’s curse. For His royal reign is displayed in bearing this curse for His people, saving us from our enemies by sacrificing His own life. The sinless One takes the place of the sinner so that the sinner can be freed and bear the name “Barabbas,” “son of the Father” (Matthew 26 and 27). It is at the name of this exalted Savior, Jesus, that we bow in humble faith. With the centurion who declared, “Truly this was the Son of God!” (Mt. 27:54), we are also given to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:11).

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