Alleluia, Christ is Risen!!  We are confronted with the central mystery of Christian life, the resurrection of Christ - what are we to make of this confounding, amazing, and audacious act of God?

READING

Mark 16:1-8

When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.” So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

MUSIC

Love’s Redeeming Work is Done, High Street Hymns

Now the Green Blade Riseth, Arnold Singers from Rugby School

Christ the Lord is Risen Today (He is not Dead), NCC Worship

Joyful, Joyful, Reawaken Music (Nathan Drake)