Calls To Worship For The Sundays Of Easter

The following litanies of praise from the ancient Eastern churches can be used in the Entrance Rites for the Sundays of Easter. They can be said or sung before the Entrance hymn or afterward in place of the hymn of praise. Easter Day Minister:Accept our praise, O holy Lord. People:For you have manifested the Resurrection to the world. Minister:Come, O people. Fall down before Christ and glorify his resurrection from the dead. People:He is our God who has delivered the world from the enemy. Minister:Let the heavens shout. Let the trumpets shake the foundations of the earth. People:Behold Christ who has nailed our sins to the cross and has destroyed death. Minister:Let us praise him who was crucified in the flesh for our sake. People:He suffered, was buried, and rose from the dead. Minister:We stand before your life-giving tomb and glorify your unspeakable tenderness of heart. People:O sinless one, you accepted the cross to give resurrection to us and to the world. …