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April 16, 2020

Practicing Resurrection

Mark S. Burrows   |   Read Psalm 16:1-11

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Lectionary Week
April 13–19, 2020
Scripture Overview

In the week following Easter, we reflect on the Resurrection. In Acts, Peter declares to his fellow Israelites that the story of Jesus is the fulfillment of promises made to their people long ago. He quotes Psalm 16, the second reading for the week, and applies it to Jesus. First Peter opens with a passage of extended praise for God’s mercy, and this is rooted in the hope that comes through the resurrection of Jesus. Yes, we may suffer in this life as Jesus suffered, but just as he is glorified, we will also one day be glorified in the Lord. John recounts a post-resurrection appearance to the disciples. All except Thomas have already seen Jesus, and here is Thomas’s first interaction with the risen Lord.

Questions and Suggestions for Reflection

Read Acts 2:14a, 22-32. How do you practice living into the “ways of life”?
Read Psalm 16. What would change if you were to make requests for God’s protection a fundamental of your faith?
Read 1 Peter 1:3-9. How does the mystery of the Resurrection help you understand and love Jesus?
Read John 20:19-31. What role does forgiveness play in the way you practice resurrection?

Respond by posting a prayer .

Poet T. S. Eliot once described the Incarnation as “[t]he hint half guessed, the gift half understood.”* This description is as truthful and encouraging a description as one can find. For the claim that the “Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14) is a truth beyond our mind’s...

Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. Amen.

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