Second S. of Easter (Quasimodo Geniti):

The Wounds of Christ Give Us LifeEzek. 37:1-14; 1 John 5:4-10; John 20:19-31; Psalm 33

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Memorization Verses: Ezek. 37:13 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put

your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Psalm 33:22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

You shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves. Ez 37:13ם יכ,+ ות/ ר2 ב4 י   ק6 8 ח6 ת4 פ6 ב4

Job 19:25-2725 For I know that my Redeemer lives,    and at the last he will stand upon the earth.26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,    yet in my flesh I shall see God,27 whom I shall see for myself,    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.    My heart faints within me!

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…Lord, in your mercy.…Hear our prayer.1. Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.2. Father of glory, remember Your Church throughout the world, and strengthen all Your baptized people to be bold witnesses of our Lord’s resurrection...3. Fount of Wisdom everlasting, look in kindness upon our Synod as we prepare to meet in convention this summer that all we undertake together may redound to Your praise and glory...4. Ruler of all, to Your care and protection we commend all our elected officials and all

who serve in our armed forces. Grant them wisdom and honor as they carry out their responsibilities...5. Heavenly King, Your Son promised that He does not break the bruised reed or quench the dimly burning wick. Remember in mercy all who struggle with the darkness of doubt and despair, and bring to their hearts the peace of Your Son’s resurrection victory...

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…let us pray to the Lord.…Lord, have mercy.6. Forgiver of all our sin, You have given Your Church the keys of the Kingdom. Help all pastors to use them faithfully, that Your people’s joy may overflow...7. O Lord, our Healer, we commend to You all those who are in need of restoration, whether of body, soul or spirit [especially remembering before You _________]. Grant to them Your peace, that they may bear their sufferings with patience as they await Your gracious healing...--OPEN PETITIONS—8. Lavish Giver of every good gift, Your Son has set before His people a feast of love, a

table where He serves us His own body and blood for the forgiveness of our sins. Grant that we may receive this gift in a worthy manner so that the Eucharist may bring forth an abundance of good fruit for Your Kingdom...9. Everlasting One, receive our thanks this day for all who have fallen asleep in the faith of Jesus Christ. Bring us to share with them the joys of the feast that never ends...8. All these things and whatever else You know that we need, grant to us, kind Master, for the sake of Him who offered Himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Lord, to whom with You and the Holy Spirit be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen.

LSB 4301 My song is love unknown,My Savior’s love to me,Love to the loveless shownThat they might lovely be.O who am I That for my sakeMy Lord should take Frail flesh, and die?2 He came from His blest throneSalvation to bestow;But men made strange, and noneThe longed-for Christ would know.But, oh, my friend, My Friend indeed,Who at my need His life did spend!3 Sometimes they strew His way,And His sweet praises sing;

Resounding all the dayHosannas to their King.Then “Crucify!” Is all their breath,And for His death They thirst and cry.4 Why, what hath my Lord done?What makes this rage and spite?He made the lame to run,He gave the blind their sight.Sweet injuries!Yet they at theseThemselves displeaseAnd 'gainst Him rise.5 They rise and needs will haveMy dear Lord made away;A murderer they save,The Prince of Life they slay.Yet steadfast He 

To suff'ring goes,That He His foes From thence might free.6 In life no house, no homeMy Lord on earth might have;In death no friendly tombBut what a stranger gave.What my I say?Heav'n was His homeBut mine the tombWherein He lay.7 Here might I stay and sing,No story so divine!Never was love, dear King,Never was grief like Thine.This is my Friend,In whose sweet praiseI all my daysCould gladly spend!

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Ezekiel 37:1-14The Valley of Dry Bones37 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” AndI answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was

no breath in them.9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am theLORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares theLORD.”

1 John 5:4-104 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?Testimony Concerning the Son of God6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his

Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

John 20:19-31Jesus Appears to the Disciples19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”Jesus and Thomas24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin,was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of

the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him,“Have you believed because you have seen me?Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”The Purpose of This Book30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Psalm 33The Steadfast Love of the LORD33 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of theLORD.6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!13 The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,15 he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.16 The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,19 that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.21 For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Share Time: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (Quasimodo Geniti) Ezekiel 37:1–141 John 5:4–10John 20:19–31 The Wounds of Christ Give Us Life “For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood” (1 John 5:7). These three point to Christ and flow from Christ. Jesus shows His disciples His hands side, from which blood and water flowed, saying “Peace be with you.” He presents the wounds which turn our fear to gladness and which restore us to the Father. Jesus breathes on His disciples and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:23). His breath, His words are Spirit and life. They raise up our dry, dead bones and give us new and everlasting life (Ezek. 37:1–14). Christ now gives His ministers to speak His forgiving, Spirit-filled words to the penitent in His stead. Our Lord continues to come to His people, presenting His wounds to us in the Sacraments of water and blood. He bids us to touch His side at His table, to receive His risen body and blood in true faith, that believing we may have life in His name.

Sing it!

1 Wounded for me, wounded for me,There on the cross He was wounded for me;Gone my transgressions, and now I am free,All because Jesus was wounded for me.

2 Dying for me, dying for me,There on the cross He was dying for me;Now in His death my redemption I see,All because Jesus was dying for me.

3 Risen for me, risen for me,Up from the grave He has risen for me;

Now evermore from death’s sting I am free,All because Jesus has risen for me.

4 Living for me, living for me,Up in the skies He is living for me;Daily He’s pleading and praying for me,All because Jesus is living for me.

5 Coming for me, coming for me,One day to earth He is coming for me;Then with what joy His dear face I shall see,O how I praise Him-—He’s coming for me!

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER (Misericordias Domini)

 The Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep

Ezekiel 34:11–16 The Lord God Will Seek Them Out

1 Peter 2:21–25 Submission to Authority

John 10:11–16 I Am the Good Shepherd

Psalm 23 The Lord is My Shepherd

Next Week…

Ezekiel 34:11–16; 1 Peter 2:21–25; John 10:11–16; Psalm 23

Ezekiel 34:11-16The Lord GOD Will Seek Them Out11 “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.

1 Peter 2:21-25 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

John 10:11-16 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they

will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Psalm 23The LORD Is My ShepherdA Psalm of David.23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters.3 He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.