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Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." (Mathew 28:9-10)
GO AND TELL: that is what the Risen Jesus says to the women, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary. They are the first to hear and see and tell, in Matthew's Gospel.
GO AND TELL: and they do. The disciples go, as they are told by the women, to await him in Galilee.
"There they will see me" -- this is the refrain, come Easter Week, of a chant at New Camaldoli, for all the Octave of Easter. He has risen as he promised - and he goes ahead of us.
He goes ahead of us. Before anyone else, he is there.
He is there, in Galilee, cooking fish over an open fire on a stone by a lake, with birds and animals swimming by.
He is there in the Resurrection.
He is there in the future.
He is there for us.
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The Book of Common Prayer, 1662:
Monday in Easter Week. The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who through thy
only-begotten Son Jesus Chriſt haſt overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of
everlaſting life; We humbly beseech thee, that
as by thy special grace preventing us, thou doſt
put into our minds good desires; so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect, through Jesus Chriſt our Lord, who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoſt,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The Book of Common Prayer, 1979.
Monday in Easter Week. The Collect.
Grant, we pray,
Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be
found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.
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