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The Gathering
The clergy enter as the Choir sing

Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Alleluia,Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia,Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia,Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia.
But the pains that he endured, Alleluia,Our salvation have procured; Alleluia,Now above the sky he鈥檚 King, Alleluia,Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia.
Words: Lyra Davidica (1708) Tune: EASTER HYMN AM 205
The Archbishop聽
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father聽and the Lord Jesus Christ be with youand also with you.
Alleluia! Christ is risen!He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
[Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known,聽and from whom no secrets are hidden:聽cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,聽that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord.聽Amen.]
鈥僒he Archbishop introduces
Prayers of Penitence
Christ our passover lamb has been sacrificed for us.Let us therefore rejoice by putting away all malice and eviland confessing our sins with a sincere and true heart.
All remain standing to say
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and against our neighbour聽in thought and word and deed, through negligence, through weakness,聽through our own deliberate fault.We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,聽who died for us, forgive us all that is past and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name. Amen.

The Archbishop says
Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent, have mercy upon you,聽pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in life eternal,聽through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.
Remain standing as the choir sings
Gloria in Excelsis
Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.聽Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.聽Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe;聽Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis;聽qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram; qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,聽miserere nobis. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe,聽cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.聽Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God,聽heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks,聽we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,聽Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us;聽you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.聽For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High,聽Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
鈥僒he Collect
The Archbishop says
Let us pray.
Lord of all life and power,who through the mighty resurrection of your Sonovercame the old order of sin and deathto make all things new in him:grant that we, being dead to sinand alive to you in Jesus Christ,may reign with him in glory;to whom with you and the Holy Spiritbe praise and honour, glory and might,now and in all eternity. Amen.Sit
The Liturgy of the Word
The First Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10.34-43read by a member of the Community of St Anselm
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
Peter began to speak to those assembled in the house of Cornelius:聽鈥業 truly understand that God shows no partiality,聽but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.聽You know the message he sent to the people of Israel,聽preaching peace by Jesus Christ鈥攈e is Lord of all.聽That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced:聽how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power;聽how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,聽for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem.聽They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear,聽not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses,聽and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.聽He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead.聽All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.鈥� 聽
This is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.
Stand as the Gospel Choir sings聽
鈥僐emain standingThe Gospel Mark 16.1-8read by the Bishop of Dover
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.Glory to you, O Lord.
When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,聽and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.聽And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen,聽they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another,聽鈥榃ho will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?鈥櫬燱hen they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large,聽had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man,聽dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.聽But he said to them, 鈥楧o not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,聽who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him.聽But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee;聽there you will see him, just as he told you.鈥� So they went out and fled from the tomb,聽for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.Praise to you, O Christ.
The Sermon follows immediately. Once the Sermon has been introduced please sit
鈥僑ermon The Archbishop
Death is the greatest and most devastating liar. The lie that the final breath is the end,聽聽there is nothing more. The lie聽 that we聽 will always be separated from those we聽 have loved,聽聽ultimately losing those we love for ever.We all know the finality聽 of the death of聽 a friend or聽 family member.聽When something special happens our instinct is immediately聽 to tell them, to call them.聽聽Then we remember. They鈥檙e not here.Of course death matters. It is brutal, terrible and cruel.聽But it lies when it claims to be the final word.Easter calls time on the lie.聽 The women in Mark鈥檚 gospel had believed the lie聽鈥� going to聽 the tomb聽 to anoint a dead body.聽Yet聽 all their fears were based on a false assumption about the power of death and an inadequate understanding of the power of God.聽聽Instead right there in the grave聽 were聽 signs of resurrection .聽The聽 action of God聽 was revealed through angels who greeted them, reassured them, and told them that Jesus of Nazareth聽 had been raised.聽This news changes everything - overwhelming every assumption聽 about the way the world works.聽Mark tells us that 鈥渢hey went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them!鈥� 鈥�.聽Well they might! Their whole understanding of things was changed.The truth sets us free. Lies聽 bind us, enslave us. And no lie binds more tightly than the lies of death.聽If death is telling the truth then we may as well live for ourselves.聽Then the last year is yet another cruel period of history taking聽 from us those聽 we loved,聽ending聽 lives cruelly and tragically.聽But if Jesus who was dead is alive: death is a liar. The truth of Christ is the reality, we have certain聽 hope and a changed future.聽We will be reunited with those we love. We are offered forgiveness and freedom to live God鈥檚 new life as a gift 鈥� to be taken or ignored.How can we respond?We can receive this聽 new reality. Jesus, crucified and risen, is alive today and brings聽 life and hope.聽The joy and purpose he gave to the disciples is exactly the same as is offered to us today.聽We are each and all invited to accept that new reality, welcoming聽 the living dynamic presence of God into our lives聽 -聽聽allowing the one who conquers the greatest lie to give us the greatest life. I urge you to take this offer of life today with a simple prayer,聽鈥淛esus Christ, with all my doubts and all my failings and wrongs, I want you to rule in my life鈥�. Simple, almost banal, transforming.We can then live聽 with the risen Christ, doing what he calls us to do. The disciples not only have private hope but hope for the world.聽聽That is why the church gets involved with resisting injustice, treasuring our world, tending the needy 鈥撀爄t鈥檚聽 why Christians throughout聽 the centuries have lived聽 with compassion and love for all who are excluded and marginalised.聽They breathed the oxygen of hope through the resurrection of the crucified God.聽As the resurrection bursts out of the tomb and floods the world so聽 the church must go with that torrent of good news and love,聽transformed, celebrating and declaring in word and deed the truth聽 that death is a liar and that life is offered to all.聽The overwhelming generosity of God to us should inspire the same by us, in everything from private acts of love and charity to international aid generously maintained.聽We have received overwhelmingly, so let us give generously.
Death deceives. Christ is the truth, for He is risen indeed.聽Let our lives change. Let the Alleluias ring.
Remain sitting while the Girls鈥� Choir sings. During the Motet the Archbishop,聽Bishop Rose, and Canon Emma move to their places behind the altar,聽the CoSA members remain in their places.
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus:exultemus et laetemur in ea,alleluya.This is the day which the Lord hath made:let us be glad and rejoice therein.Alleluia.
Words:聽 Psalm 118.24 聽 聽 聽 聽Music: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1794)
The Archbishop says 鈥淟et us Pray鈥�
鈥働rayers of Intercession led by the Community of St Anselm
Bonnie Otengo says
On this Easter Day, may our risen Saviour fill us and all people聽with the joy of his risen life,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
Strengthened by the good news of Easter,may Justin our Archbishop,聽the Anglican Communion,聽this Diocese of Canterbury,聽and all Christian people,bear faithful witness to all the world of Christ鈥檚 resurrection,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
Miranda Peters says
In these difficult times,may a world tired and wearied by diseaseknow once again life and hope,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
As we seek to rebuild our societies,may we work together for a more just futurewhere the hungry are fed, the oppressed are set free,the vulnerable are protected, and the isolated are befriended,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
May those who are sick today find healing,and may those who care for them know strength, encouragement,聽and wisdom in all that they do,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
Bonnie Otengo says
In a moment of silence we remember all those who have lost their lives to COVID-19,聽and all those loved by us that we have lost in the last year.
A moment of silence is kept
鈥僊ay those we have named in our hearts,and all those who have passed through the deep waters of deathfind eternal life in the glory of heaven,Lord, in your mercyHear our prayer.
Miranda Peters says
Heavenly Father,you have delivered us from the power of darknessand brought us into the kingdom of your Son:grant that, as his death has recalled us to life,so his continual presence in us聽may raise us to eternal joy;Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The Liturgy of the Sacrament
The Peace
Stand
The Archbishop says
The risen Christ came and stood among his disciples and said,聽鈥楶eace be with you.鈥橳hen were they glad when they saw the Lord. Alleluia.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽The peace of the risen Christ be always with you.And also with you. Alleluia.
Let us greet one another with words of peace.
The congregation say the words 鈥減eace be with you鈥� to one another
The Offertory Motet聽
Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain,Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain;Love lives again, that with the dead has been:Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.
Forth he came at Easter, like the risen grain,He that for the three days in the grave had lain,Quick from the dead, my risen Lord is seen:Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.
When our hearts are wintry, grieving or in pain,Thy touch can call us back to life again,Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been:Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green.
Words: J M Campbell Crum (1872-1958) 聽 聽 聽 聽Tune: NOEL NOUVELET 聽 聽 聽NEH 115
The President takes the bread and wine and praises God for his gifts聽
[Creator of all,you wash away our sins,you give us new birth by the spirit,and redeem us in the blood of Christ.As we celebrate the resurrection.renew your gift of life within us.We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the risen Lord.Amen.]
The Eucharistic Prayer
The Archbishop says
The Lord be with youand also with you.
Lift up your hearts.We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give thanks and praise.

The Archbishop praises God for his mighty acts
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,always and everywhere to give you thanks,almighty and eternal Father,and in these days of Easterto celebrate with joyful heartsthe memory of your wonderful works.For by the mystery of his passionJesus Christ, your risen Son,has conquered the powers of death and helland restored in men and women the image of your glory.He has placed them once more in paradiseand opened to them the gate of life eternal.And so, in the joy of this Passover,earth and heaven resound with gladness,while angels and archangels and the powers of all creationsing for ever the hymn of your glory:
The choir sings
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,聽Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis.
The Archbishop recalls the Last Supper
Accept our praises, heavenly Father,through your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,and as we follow his example and obey his command,grant that by the power of your Holy Spiritthese gifts of bread and winemay be to us his body and his blood;who, in the same night that he was betrayed,took bread and gave you thanks;he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying:Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you;do this in remembrance of me.
In the same way, after supperhe took the cup and gave you thanks;he gave it to them, saying:Drink this, all of you;this is my blood of the new covenant,which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.Do this, as often as you drink it,in remembrance of me.
Therefore, heavenly Father,we remember his offering of himselfmade once for all upon the cross;we proclaim his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension;we look for the coming of your kingdom,and with this bread and this cupwe make the memorial of Christ your Son our Lord.
Great is the mystery of faith:Christ has died:Christ is risen:Christ will come again.
Accept through him, our great high priest,this our sacrifice of thanks and praise,and as we eat and drink these holy giftsin the presence of your divine majesty,renew us by your Spirit,inspire us with your loveand unite us in the body of your Son,Jesus Christ our Lord.Through him, and with him, and in him,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,with all who stand before you in earth and heaven,we worship you, Father almighty,in songs of everlasting praise:Blessing and honour and glory and powerbe yours for ever and ever.Amen.
The Lord鈥檚 Prayer
The President says聽
As we join our prayers with the Church Universal, so we say,each in our own language, the prayer that Jesus taught us.
Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;thy kingdom come;thy will be done;on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation;but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,the power and the glory,for ever and ever. Amen.
Breaking of the Bread
The Archbishop breaks the consecrated bread, saying
We break this breadto share in the body of Christ.Though we are many, we are one body,聽because we all share in one bread.
The Archbishop says
Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
The Body and Blood of Christ. Amen.
Sit for
The Distribution of Communion
Only the Archbishop receives communion on this occasion. All others remain in place.
During Communion, the Gospel Choir sing
Prayer after Communion
Silence is kept
Stand as the Archbishop says聽
Let us pray.
God of Life,who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Sonto the death of the cross,and by his glorious resurrectionhave delivered us from the power of our enemy:grant us so to die daily to sin,that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life;through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.
鈥僛All then sayAlmighty God, we thank you for feeding uswith the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ.Through him we offer you our souls and bodiesto be a living sacrifice.Send us out in the power of your Spiritto live and workto your praise and glory. Amen.]
The Dismissal聽
The Archbishop saysThe God of peace,who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,that great shepherd of the sheep,through the blood of the eternal covenant,make you perfect in every good work to do his will,working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight;and the blessing of God almighty,聽the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,聽be among you and remain with you always.Amen.
Go in the peace of Christ. Alleluia, Alleluia!Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia!鈥僒he clergy depart as the Choir sings
Hymn
聽 聽Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,聽 聽Endless is the victory thou o鈥檈r death hast won;聽 聽Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,聽 聽Kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay.
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,Endless is the victory thou o鈥檈r death hast won.
2 Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;聽 聽Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;聽 聽Let the Church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,聽 聽For her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting:
3 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of Life;聽 聽Life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife;聽聽 聽Make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love;聽 聽Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above:
Words: French, Edmond Budry (1854-1932)聽 聽 Tune: MACCABAEUS AM 218Tr Richard Hoyle (1875-1939)聽
Organ Voluntary聽 聽