Great Easter Vigil, Year A

All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Creator of All.
I bring low the high tree,
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and I make the dry tree sprout buds.
I the Ageless God have spoken;
I will make it so.
– Ezekiel 17:24
 
Rejoice heavenly powers!
—Exsultet
 
Water. Light. The Deep. The Cosmic. What do these things, both elemental and mysterious, have to say to us as we both stretch to “be still and know that God is God,” and, live actively as beloved people of God in our present context? Both our shared context and our personal context, and how they interconnect. Creation. Resurrection. Life, death, life. Is everything just a circular, repetitive cycle? Or are we gently but persistently spiraling outward? Unfolding, becoming, as we both labor and consent? Creative tensions. Both/Ands. Paradoxes that we both wrestle with and relax into. As we trust. As we watch. As we hope. Together.
 
Enter into worship. Saturday evening at 7:43pm in the Garden.

Please note this liturgy will not be livestreamed. 
 
Readings: Genesis 1:1–2, 26–27; 2:1–4 † Daniel (LXX) 3:52–60 † Genesis 21:2, 8–21 † Psalm 27:5–7, 10–14 † Genesis 21:2, 8–21 † Psalm 27:5–7, 10–14 † Exodus 14:26–29; 15:20–21  † Exodus 15:1–3, 11, 13, 17–18 † Joshua 2:1–14; 6:15–17, 22–23  † Wisdom 5:1–5; 6:6–7  † Judges 4:1–10, 23  † Judges 5:1, 4–7, 12, 24, 31  † 2 Kings 11:1–4, 10–12  † Psalm 9:1–2, 7–11, 13–14  † Judith 8:9–10, 32–34; 13:3–14, 17–18 † Judith 16:1–6, 13  † Acts 16:13–15 † John 20:1-18
 
About the Image: DeWitt, Sydney. Joy, Beauty, Wonder, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59758 [retrieved April 1, 2026]. Original source: Donated by Sydney DeWitt.

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