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in the early morning light on the first day of the week
the women made their way to the tomb still filled with grief
the angel said to them do not be afraid
for I know you see the Lord who was crucified
was crucified

he is not here
for Christ is risen
he is not here
for Christ is risen
he is not here
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!

lift your voice and sing he is risen
Christ is risen just as he said

(and the disciples didn't get it.  they should've greeted this news with confirmation, with understanding, and instead they are flabbergasted.)

do not weep anymore
let your spirits soar
he's alive...

the Lord is risen this mornin'
hallelujah hallelu
yes the Lord is risen this mornin'
hallelujah hallelu
yes the Lord is risen this mornin'
there's a brand-new day a-dawnin'
for the Lord is risen this mornin' hallelu

when the women came to see the place where Jesus lay
they found the tomb was empty the stone was rolled away
an angel stood before them and this is what he said

(I see him, almost playful, sitting atop the rock and smiling into the women's shock, his chin in his hand, saying, "Do not be afraid, little ones, for I know whom you seek, Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified.")

(he told 'em)
"do not seek the livin' Lord here among the dead..."

they have been saying
all our plans are empty
they have been saying
"where is their God now?"

they have been saying
no one will remember
they have been saying
power rules the world

they have been saying
no one hears the singing
they have been saying
all our strength is gone

they have been saying
all of us are dying
they have been saying
all of us are dead

(we are not dead, we are dead to death, dead in baptism and risen with Christ, we have nothing to fear from death or darkness, because we are free from sin and death, redemption won for us in Christ, the only one who could accomplish it, freely giving of himself in death that he may rise again in glory on this night)

roll away the stone
see the glory of God
roll away the stone

Jesus Christ is risen today
alleluia
our triumphant holy day
alleluia
who did once upon the Cross

(once, once for all times, stretching his hands between heaven and earth and past and present, once for all)

alleluia
suffer to redeem our loss
alleluia

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
the kingdom of this world
is become
the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ
and of his Christ

(we proclaim Christ crucified, as the angel said, and now he comes in glory, and will come again in the fullness of time)

and he shall reign forever and ever
KING OF KINGS
(forever and ever)
AND LORD OF LORDS
(forever and ever)
KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS
and he shall reign forever
hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

hallelujah
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