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The Resurrection of Our Lord
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Lectionary Preaching Workbook
Series III
In the beginning of the Christian era, there was only the Resurrection of Our Lord. That was the chief - and only - festival that the early church celebrated. The reality of the resurrection caused the worship to be shifted from Friday night and Saturday (the Sabbath) to Sunday because the Lord was raised from the dead on the first day of the week. So once a year, the church celebrated Easter Day, as it is now called, but every Sunday was also a commemoration of the victory of Jesus Christ over the cross and the grave.
