Sermon: Third Sunday of Easter

Sermon: Third Sunday of Easter

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026.

      Sermon - Easter III 2026 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 116:1-3,10-17; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35.

The image above is of a carved ivory plaque showing scenes of Christ on the road to and at table in Emmaus. It dates from ca. 850-900 CE — the Carolingian dynasty — and is in the collection of the Met’s Cloister Museum in upper Manhattan.


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