Learning the Faith by Heart
Speaking, Praying, and Singing God’s Word Together
The Week of April 5 – April 12, 2026
Preparing for the Second Sunday of Easter
Hymn of the Week: O Sons and Daughters of the King (470)
GLCA Learn by Heart Hymn: Awake My Heart with Gladness (467:4)
GLCA Catechism Memory: Review 2nd & 3rd Petitions of Lord’s Prayer
Bible Verse Memory: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” – John 11:25-26
Easter Monday
Collect: O God, in the paschal feast You restore all creation. Continue to send Your heavenly gifts upon Your people that they may walk in perfect freedom and receive eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Psalmody: Psalm 100
Reading: Luke 24:13-35
Hymnody: Christ the Lord is Risen Today; Alleluia (463)
Easter Tuesday
Collect: Almighty God, through the resurrection of Your Son You have secured peace for our troubled consciences. Grant us this peace evermore that trusting in the merit of Your Son we may come at last to the perfect peace of heaven; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Psalmody: Psalm 2
Reading: Luke 24:36-49
Hymnody: Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won (490)
Easter Wednesday
Collect: Almighty God, by the glorious resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, You destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light. Grant that we who have been raised with Him may abide in His presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Psalmody: Psalm 61
Reading: John 21:1-14
Hymnody: Long before the World is Waking (LSB 485)
Thursday: Holy Gospel – John 20:19-31
By His death on the cross, Christ accomplished salvation, providing forgiveness of sins for the entire world. Unless that good news is made known to you, however, it does not benefit you. How do I know my sins are forgiven before God in heaven? Read John 20:19-23. How does Jesus make known His forgiveness? What comfort does forgiveness through a pastor give me when I am tempted to doubt my identity as God’s child? (LSC, 2017 Explanation, 315).
Friday: O Sons and Daughters of the King (470)
Have you ever thought of yourself as a son or daughter of the King? Who is the King? When do we become His children? How does that relate to Easter?
The Order of Meditation and Prayer
The sign of the cross + may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.
Invocation
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty…
Verse of the Week
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” – John 11:25-26
Bible Reading for the Day (From Upcoming Readings for Sun, Portals of Prayer, or other Daily meditation)
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn of the Week
O Sons and Daughters of the King (470)
Catechism Memory
Review 2nd & 3rd Petitions of Lord’s Prayer
Family Prayers
For___________________, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord’s Prayer
Taught by our Lord and trusting in His promises, we are bold to pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven…