The Crucified and Resurrected Jesus perhaps not surprisingly appears repeatedly in the Revelation to St. John, often as Lamb Who had been slain, and making clear the victory over death and its benefits that He ultimately shares with those who repent of their sins and trust in Him for the forgiveness of their sins. The Second Readings appointed for the Second through Seventh Sundays of the Easter Season this year of our Three-Year Lectionary Series are all such passages from Revelation and will be the basis for a rare Sunday-morning Special Sermon Series at Pilgrim titled “Resurrection and Revelation”.

  • Second Sunday (4/27): Jesus Who died and is alive forever speaks (Revelation 1:4-18)
  • Third Sunday (5/4): Jesus as the Lamb Who was slain is enthroned (Revelation 5:1-14)
  • Fourth Sunday (5/11): Jesus the Lamb is also the Shepherd  (Revelation 7:9-17)
  • Fifth Sunday (5/18): Jesus brings a new heaven and earth where death is no more (Revelation 21:1-7)
  • Sixth Sunday (5/25): The Church is the Bride, the wife of the Lamb (Revelation 21:9-14, 21-27)
  • Seventh Sunday (6/01): The River of Life flows from the throne of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1-20)

On Easter Sunday, April 17, Pilgrim celebrates The Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, with a Divine Service at 10:45 a.m.. Before that, there likely will be an 8:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast, 9:00 Egg Hunt, and 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and special Adult Bible Class. Everyone is invited to the service and all the other activities!

The Easter celebration, the high-point of the Church Year, continues not only for a day or even for a week but for a week of weeks, a 50-day long Sunday, as it were. Counting the Resurrection Day, there arguably are eight Sundays of Easter, with themes of resurrection, ascension, and the sending of the Holy Spirit. The following are the Sundays of Easter in 2025 and their Gospel Readings (appointed by LSB’s three-year lectionary series C).

  • Easter Sunday (4/20): Women learn and report that Jesus is risen (Luke 24:1-12)
  • Second Sunday (4/27): Jesus appears to Thomas (John 20:19-31)
  • Third Sunday (5/04): Jesus appears by the Sea of Tiberias (John 21:1-14)
  • Fourth Sunday (5/11): Jesus the Good Shepherd speaks of His flock (John 10:22-30)
  • Fifth Sunday (5/18): Jesus promises the Holy Spirit (John 16:12-22)
  • Sixth Sunday (5/25): Jesus promises peace despite tribulation (John 16:23-33)
  • Seventh Sunday (6/01): Jesus prays for future believers (John 17:20-26)
  • Pentecost (06/08): The Son tells of the Father’s sending the Spirit  (John 14:23-31)

This year’s series of Readings notably appoints First Readings from the book of Acts and, as noted above, Second Readings from the book of Revelation. Like the Second Readings from the book of Revelation, the First Readings from the book Acts also relate to the apostles’ eyewitness accounts of the once crucified but now resurrected Jesus.

Pilgrim will offer a Matins Service on Thursday, May 22nd, at 9:00 a.m. as part of its hosting the monthly LCMS Texas District Circuit #14 Pastors’ Meeting. The Readings from the preceding Fifth Sunday of Easter will be used again.

Pilgrim also will offer a Divine Service marking The Ascension of Our Lord on Thursday, May 29th, at 7:00 p.m. The appointed Gospel Reading, not surprisingly, is one account of Jesus’s Ascension (Luke 24:44-53).

The colors for the Easter Season are gold on Easter Day, associated with riches and kingly attire; white on Easter Day and pretty much the rest of the Season, the color of the Godhead and eternity, symbolizing joy, celebration, gladness, light, purity, innocence, perfection, and purity; and red for the Day of Pentecost, the color of fire, fervor, love, and the victorious truth of Christian teaching based on the blood and righteousness of Christ.

All are welcome in-person to any of our services! You may also participate live on-line or download or stream recorded audio or video of complete services later. Whether from the Season of Easter or from any other season of the Church Year, Pilgrim’s sermons alone can be found here.

The banner graphic at the top of this page and the corresponding slider graphic on the front page were composed by Katy Myers, whom we hereby thank, using Hubert van Eyck’s “Adoration of the Lamb” from the Ghent Altarpiece, found here and in the public domain.