Easter Sunday 2026

 He is not here; for he is risen, as he said.

R E J O I C E !

The Choir of King's College Cambridge:

Sylvia McNair exquisitely performs the much-loved aria from Messiah:

The Lessons Appointed for Use on

Easter Day

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Bonus:  Rick Steves takes us on a fascinating tour of unusual European Easter customs:

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The famuliar carol, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

The Lessons Appinted for Use on the 

First Sunday of Advent

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The Lessons appointed for use on

The First Sunday of Advent

On this first day of the church year, Father David shares some timely thoughts on endings and beginnings:

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Palm Sunday, 2024: Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

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The Lessons Appointed for Use on the 

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City / In Dulci Jubilo

As performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, in 2013:

The First Sunday in Advent

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Easter Sunday, 2023

Easter Sunday

Alleluia!  Christ is risen.

The Lord is risen indeed.  Alleluia!

Peace, joy, and Easter blessings to all my truckbuddies.

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Sunday Drive: Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

Palm Sunday 2023

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The First Sunday of Advent

. . . they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,

and their spears into pruning-hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

neither shall they learn war any more.

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Sunday Drive: Holy, Holy, Holy

Trinity Sunday

 

Lyrics are here.

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Sunday Drive: Holy, Holy, Holy

The choir of Choir of King's College, Cambridge, performs the familiar hymn, an Anglican favorite on Trinity Sunday:

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Easter 2021: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

 From the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

 

The Lessons Appointed for Use on Easter Day

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Easter Sunday 2020

The Incredulity of St. Thomas, Guercino, 1621

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, sings what is for many of us who still cling to the Faith, however tenuously, the essential Easter hymn:



I wish peace, light, and joy to all my truckbuddies.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

--John 14:27

Sunday Drive: The Holly and the Ivy

The Second Sunday of Advent

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, performs the old English carol:

Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The First Sunday of Advent

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, has presented a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols every year since 1919. Here they sing the beloved 1848 carol:

Easter 2019: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Caravaggio, ca. 1601

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, sings the beloved Easter hymn:




Text from The Hymnal, 1982:

1. Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!
suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia!

2. Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia!

3. But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
now above the sky he’s king, Alleluia!
where the angels ever sing, Alleluia!

4. Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
praise eternal as his love, Alleluia!
praise him, all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia!

Sunday Drive: All Glory, Laud, and Honor

Palm Sunday 2019

The entry into Jerusalem.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, sings:




Text from The Hymnal 1982:

Refrain:
All glory, laud, and honor
to thee, Redeemer, King!
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.

1. Thou art the King of Israel,
thou David's royal Son,
who in the Lord's Name comest,
the King and Blessed One. (Refrain)

2. The company of angels
are praising thee on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply. (Refrain)

3. The people of the Hebrews
with palms before thee went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before thee we present. (Refrain)

4. To thee before thy passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to thee, now high exalted,
our melody we raise. (Refrain)

5. Thou didst accept their praises;
accept the prayers we bring,
who in all good delightest,
thou good and gracious King. (Refrain)

Sunday Drive: O Holy NIght

The exquisite 1847 carol, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Advent

Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's City

The 1848 hymn, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

Readings for the Second Sunday of Advent

Easter Sunday 2018: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Carl Bloch, The Resurrection, 1881.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge sings the beloved Easter hymn, written by Charles Wesley in 1739:

Note:  the selection begins at the 1:10 mark.

These are the lyrics they sing in Cambridge, which for some curious reason are by John Arnold:

Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
now above the sky he's King, Alleluia!
where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

But below are the ones I have always heard sung in the U. S. of A., by Wesley, and of course I like them much better.  Why and how the English went lyrically astray you can google up if you care to.  For myself, I just listen to the choir and sing the words I like in my heart.

Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Foll’wing our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, 1602.

Sunday Drive: O Come, All Ye Faithful

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2017

As sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge:

The Virgin of the Lilies, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1899.