Cantate Sunday
The
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Cantate
is the name given to the Fifth Sunday
of Easter. Cantate is the first word
of the Introit “Cantate Domino novum canticum.” (Psalm 98:1) “Sing
to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand
and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.” Cantate as the name for this
Sunday dates at least to the 12th century for we know it was used by
John of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres who died in 1182.
The NEW song is the song of life rather
than the old song of sin and death. Apart from God, all we experience is the
old, the sinful, the dying but in Christ we now have everything made new. The
Marvelous Thing done by God is the gift of His only begotten Son given for the
salvation of sinners. The Marvelous
Thing: Jesus is risen from the dead and we too shall rise. SING TO THE LORD A
NEW SONG!
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