Easter Sunday’s Call and Prayer

The Call

One:  God of life, in gratitude and great joy we laud you for the gifts of Christ’s Resurrection.

All:   Weeping may linger for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

One:  God turns our weeping into dancing and clothes us in gladness. No more do we walk in shadow. Death is swallowed up forever.

All: What was dead shall live; what was dark shall shine; what was forgotten shall be remembered, for the Lord is risen and walks among us.

One: Alleluia!

All: Christ is Risen!

One: He is risen indeed!

Easter Prayer 

God of all being, gift of Light. You reveal yourself, become a real presence for us, in the people who are there for us, who stand by us, encourage us, share our challenges and joys. You are Love, lived out in us, carried by us, shared between us, and multiplied, as one candle lighting another, spreading light, without diminishing the source. To receive and reflect your light, To grow in your light, And to ponder the mystery of light after death. What a wondrous gift! Amen. (Jennifer Melton)