Risen Lord, You have torn the temple curtain and swallowed up death. You have cast off the shroud and
rolled the stone away. Your Easter gift is a love that endures forever. It is a love that completes us and
makes us buoyant. It frees and restores us to run and tell the others. Yes, the Lord Jesus is risen, just as
He said! Alleluia! Every living thing worships you, every lily and lamb lifts its head high. The resurrection
is true: it pours joy-drops on our heads until, soaked with wonder, we utter Amen and Alleluia!
We pray this in Jesus' name, even as we pray now in Jesus' words, saying....
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive them that sinned against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
