Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and
heart to be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Power of Love, shining through the risen
Jesus, radiantly shine in the dark places of my pain. Let their power to infect me be broken and
drawn into your heart. (Feed My Shepherds by Flora Slosson Wuellner)
Scripture Reading for the Day: John 21:1-25
Reading for Reflection:
“The way
of possibility is the way of going through.”
~John
S. Dunne
It’s a good thing Easter is a season and
not just a day because some resurrections take time. Like the coming of spring,
some resurrections happen gradually; they are not overnight sensations. And yet
somehow, we need to experience these as miracles too.
Fortunately, the Easter season (fifty
days, eight Sundays, seven weeks—however you want to look at it) is longer than
Lent because there are some areas of our lives where resurrection takes longer
than dying. The Church calendar itself teaches us that “the implications of the
resurrection—its explosive force—call for an extended period of exploration and
appropriation.” For us mere mortals.
Easter cannot be done in a day. (When Resurrection Takes Time by
Ruth Haley Barton)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (A Collect for Easter, Oremus)
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