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: Matthew 28:1-20
Reading for Reflection:
But the proclamation of Easter Day is that
all is well. And as a Christian, I say
this not with the easy optimism of one who has never known a time when all was
not well but as one who has faced the Cross in all its obscenity as well as in
all its glory, who has known one way or another what it is like to live
separated from God. In the end, his
will, not ours, is done. Love is the
victor. Death is not the end. The end is life. His life and our lives through him, in
him. Existence has greater depths of
beauty, mystery, and benediction than the wildest visionary has ever dared
dream. Christ our Lord has risen. (The
Magnificent Defeat by Frederick Buechner)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Go forth now as God’s servant. Remember God’s presence often and draw
strength from the knowledge that the One who calls and sends also
sustains. Amen. (A Guide to Prayer
by Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck)
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