A prayer for Easter Day

Lord Jesus Christ,

risen from the dead, we worship you.

on this Day of days

We bless you,

that it was impossible for death to hold you;

that the last word lay not with Caiaphas, or Herod

or Pilate

but with your Father,

and that word was:

that life is stronger than death,

light is stronger than darkness,

and love is stronger than hate.

We rejoice,

that the price has been paid,

the sting of death has been drawn,

the power of death has been broken,

the victory won,

and new life can start now, and eternal life hereafter.

We thank you,

that for those who had failed you, there was forgiveness,

and there still is;

for those who had doubted, there was found faith,

and there still is;

for those who had hidden behind locked doors, there

was an open door,

and there still is;

and for all, the promise of your presence, your peace

and your power,

and there still is.

Glory be to our God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and always.

Amen.

From the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2019/20, the Rt Rev Colin Sinclair

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