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Most Holy Mystery,
open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts
as your scripture is read and your Word proclaimed,
that we might gain a glimpse of your joyous life
and join the dance of Father, Spirit, and Son
now and always.
Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Andy James, First Presbyterian Church, Whitestone, New York.
Living God,
speak to us anew of your love in Jesus Christ,
that we too might live in love every day
and show that love to all the world.
Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Andy James, First Presbyterian Church, Whitestone, NY
Invitation to the Table
As we go into the world on this Easter Day,
we first stop here at the table of our risen Lord.
We were just here a few nights ago,
remembering how Jesus shared a meal with his disciples before he was arrested,
but he promises to meet us here again and again and again.
This is the table of our risen Lord,
the table where we remember how he gave of himself for us,
the table where we share the great feast of earth and heaven even now,
the table where we can expect to meet Jesus.
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We go to your tomb, O Christ,
expecting to be met by the cold hardness of stone,
sealing the death of hope.
Instead, we find that the stone has been rolled away
and you are not there!
Help us to encounter your risen presence everywhere we go
and live in the joy of Easter morn each and every day,
through Christ our risen Lord.
Alleluia! Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Andy James, First Presbyterian Church of Whitestone, Queens, New York, and Rev. Teri Peterson, Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, Crystal Lake, Illinois.
God of justice and peace,
you show us a new and different way to live
in the joyful gift of your Law
and in the gracious life of Jesus Christ,
but when your new way tells us, “No,”
we pull back.
We resist your challenge to give up the old ways.
We prefer that you keep silent
rather than speak up against our misdeeds out of your love and anger.
Forgive us, loving God.
Guide us into your new way.
Keep challenging us to walk in the way
of your justice, peace, and love for all people
each and every day,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Submitted by Rev. Andy James, First Presbyterian Church, Whitestone, New York
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