Here’s a beautiful prayer of praise for Easter Sunday. It was written by Sonya Dyer, and posted on the Seekers Church website.
The Easter Story
Eternal, empowering, Holy One,
we praise you
for the promise and fresh energy
the Easter story brings into our lives.
We are thankful
that Jesus continues to show himself to us in new ways
and that we can experience
his love, presence and vision for the world
in our own lives and times.
Gracious God,
we praise and thank you for
the witness of the women who went to the tomb.
The scripture describes
the fears as well as the joys and relief they experienced.
We too are caught
between the fears and doubts of our faith
and the joy and affirmation of what we have seen and known.
It is good to recognize ourselves
as part of the history of your people struggling
between fear of what is and has been
and a desire to affirm
an open and unknown future.
Unexpected, moving, evolving spirit of God,
you bring about powerful reversals
in the world and in our lives.
The mystery of your created universe is
a constant reminder
of the ways you create and re-create
through cycles of death and new life,
through change and fresh beginnings.
As your Easter people,
we want this new life to be offered and experienced
by people and situations all over our world,
for hope to be known and embraced.
— from Sonya Dyer’s Prayerbook, posted on the Seekers Church website. http://www.seekerschurch.org/
For more worship resources for Easter, click on Easter in the list of “Labels” at the lower right side of the page.
