(based on John 2 0:1 9 3 1 )
Lord God,
you made the hearts of the disciples glad
with the knowledge of the resurrection of Jesus, your Son.
Forgive us because, like them,
we find the truth of Easter so hard to believe;
forgive us that we are so easily downcast, and given to despair;
forgive us that, although we claim to live by the resurrection faith,
we so often appear to believe that suffering is simply a tragedy
and that death is the end;
forgive us that we take so much convincing
of the hope that you give to the world.
(Silence)
Come to us, Lord God, in the power of the risen Christ.
Take away our crippling doubts and fears,
and through your Holy Spirit bring us to life in your service;
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
—from Companion to the Lectionary, Volume 3 ,
A New Collection of Prayers by Neil Dixon,
posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
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