Here’s a beautiful Easter prayer
from Walter Brueggemann.
Prayer
Christ is risen!
We give thanks for the gift of
Easter
that runs beyond our expectations,
beyond our categories of reason,
even more, beyond the sinking sense of our own lives.
that runs beyond our expectations,
beyond our categories of reason,
even more, beyond the sinking sense of our own lives.
We know about the powers of
death,
powers that persist among us,
powers that drive us from you, and
from our neighbour, and
from our best selves.
powers that persist among us,
powers that drive us from you, and
from our neighbour, and
from our best selves.
We know about the powers of fear
and greed and anxiety,
and brutality and certitude.
powers before which we are helpless.
and brutality and certitude.
powers before which we are helpless.
And then you – you at dawn,
unquenched,
you in the darkness,
you on Saturday,
you who breaks the world to joy.
you in the darkness,
you on Saturday,
you who breaks the world to joy.
Yours is the kingdom…not the
kingdom of death,
Yours is the power…not the power of death,
Yours is the glory…not the glory of death.
Yours…You…and we give thanks
for the newness beyond our achieving.
Yours is the power…not the power of death,
Yours is the glory…not the glory of death.
Yours…You…and we give thanks
for the newness beyond our achieving.
Amen.
~ Walter Brueggemann, Awed to
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