Easter Sunday Prayer for 2010

by Christine Sine

Today even though we continue to walk the painful journey toward the Cross for many of us the promise of Easter is also in the air.  Earlier in the week one of the daily readings contained the phrase “prisoners of hope” and that is what we are.  In some ways we are caught in the despair of Jesus betrayal and crucifixion, in others we are looking forward to the eternal hope that will break into our world afresh on Easter morning.  We are indeed prisoners of hope held captive by the love of a God who was willing to suffer and die to bring us into freedom.

This morning I also got news that the mother of a good friend of ours died in the night.  In the midst of grief we need the assurance of God’s hope to sustain us.

For that reason my thoughts this morning have focused on that hoped for Easter Sunday and the longed for coming Easter Sunday when God’s eternal world that we glimpse so dimly at the moment will break into our world in all its fullness.  Today’s prayer expresses that hope and longing of Easter.  It is an adaptation of one I wrote for the Advent season last year.

Hold your head high, Christ has risen

Rejoice and shout

Christ has come calling us home

Home to the heart of God

Home to God’s living presence

Home to God’s banquet feast

Hold your head high, Christ has risen

Death has been conquered

Christ has come calling us home

He has renewed and restored us

All that was broken has been made whole

All that was dislocated has been set right

Hold your head high, Christ has risen

Carry forward God’s healing

Christ has come calling us home

To a world where truth and justice triumph

To a place where abundance flourishes

To a community where generosity flourishes

Hold your head high, Christ has risen

Christ has come calling us home

Your redemption is complete

God’s eternal world has begun

Love reigns over all

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Christ has risen indeed.

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