Easter Prayer | Easter (Year C)
/This brilliant Easter/Resurrection prayer is from Thom Shuman. If you haven't already, check out his website here. You smiled and the sun burst through the shadows of chaos; you chuckled, and the platypus splashed in creation's fountain; you laughed, and all that is good and beautiful was give shape by you, Imaginative God.
Snickering at the feeble attempts of the evil one, you showed us how to resist temptation; giggling at sin's desperate desire to hold on to us, you released us by your love; howling with laughter at death's foolish belief that the tomb could hold you, you burst forth into the kingdom as the stars pealed with joy, Laughing Jesus.
As you fill us with new life, may we delight in sharing it with others; as you tell us the good news which can never be taken from us, may we rejoice in offering it to the broken, the sad, the lonely; as you tickle us with grace, may we give it away with laughter on our lips and joy in our hearts, Spirit of Easter.
God in Community, Holy in One, our hearts overflow with wonder as we lift the prayer Jesus has taught us, Our Father . . .