BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE
Daily Prayers of the Church Street family
Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020
Pastor Jan
Hail thee, festival day! Blest day that art hallowed forever;
Day wherein Christ arose, breaking the kingdom of death!
O One who set the sun in the heavens to light up the earth by day and the moon by night, you sent Jesus Christ to shed light into our broken world.
When you shattered the darkness of Calvary, we learned that love and light can never remain buried; we learned that nothing can ever separate us from the flame of your eternal love. Shine your light over us, in us, and through us, we pray, that we might shine all our days as Easter people.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Hail thee, festival day! Blest day that art hallowed forever;
Day wherein Christ arose, breaking the kingdom of death!
O One of Peace, your resurrection is a daily celebration over fear, our greatest enemy. For when we are afraid, we do foolish things: we turn our thoughts inward; we take more than our share; we obsess about the future. Beginning this day, O Risen One, we pray you would give us the peace to live with uncertainty, with questions and doubts. Then the world shall know we are believers in the Son who displayed no alarm, even when his ghastly sentence was pronounced. Let us place our hope in the resurrection of our Lord!
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Hail thee, festival day! Blest day that art hallowed forever;
Day wherein Christ arose, breaking the kingdom of death!
Because of the miracle of the cross, O Author of New Life, we know that nothing is impossible with you, so bend your ear close and receive with kindness these petitions offered by our faith community:
- A Wesley House grandmother offers thanks for kindness and thoughtfulness of church members during these trying times
- Gratitude for church staff who make communications possible
- Thank you for prayers: sister in Cleveland who had delicate heart surgery has been released a few days early
- Safety for NY physicians and healthcare workers who serve at great risk
- A cousin in a KY nursing home; he and 41 others tested positive for COVID-19
- Continued protection for a friend in poor health who lives alone
- That we never lose sight of the hope and love of Jesus Christ
- Safety for all who unselfishly work on the front lines to provide food, medical care, and daily services to protect and sustain our communities
- Loved ones locked in nursing facilities, gratitude for their caregivers
- Appalachian Service Project home repairs have been closed until August, a major blow to the poor who depend upon volunteers
Visit all our homes this day, bringing a ray of peace and bright blessing.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Hail thee, O Reason for the Festival, we know our Savior hears the pleas of even the smallest lamb, so we lift up all our prayers in your name, that we might live in the gladness and grace of Easter all our days:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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Join us for Easter Worship! Sunday, April 12 at 10 am
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