Prayer for Easter

When everything was dark    

and it seemed that the sun would never shine again,           

Your love broke through

Your love was too strong,

too wide,
too deep
for death to hold.

The sparks cast by Your love
dance and spread
and burst forth
with resurrection light.

Gracious God,
We praise You for the light of new life
made possible through Jesus.
We praise You for the light of new life
that shone on the first witnesses of resurrection.
We praise You for the light of new life
that continues to shine in our hearts today.

We pray that the Easter light of life, hope and joy,
will live in us each day;
and that we will be bearers of that light
into the lives of others.
Amen.

This prayer was composed by the Rev. Michaela Youngson, the Methodist Church of Britain.