O God,
from whom all good things come,
grant that,
by your inspiration,
we may discern what is right,
and by your merciful guiding may do it;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Easter gives a glimpse of what common prayer was once like, could be like.
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Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
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On the Equinoxes (about March 21 & about September 23), the Sun rises exactly in the East wherever you are on the planet (except of course on the 2 Poles!).
Will your community’s Easter Season practice be able to be maintained for the fifty days of the Easter Season? Or does it slowly reduce and drift away?
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Common Prayer is broken. A significant proportion of the week may now be spent preparing the details of Sunday services!
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Easter is a season of 50 days. We are very good at Lent being 40 days (or so); we are less good at Easter being 50 days. Penance. Reflecting. Those, we can manage for a season. Celebrating. Partying for a season. Not so much. Ask someone, “What is the Sunday after Easter?” and they might
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