A Prayer for Thursday, March 31, 2016

Fifth Day of Easter

O God,

Fill us with the hope
of resurrection.

So many things threaten
to drain the life from us.

So many things make
us feel like we’re dying.

Help us live in light of
the fact that you bring

life out of death,
victory out of defeat, and
hope out of hopelessness.

Fill us with the reality
of resurrection. Let us
live the resurrected life.

Amen.

A Prayer for Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Fourth Day of Easter

O God,

Your Son said,

“This is eternal life,
that they may know you,
the only true God, and
Jesus Christ whom you
have sent” (Jn 17:3).

Help us grow in our knowledge of you.

Let us come to know you a little better every day.

Help us live

in constant awareness of your presence,
in constant conversation with your Spirit, and
in constant sensitivity to your guidance.

Let our ever-maturing and ever-progressing
relationship with you open us up more and
more to living life as you mean for us to live it.

Amen.

A Prayer for Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Third Day of Easter

O God,

When we have to choose between
the things that make for life and
the things that make for death,

help us always choose life.

Help us always choose

what draws us to you over
what moves us away from you,

what builds people up over
what tears them down,

what inspires us to look to you over
what compels us to look to ourselves,

what leads us to generosity over
what leads us to selfishness,

what leads us to self-sacrifice over
what leads us to self-protection, and

what contributes to peace over
what contributes to conflict.

Amen.

A Prayer for Monday, March 28, 2016

Second Day of Easter

O God,

For life,
for real life,
for eternal life, and
for abundant life,

we thank you.

Make us constantly aware
of the life we have in and
through our resurrected Lord.

Help us live it
for all it’s worth.

Amen.

A Prayer for Sunday, March 27, 2016

Easter Sunday

O God,

For life out of death,
for hope out of despair,
for victory out of defeat,

we praise you, O God!

Let our every

thought,
motive,
attitude,
word,
perspective,
decision,
relationship, and
action

express our praise.

Amen.

A Prayer for Saturday, March 26, 2016

Fortieth Day of Lent/Holy Saturday

O God,

When it seems to us
that all hope is lost,

help us realize
that with you,

it never is.

Amen.

A Prayer for Friday, March 25, 2016

Thirty-Ninth Day of Lent/Good Friday

O God,

Today we remember that Jesus was
crucified. We commemorate his death.

Every day help us remember that we are
crucified with Jesus. We participate in his death.

We praise you for the grace and
love that led Jesus to die for us.

We praise you for the grace and
love that enable us to die with him.

Thank you that Jesus laid down his life for us.

Help us lay down our lives for others.

Amen.