Easter Sunday Prayer and The Miracles of Christ

Let us pray in Thanks for the Life of Christ, in thanks for his sacrifice, and in thanks for the miracles of his resurrection.

Lord God, in these challenging days, we gather as a people who long for your

presence. Despite the splendor of creation all around us, our eyes sometimes fail to notice the wonder of a single blossom in the garden, or the singing of the birds welcoming the morning. Everything seems brighter when we begin our day with gratitude. Especially this week, O Lord, we have journeyed with you from the hope of Palm Sunday to the despair of Good Friday and into the silent confusion of Holy Saturday. Yet on this Easter morning, you remind us in Christ, that fear and suffering will never have the final word.

Merciful God, you tell us not to be afraid of what the future holds, but you know how

difficult we find it to heed your words in these days. For we worry about so many things,

our families, our friends, our circumstances, we know that in your love, you are

concerned for us, so we also bring the worries which keep us awake at night, the worries

which only you know. We bring our anxieties about the world we are living in. We pray for all for whom the future brings fears and uncertainty. Assure us that you are an oasis of peace, even when we cannot control the circumstances around us. Remind us that you can transform even the bleakest of situations with hope. So, into the light of Easter morning, we bring those places in our world where hunger, poverty, addiction, and mental illness are heightened by this crisis. We bring those suffering from COVID-19 and other illnesses, and all who care for them. We hold in our hearts the pain of those suffering in the Ukraine. Also, those who suffer from loneliness, bereavement or unemployment. And into the light of Easter morning, we bring each one of our concerns, may the light of Christ shine upon every one of us. We pray that you will heal the brokenness in our lives and in our worlds. The light dawns for us, too, that while death is very real, in Christ you have left the tomb behind. Empower us to turn the corner into becoming Easter people, who can offer encouraging words, waiting in trust for you to reveal the vastness of what we cannot yet see. Remind us of the promise of Easter, that despair will not overcome us, and that death will not have the final word, for we trust that your Spirit is at work in our world making all things new. We pray all these things in the name of the One who provides a renewed hope in us, Jesus the Christ, whose prayer we reflect on in these moments.

Amen

Christ’s miraculous resurrection is profoundly celebrated on this Easter Sunday. Let’s us focus on the miracles of Christ this Resurrection Day. We celebrate with veneration the massive impact that Christ has had on humanity. Our Heavenly Father sent us a breathing, a walking-talking, Savior who demonstrated throughout his life divine miracles and bestowed the prophetic doctrine in the gospel of The New Testament. The gospel of Christ is our doctrine of truth. It is our aspiration of illumination, for salvation and divinity.

Luke 5:4-6

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.” When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break

Luke 7:12-15

Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, “Do not weep.” And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”read more.

The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Luke 6:17-19

Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.

Luke 24:6

He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee