Grace and Peace to you
I Praise You for this Resurrection Madness
Lord of such amazing surprises…
I praise you for this joy,
too great for words…
for this mercy
that blots out my betrayals
and bids me begin again,
to limp on,
to hop-skip-and-jump on,
to mend what is broken in and around me,
and to forgive the breakers;
for this YES
to life and laughter,
to love and lovers,
and to my unwinding self;
for this kingdom
unleashed in me and I in it forever,
and no dead ends to growing,
to choices,
to chances,
to calls to be just;
no dead ends to living,
to making peace,
to dreaming dreams,
to being glad of heart;
for this resurrection madness
which is wiser than I
and in which I see
how great you are,
how full of grace.
Alleluia!
Ted Loder
An Easter Prayer of Promise
I live each day to kill death;
I die each day to beget life,
and in this dying unto death,
I die a thousand times and am reborn another thousand through that love …
which nourishes hope!
Julia Esquivel, Guatemala
Our prayer is to change, O God,
not out of despair of self
but for love of You,
and for the selves we long to become.
Ted Loder
