Christ is Risen, Lawrence OP, Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Our God, whose Son is the light of the world,
in his penetrating light, we acknowledge our darkness;
in his constant grace, our careless love;
in his generous giving, our sordid grasping;
in his equal justice, our dire prejudice;
in his fortitude, our fearful failure;
in his inclusive love, our deep divisions;
in his pure sacrifice, our soiling sins.
But in his Cross is our forgiveness,
and in his resurrection our enduring hope.
This pardon and the promise we now claim,
in penitence and faith, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Horton Davies, 1916-2005, Professor of Religion Princeton University
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And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin,
the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.
And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead,
he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
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