It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, 

    to praise You Father and Your Only-Begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension of Loving-Kindness

    toward us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son.

Dear Jesus You paid the debt of Adam for us to the Eternal Father 

    by Your Blood poured forth in Loving-Kindness.
You cleared away the darkness of sin 

    by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection.
You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a Conqueror.
You reconciled Heaven and earth.
Our life had no hope of Eternal Happiness before You redeemed us.
Your Resurrection has washed away our sins, 

    restored our innocence and brought us joy.
How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!

We pray You, Lord, to preserve Your servants 

    in the peaceful enjoyment of this Easter happiness.
We ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord, 

    Who lives and reigns with God The Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 

    forever and ever.

Pope Gregory the Great (c. 540 – 604) of Rome, Patron Saint of Teachers

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! 

According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again 

to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead