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Guided Prayer for the 1st Week of Easter: Alleluia
About this Week
This week is a little different than the others. Here, you will find a single prayer liturgy to repeat through the week, to familiarize yourself with the format in this Prayerbook and become accustomed to praying the same prayers repeatedly. This week’s Liturgy also tries to follow closely the usual worship liturgy of Liberti Church for both familiarity and to practice bringing Sunday worship into our homes. Future weeks will have more variation and options in prayer. For the prayerbook and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.
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Called to Worship
Opening
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Call to Worship
In our anguish we cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting us free.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
The Lord is our strength and our song; he has become our salvation.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
We will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.— from Psalm 118
Praise & Thanksgiving
Prayer of Invocation
Risen God, we come before you emptied of all that would distract, seeking all that would redeem. Prepare us for the unexpected. Open us to the movement of the Holy Spirit in praise of our Savior. Amen.
Hymn
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!
King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia! Everlasting life is this, Alleluia! Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia! Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!
— Charles Wesley (1734)
Confession & Forgiveness
Prayer of Confession
Lord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
~ Silent Confession & Reflection ~
Words of Forgiveness & Absolution
This is the good news: Christ died for our sins, and was raised for our justification!— Romans 4.25
Response: Gloria Patri (sung or said)
Glory be to the Father; glory be to the Son. Glory be to the Spirit, three in one. As it was in the beginning, it will be forever. Amen, Amen, Amen.
The Word of God
Selection from John 20.1-23
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb and stood weeping outside. As she wept, she looked into the tomb; where the body of Jesus had been lying. Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him, “Teacher!” Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”.
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
Communion with God
Remembrance & PraiseWe lift our hearts to you, Lord. We give thanks to you, our saving God, for it is right to give our thanks and praise. With all the saints and angels and the whole creation we proclaim the glory of your name, saying:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
In light of the work and of Christ, in gratitude for when we last ate the Eucharist, and in longing for the time to come, we proclaim the mystery of our faith as signed and sealed in the sacrament:
Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.
Holy Spirit, grant that, being joined together in Christ Jesus, we all may become united in faith and in all things become mature in the one who is our head. Praise to the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forevermore, world without end. Alleluia!
Prayer of God’s People
Lord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
Blessing & Sending
Benediction
May the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant, make me perfect in every good work to do his will, working in me that which is well-pleasing in his sight; and the blessing of God almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, remain with me always. Amen.
Dismissing Prayer
Lord, let me go forth to serve the world as one who loves our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!
Weekly Practice
Sometime this Easter season, pick two small, seemingly inconsequential tasks and do them at roughly the same time every day for a single week. Pick one that is stereotypically “spiritual” or religious in nature, like reading a chapter of the Bible, journaling for five minutes, or listening to a prayer podcast (or doing this Prayerbook!). And then pick one that is usually considered mundane and “non-spiritual”, like making your bed, turning your phone off in the evening, or tidying up before getting into bed. Explore how this changes your mental and emotional space and your relationship to time, yourself, your day, God, and others.
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By Liberti ChurchAbout this Week
This week is a little different than the others. Here, you will find a single prayer liturgy to repeat through the week, to familiarize yourself with the format in this Prayerbook and become accustomed to praying the same prayers repeatedly. This week’s Liturgy also tries to follow closely the usual worship liturgy of Liberti Church for both familiarity and to practice bringing Sunday worship into our homes. Future weeks will have more variation and options in prayer. For the prayerbook and accompanying art and music, go to libertichurch.org/dailyprayer.
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Called to Worship
Opening
Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Call to Worship
In our anguish we cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting us free.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
The Lord is our strength and our song; he has become our salvation.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
We will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.— from Psalm 118
Praise & Thanksgiving
Prayer of Invocation
Risen God, we come before you emptied of all that would distract, seeking all that would redeem. Prepare us for the unexpected. Open us to the movement of the Holy Spirit in praise of our Savior. Amen.
Hymn
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!
King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia! Everlasting life is this, Alleluia! Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia! Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!
— Charles Wesley (1734)
Confession & Forgiveness
Prayer of Confession
Lord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
~ Silent Confession & Reflection ~
Words of Forgiveness & Absolution
This is the good news: Christ died for our sins, and was raised for our justification!— Romans 4.25
Response: Gloria Patri (sung or said)
Glory be to the Father; glory be to the Son. Glory be to the Spirit, three in one. As it was in the beginning, it will be forever. Amen, Amen, Amen.
The Word of God
Selection from John 20.1-23
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb and stood weeping outside. As she wept, she looked into the tomb; where the body of Jesus had been lying. Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him, “Teacher!” Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”.
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
Communion with God
Remembrance & PraiseWe lift our hearts to you, Lord. We give thanks to you, our saving God, for it is right to give our thanks and praise. With all the saints and angels and the whole creation we proclaim the glory of your name, saying:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
In light of the work and of Christ, in gratitude for when we last ate the Eucharist, and in longing for the time to come, we proclaim the mystery of our faith as signed and sealed in the sacrament:
Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.
Holy Spirit, grant that, being joined together in Christ Jesus, we all may become united in faith and in all things become mature in the one who is our head. Praise to the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forevermore, world without end. Alleluia!
Prayer of God’s People
Lord Jesus, you were dead but now you are alive: transform the torments of this world’s sin that we may see your radiant glory. You were raised from death to life: may the power of your resurrection live in us, that we may be channels of your true life beyond measure. To you, Jesus, who have broken free from the bonds of death, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
Blessing & Sending
Benediction
May the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant, make me perfect in every good work to do his will, working in me that which is well-pleasing in his sight; and the blessing of God almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, remain with me always. Amen.
Dismissing Prayer
Lord, let me go forth to serve the world as one who loves our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!
Weekly Practice
Sometime this Easter season, pick two small, seemingly inconsequential tasks and do them at roughly the same time every day for a single week. Pick one that is stereotypically “spiritual” or religious in nature, like reading a chapter of the Bible, journaling for five minutes, or listening to a prayer podcast (or doing this Prayerbook!). And then pick one that is usually considered mundane and “non-spiritual”, like making your bed, turning your phone off in the evening, or tidying up before getting into bed. Explore how this changes your mental and emotional space and your relationship to time, yourself, your day, God, and others.