Pause for Prayer: EASTER SUNDAY

For the joy of Easter's song,

     ALLELUIA! 

 

For the joy of faith in you,
    ALLELUIA!

For the joy your Holy Spirit brings,
    ALLELUIA!

For the joy and peace of trusting you, 
    ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of resting in your arms,
    ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of good and faithful friends,
    ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of life's most simple things,
    ALLELUIA!

 

For the joy of small surprises,

    ALLELUIA! 

 

For the joy of every sunrise

    and and every evening's sunset,

        ALLELUIA!

 
For the joy of days well spent,
   ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of just a good night's sleep,
   ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy your grace affords me,
   ALLELUIA!

 

For joy that lifts me from my grief,

    ALLELUIA!

    
For the joy of word and promise kept,
   ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of mercy's pardon,
    ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of new beginnings,
    ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of living 

    - one day at a time,
        ALLELUIA! 

 
For the joy of giving thanks,
    ALLELUIA! 

   
For joy that calms my fears,

     ALLELUIA!

 
For joy that eases worries,

    ALLELUIA!

 
For joy that heals old wounds,

    ALLELUIA!

 
For joy that mends my heart, 

    ALLELUIA!

 
For joy that feeds my faith,

    ALLELUIA!

 
For joy that brings me peace,

    ALLELUIA! 

 

What - or whom - might you add to this litany? 

 

For the joy of ____________,

    ALLELUIA!  

 
For the joy that trusts 

    all shall be well,
        I praise and thank you, Lord!

            ALLELUIA!   

 

 

Halle! Halle! Halle!

    Folk tune arranged by Marty Haugen

        performed by   by Saint Olaf Choir

 

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1. Oh, God to whom shall we go?
You alone have the words of life.
Let your words be our prayer
and our song we sing:
Hallelujah, hallelujah.

2. I am the light of the world says the Lord.
Walk in the light of life.
All who follow my words
shall have life indeed:
Hallelujah, hallelujah.

 

 

 

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