A Prayer for Lent and Easter
By Terri Leander
During this sacred season of Lent, may we observe the circumstances of our lives that are representations of our individual journeys to the crosses that we all bear: whether we express them openly or keep them in the dark tombs of the silence in our souls.
May we use these forty days, for penitence and prayer, building an ever deepening relationship and love for you.
O Thou, Our Great Redeemer, aid us in meditation and contemplation of all which keeps us from fully experiencing Your goodness and mercy. For our crosses are much too burdensome to carry by ourselves.
Dearest One, lead us so that we may follow you and walk by your side to nail our nakedness before you at the Place of the Skull, as our sides are pierced with the truth of our own shortcomings; even as we utter Your words, “Oh God, O God, why have you forsaken me?”
For it is only through your infinite love and sacrifice, that we find comfort and strength.
We pray that we may truly know the joy and wonder of Your rising from the cold, dark, damp grave upon that miraculous early Easter morn. Through Your resurrection, may we too, be resurrected in a new way of living, remembering that You are with us always ‘til the end of the age.
Let us rejoice with all our hearts and minds Your victory over death, so that we may live a life filled with forgiveness of sins and fullness of grace in Your holy name.
Beloved Savior and great Liberator, all honor, glory and praise be unto you.
Amen.