n the evening of this day, Lord, we still have to offer you our joy. For you have filled us with
joy on this day. The joy of your passage from death to life, the joy of Easter, constantly renewed.
The joy of receiving from one another the call to love, to open our hearts ever wider, to
recognise you in every face, to seek your face always and beyond…
We want to offer you, Lord, the gift of our joy, for it is a sip of the great joy that comes
from you, your inexhaustible joy, the joy that you promise us every day by asking us to love one another
because you loved us first.
Blessed are you, Lord, now and for ever.