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Risen Christ, we thank you because your presence brings us peace.
Not the peace that the world gives us, but the peace that you acquired by the gift of your life and that invites us to fight the evil and misfortune of our brothers and sisters.
We give you thanks because in your mercy you come to meet us.
If our doubts come from our pride or our complacency, or if we are scandalised by so much suffering and injustice, come and meet us. Reveal yourself to us, you, the Risen One who still bears the marks of suffering, send us your Spirit to comfort us and encourage us to recognise your presence in the gathered community, in the shared Bread and Word, and in our poorest sisters and brothers.

Jesus, Lord,
You wanted to announce your Risen Life to a woman, Mary of Magdala, so that she could bring the incredible news to your brothers and sisters. For your freedom, for the gentleness with which you met her in her sorrow and her love, we will always leap for joy!
Give each and every one of us the grace to hear her name in our hearts one day,
and may your Resurrection thus be transmitted, infinite news, irreversible life…
We thank you, Jesus, Rabboni, Son of the living God, our brother.

Christ,
Join our steps on the road,
follow in the footsteps of all those who still walk in sadness.
Come and awaken our hope.
And make us your allies
in each of our choices
so that with you we can serve life,
its fragile and astonishing growth.
And so that the work begun by your Resurrection
may continue in the power of the Spirit.

Christ the Saviour, cornerstone, chosen by God,
more precious than gold,
more solid than granite,
You are bread for the road,
shelter in the storm,
refreshment in the desert.
May your Spirit help us to keep your Word of life
burning in our hearts
so that we may live it every day,
so that we may grow in freedom
and in caring for the weakest,
so that your Kingdom of peace may come
where we can all sing
our eternal gratitude.

Once again, Jesus, the Risen One, you take the initiative.
You meet your disciples.
You stand among them.
You show them your presence freely.
You encourage and reassure them.
We too want to be close to you, listening to you.
Help us not to be afraid of suffering,
of human contradictions, of false accusations.
But may we always, by your side, advance along our life’s paths,
with uprightness, perseverance, trust,
until the eternal face to face
where your light will shine in all and for all.

God our Father, as you know, being a Christian following the dead and risen Christ is not always easy.
It is a path where wisdom, sobriety, charity, hospitality towards others, humility, service are the milestones that light our way. For this we implore the grace of your Spirit. May he come
to dwell in our hearts, we pray. May he guide us and transform us so that we may be
capable of allowing ourselves to be surprised by the presence of the Risen Christ in our lives and in our brothers and sisters.
And that in his Name we may form a great human family…

You see us, Lord, we who are never sure of love.
We are always asking for signs, irrefutable proof,
when all we ever have are furtive traces, to be gathered day by day.
We who would like to have evidence, lead us to trust
which is the other name for faith.
And who knows how to read in the fragile signs of a newborn baby on the ground,
a cross on the hill,
a piece of bread broken at dusk,
and a stone rolled at dawn,
the beginning of ‘all things new’ that you have created
and that are already emerging, our future in You, God with mankind.

You who in the beginning called out ‘Light’ and the darkness fled;
‘Day!’ and the night shrank;
‘Man!’ and out of nothingness we were born.
You who have given meaning to our lives, we pray to you, Lord our God :
make us servants of your plan,
help us to lay the foundations of this house full of people,
your Church, the first fruits of fraternal humanity.
May your Name be peace for us: ‘I will be there’.
through the Risen Jesus, today and always.

Wonder, wonder!
Who sows in tears
reaps in joy.
Jesus, God has raised him from the dead,
the gates of death gave way
before the humble Lamb.
Wonder, wonder!
He takes us with him into Life,
He takes us with him into Life! Alleluia!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
He lives, He lives! Alleluia!
Prince of Life, He has arisen!
He teaches us the way of Peace; Alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!