Jesus, our Lord and Savior,
we enter with you into the Paschal Mystery
of your dying and rising to new life.
We pray that your attitude of total self-giving
may more and more be the single desire and response
of your one Church and of your people gathered here.
Walk with us again throughout this week.
Let your Holy Spirit flood our hearts anew
that we may be open to new invitations
to die and rise again for the life of the world.
May your Holy Spirit groan in us until we bring to completion in you
the great work you have entrusted to us
at this our moment in salvation history.
By the grace of these Easter mysteries, may your triune presence,
O gracious God, deepen our faith, rekindle our hope,
and set us ablaze with love, radiant as the Easter dawn.
In faith, lead us through this week of darkness,
confident that you are the Light.
You will shout to the night and conquer death,
revealing the Father’s love to all who long to see the vision of God,
glorious and free. Amen.
Excerpted from Lenten Longings – Year C: Seeing With God’s Eyes, available from RENEW International.