Easter! A cry, the good news, the incredible news,
in the heart of the night which seems like every other night -
CHRIST IS RISEN, HE IS RISEN INDEED!
The echoes of this shout greet the new day, and the call will be sung
without ceasing on the eighth day - that day which will know no evening,
on which the Prince of life will reign.
The Church makes holy-day, she cannot retain her joy.
This joy, which rejoices the Spirit, fills all time and all space.
Christ yesterday and today the beginning
and the end,
Alpha and Omega; all time belongs to him,
and all ages; to him be glory and power,
through every age for ever.
Amen.
By his holy and glorious wounds
may
Christ our Lord guard us and keep us. Amen.