P: All-powerful and ever-living God: We celebrate this festival day with joy and thanksgiving. You have won a marvelous victory over the powers of evil, sin and death! Alleluia! We rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus our Lord and Savior! This is the day that the Lord has made:

C: We shall rejoice and be glad in it!

(An alternative congregational response may be to sing the refrain of an Easter song, such as “Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks” after each intercession.)

P: All-powerful and ever-living God: This day we join together with everyone in the celebration of your triumphant feast which you have prepared for us. You have wiped away our tears of sadness and filled us with the joy and hope of new life. We are filled-to-overflowing with the splendid riches of your victory feast, O risen Chr…