We give You thanks and praise, Holy Living God, for this day. We rejoice in the good news of the resurrection, and all it means for us. We are glad, for You are with us, even when we hide in fear behind closed doors. When it all seems so amazingly too-good-to-be-true, fill us with the courage we need to touch Your wounds, to put our hands in Your side, and to look into Your eyes in the faces of those who are hopeless and despairing because they do not yet know that You live in us and among us. Give us the healing, transformative words that honor and extol You. Equip, and empower us to live faithfully—going, speaking, doing according to Your guidance and Your will to heal, and redeem, and bless. Breathe on us, and fill us with Your Holy Spirit, and with the joy and power of Your resurrection. Amen.