Prayer for Easter Monday

a worship service at the Taize` Community in France

If you were not risen,
 Lord Christ, to whom would we go
 to discover a radiance
 of the face of God?

If you were not risen,
 we would not be together
 seeking your communion.
 We would not find in your presence
 forgiveness,
 wellspring of a new beginning.

If you were not risen,
 where would we draw the energy
 for following you
 right to the end of our existence,
 for choosing you again and anew?

– Brother Roger of Taize`