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\n <\/p>\n

Call to worship<\/h3>\n

This is the day:
\nwhen tears are wiped away;
\nshattered hearts are mended;
\nfears are replaced with joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the day the Lord:
\nrolls away the stone of fear;
\nthrows off death’s clothes;
\ngoes ahead of us into God’s future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the day the Lord has made:
\ndeath has no fear for us;
\nsin has lost its power over us;
\nGod opens the tombs of our hearts
\nto fill us with life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the day – Easter Day!
\nChrist is Risen! Hallelujah!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\n~ written by Thom M. Shuman<\/strong>, and posted on Lectionary Liturgies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nTo Emmaus and back<\/a>
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\nIn the school of prayer with Michael Mayne<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Call to worship This is the day: when tears are wiped away; shattered hearts are mended; fears are replaced with joy. This is the day the Lord: rolls away the stone of fear; throws off death’s clothes; goes ahead of us into God’s future. 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The words could have been written\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/more_fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/more_fear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/more_fear.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/more_fear.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/call-to-worship\/\" rel=\"category tag\">call to worship<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"  Call to worship This is the day: when tears are wiped away; shattered hearts are mended; fears are replaced with joy. This is the day the Lord: rolls away the stone of fear; throws off death’s clothes; goes ahead of us into God’s future. This is the day the Lord has made: death has…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}