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\nFellow festival-goers in lights, Edinburgh 2017  (Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span><\/p>\n

 
\nAfter a series of solemn daily meditations for Holy Week, now for something bright and cheerful: a seventeenth century Easter carol, to channel our “laughing cheer” and “boundless joy”, for Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed!<\/p>\n

Easter carol<\/h3>\n

The whole bright world rejoices now:
\nwith laughing cheer! with boundless joy!<\/strong>
\nThe birds do sing on every bough:
\nAlleluia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then shout beneath the racing skies:
\nwith laughing cheer! with boundless joy!<\/strong>
\nTo him who rose that we might rise:
\nAlleluia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
\nwith laughing cheer! with boundless joy!<\/strong>
\nOur God most high, our joy, our boast:
\nAlleluia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #822
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog – also on an Easter theme<\/strong>
\n2017 windows on Holy Week #8<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fellow festival-goers in lights, Edinburgh 2017  (Photo: Irene Bom)   After a series of solemn daily meditations for Holy Week, now for something bright and cheerful: a seventeenth century Easter carol, to channel our “laughing cheer” and “boundless joy”, for Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed! 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This is the day the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "call to worship"","block_context":{"text":"call to worship","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/call-to-worship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hedge_raindrop.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hedge_raindrop.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hedge_raindrop.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hedge_raindrop.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11773,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/07\/22\/hear-creation-singing\/","url_meta":{"origin":4732,"position":5},"title":"Hear creation singing","author":"Irene Bom","date":"July 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 Call to Worship (inspired by Isaiah 35:1-10) Listen\u2013all creation rejoices, can you hear it? There is so much noise and chatter, are you sure there is music? Listen\u2013the wilderness and desert are breaking out in song, can you hear it? It\u2019s been so long since we\u2019ve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "call to worship"","block_context":{"text":"call to worship","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/call-to-worship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leaves_of_the_tree.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leaves_of_the_tree.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leaves_of_the_tree.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/leaves_of_the_tree.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\/song\/\" rel=\"category tag\">song<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Fellow festival-goers in lights, Edinburgh 2017  (Photo: Irene Bom)   After a series of solemn daily meditations for Holy Week, now for something bright and cheerful: a seventeenth century Easter carol, to channel our “laughing cheer” and “boundless joy”, for Jesus is risen! 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