With these reminders of a resurrection
all about us every day, help us remember
that death is not the end of things for us,
but the beginning.
Help us keep in mind that we shall rise
again on the last day, to live with You forever.
Then there will be no weeping any more,
nor any tears; no suffering, nor any pain,
but joy and happiness and love with You forever.
With You, then, will we celebrate the eternal Easter.
It will be an everlasting spring for us,
if we only realize now that there is no glory
without suffering,no Easter without a Good Friday.
Help us, by Your grace, to live the good lives
that will merit this new life in heaven forever with You.
Amen.