A Prayer for the Easter Season

Feeding My Soul with Emergence
by Sister Alice Ann Pfeifer, CSA

I praise you and thank you, Creator God,
for the beauty of spring—a grand season
of emergence. Its sounds and scents fill
me with delight: the twittering of birds;
the gentle patter of rain on the roof;
the smell of warm, damp earth.

I welcome the sights and sounds of springtime sports: outdoor playing fields
again jammed with people; the crack of a bat; tennis shoes pounding an
asphalt track.

I welcome longer hours of daylight, too, for they lighten spirits even as they
brighten city streets and country meadows. I welcome my students’ learning
year coming to its culmination. I welcome the new insights, facts, and concepts
that have come together for them—concepts that have broadened their mental
and spiritual horizons.

Heavenly Father, may all the little resurrections of spring remind us of the
greatest Resurrection of them all, when your Son Jesus rose from the dead,
restored joy to his family and friends, and announced joy to the world
forever and ever! Amen.