Risen Christ, like Mary Magdalene, we seek you when the darkness is still all around us. But if we de not find you, help us, like her, to seek the fellowship of those who are close to us in faith. And then a flickering flame of love begins to burn in us, until the day comes when we can say: "Risen Christ, without having seen you, we love you; yes, we put our trust in you." And the light of your Resurrection begins to shine in our hearts.

By your death on the cross, Jesus the Christ, you took on yourself hatred and human rejection, until those who had set themselves in opposition to God’s love heard the good news of his mercy. And we call to you: "Visit me by your Spirit in the places where my heart still resists you, in the places where I am unable to turn towards you." Open for us the way that leads towards life.

Christ on the cross, forsaken by everyone, you also felt that you were abandoned by God. In the times when God seems absent to us, you become present and you journey with us through what can appear like an impassable gulf. When there are questions that seem to have no answer, help us to live with them, and give us just enough light to be able to take the next step.