O Lord God, our Father. You are the light that can never be put out

O Lord God, our Father. You are the light than can never be put out; and now
you give us a light that shall drive away all darkness. You are love without
coldness . . . You are the life that defies death, and you have opened for us the
way that leads to eternal life.

None of us is a great Christian; we are all humble and ordinary. But your grace
is enough for us. Arouse in us that small degree of joy and thankfulness of
which we are capable, to the timid faith which we can muster, to the cautious
obedience which we cannot refuse, and thus to the wholeness of life which you have
prepared for all of us through the death and resurrection of your Son. Do not
allow any of us to remain apathetic or indifferent to the wondrous glory of
Easter, but let the light of our risen Lord reach every corner of our dull hearts.

Karl Barth