Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui paschale sacramentum in reconciliationis humanae foedere contulisti, da mentibus nostris, ut, quod professione celebramus, imitemur effectu.
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Preface of Easter
But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us, and has taken away the sin of the world; who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again has won for us everlasting life.
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An ancient Roman prayer for the week after Easter, translated into English for the first time in Anglican worship in 1979. It asks that those reborn in Christ's body at Easter might live what they have professed.