Book description
This book of Eastertide resources covering the period from Easter
Sunday to Trinity Sunday is a follow-up to Ruth Burgess's previous
popular collections of material, such as Eggs and Ashes, Candles and
Conifers and Hay and Stardust. It offers prayers, responses, liturgies,
songs, poems, reflections, meditations, sermons and stories, written by
Iona Community members, associates, friends and others, and is suitable
for use by groups and individuals. The resources cover the weeks from
Easter Day to Trinity Sunday, including Ascension Day, Pentecost,
Saints' days, Rogation days, environmental days and many more.
God of Eastertide -
of blazing bonfires and familiar gestures,
of serious questions and tears and laughter,
of conversations on the road -
come close to us as we walk,
as we warm ourselves,
as we dance in firelight,
as we share stories and food.
Bless us as we celebrate your rising in us,
closer to us than breathing,
life-giving as fire and bread.
