Ngā Karakia Sunday 20th of April 2025

EASTER DAY/Te Rā o te Aranga
inspired by: original prayers, Rev Waiora Te Moni - ‘Rau Pohiri’

An approach: in joy

Ka karanga te reo
Ka karanga te ngākau koa!
Kua ara a Ihu!
Kua ara a Ia!

Ko te mauri o te rangi ka hono
Ko te mauri o te papa ka tau
Tau mai te mauri whakamanamana
Tau mai te mauri whakamoemiti!

Let us cry out.
Cry out for joy!

He is risen, He is risen indeed!
Let the heavens bear witness.

Let the Earth declare Your peace
Praise and thanksgiving guide our path
This is the way!

Bidding & response
Risen Lord, we bless you! Alleluia.

Jesus you have lifted us
Out of the muck and the mire
Out of the grief and the guilt;
You have lifted us from darkness into light.
All we have to do is open our eyes
And claim that amazing grace.

Bidding & response
Risen Lord, we bless you! Alleluia.

Ko koe te Kaihoko – you are our redeemer
Now we live in your risen life.

Help us, Jesus, friend and brother,
To remember this grace
when darkness threatens to overwhelm us
from days gone by, and in the days to come,
when we forget who we are.

You led us to the Cross
And now,
We are to show forth Your risen life as Your Church
Ministering in love and in compassion.
We count ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Bidding & response
Risen Lord, we bless you! Alleluia.

Jesus,
May Your Holy Spirit be present
To those living with deprivation, want and illness;
and the darkness of humanity’s wars and follies.
And to those living in fear, persecution and chaos,
May they too know Your risen life, Your love
And the hope of your Kingdom

Bidding & response
Risen Lord, we bless you! Alleluia.