P: God has received us, pardoned us and loved us; let us forgive each other in love and share the peace of Christ. Peace be with you.
C: And also with you.
(All may greet one another in the name of the Lord. Please remain standing after returning to your seat.)
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P: Lord Jesus Christ, you know our faults and have heard our prayers. You have ripped apart the barriers that separate us from God and opened us to the grace of God through your sacrifice of love on a cross, and your resurrection from the dead. Promise of God, fill your people and give us peace.
The peace of the Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
(All share a greeting of peace.)
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P: Before the foundation of the world Christ forgave us, and forgives us still today. Let us forgive as we have been forgiven and share the peace of Christ. Peace be with you.
C: And also with you.
All may share a greeting of peace.
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P: Welcome each other. Welcome the stranger. Welcome all who come. As Christ welcomed everyone, no matter what their background, no matter what their social status; as Christ welcomed enemies and friends, outcasts and leaders, foreigners and neighbors, let us open our hearts and homes and lives. Let us be Christ to everyone we meet. Peace be with you.
C: And also with you.
All share a greeting of peace.
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P: As we are forgiven and reconciled to God through Christ Jesus, let us be reconciled to each other. The peace of the Lord be with you all.
C: And also with you.
(All share the peace of Christ.)
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P: As God has poured out the grace of forgiveness and love and peace through Christ, let us also share that grace with among ourselves. Peace be with you.
C: And also with you.
(All share a greeting of peace.)
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C: Although we believe and trust in God, we have forgotten the covenant which God made with our ancestors and sinned.
A: However, God shows the mercy promised to our ancestors, and remembers this holy covenant; giving us the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of our sins.
P: By the tender mercy of our God, the Dawn will break upon us, shining into the darkness and the shadow of death, guiding our feet into the way of peace. Peace be with you.
C: And also with you.
(All share Christ's peace.)
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P: As Christ Jesus has shared his peace with each of us, let us now share that peace with each other. Peace be with you.
C: And peace be with you.
(All share a greeting of peace.)
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