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class=\"T4\">&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;in the soil&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"T5\">b<\/span><span class=\"T6\">iding its time; long has the bud held back&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"T7\">from opening<\/span><span class=\"T8\">&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;and long have our spirits languished awaiting our resurrection moment<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P9\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P10\"><span>In a year of fear and anxiety<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P11\"><span>we have come through darkness<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P12\"><span>traveled unclear and unknown<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>paths;<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P13\"><span>we have withdrawn<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P14\"><span>starved<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>our souls for the touch<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P15\"><span>of friends and family.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P16\"><span>We have lost much.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P17\"><span>We have lost many.<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P18\"><span>We have lost<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>our way.<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P19\"><span>Our<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>faces have been turned towards the setting of<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P20\"><span>hope<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>and the<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>clouding<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>of<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>our horizons<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P21\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P22\"><span class=\"T23\">for long has the seed lain in the soil&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"T24\">b<\/span><span class=\"T25\">iding its time; long has the bud held back from opening and long have our spirits languished awaiting our resurrection moment<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P26\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P27\"><span>the<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>sacred scripts<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>tell us<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P28\"><span>that<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>the Son of God<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P29\"><span>and the Child of<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>Mary<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P30\"><span>arose<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>from a tomb on the third day.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P31\"><span>The<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>Christ in us<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>will not arise<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P32\"><span>unless we take the first<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P33\"><span>and most important step<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P34\"><span>To<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>reach up<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>and out<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P35\"><span>like the sprouting green grass of the prairie<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P36\"><span>Stretching towards the light<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P37\"><span>Thus<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>claiming<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>our<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>own<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>resurrection<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P38\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P39\"><span>for long has the seed lain in the soil biding its time; long has the bud held back from opening and long have our spirits languished awaiting our resurrection moment<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P40\">&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P41\"><span>So then<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>let us<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>welcome<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>resurrection<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"P42\"><span>like any loving act of redemption<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P43\"><span>a redemption song<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P44\"><span>singing us towards the light<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P45\"><span>renewing<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>us<\/span>&#x200b;&#x200b;&nbsp;<span>daily.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"P46\"><span>And 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