Group members in turn place their house or apartment keys near a lighted candle at the center of the group. Each states something these keys lock out and something they lock in.
LEADER: Alleluia. This is the new day the Creator has made! Let us be glad and rejoice.
ALL: Give thanks for God is good; God’s love lasts forever.
LEADER: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
ALL: Give thanks for God is good; God’s love lasts forever.
LEADER: There is nothing to fear. I am the First and the Last and the One who lives.
ALL: Alleluia. This is the new day the Creator has made. Alleluia.