Place a bowl of water at the center of your group. Surround it with plants, spring flowers, or symbols. Sing the following verses of “O Sons and Daughters,” which tells the Easter story.
Refrain: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
That Easter morn at break of day,
The faithful women went their way
To seek the tomb where Jesus lay.
Alleluia. Refrain.
An angel clothed in white they see
Who sat and spoke unto the three
“Your Lord has gone to Galilee.”
Alleluia. Refrain.
LEADER: Are you not aware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
ALL: Through baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life.
One person passes the bowl of water. Each makes the sign of the cross with the water.