God of glory,
by the raising of your Son
you have broken the chains of death and hell:
fill your Church with faith and hope;
for a new day has dawned
and the way to life stands open
in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
In this Collect there is hope as we see that Christ, the
light of the world, brings a 'new day'. The Ash Wednesday Collect
mentions sin and this one talks about 'hell'. Just as there are
different ways to think about sin there are different ways to think
about hell. One of the best ways to think of hell is as being
separate from God, separate from the values and love that faith in
God brings to us and separate from our friends and loved
ones.
(Collect for Easter Day itself)