Alleluia, Christ has risen!
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| Image attribution: JESUS MAFA. Easter - Christ appears to Mary, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library. |
The Lord is risen indeed!
I know, not quite yet, but the lilies will soon lurk in the side foyer, the bulletins are ready, and spring is upon us. The promise of new life and new possibilities abound. On Easter Sunday we will bring out the alleluias for all to proclaim. It will be a glorious celebration and I truly hope that you will choose to come and rejoice with us at St Patrick’s—with your church. I pray that this Easter will be a time of awakening, in each of us, the hope and the promise of the Resurrection of Christ.
Church is the people of God. Church is the people at work welcoming the stranger, filling the soup bowls, teaching the music, making the palm crosses, and hiding the Easter Eggs. It is the person hanging the banner on the sign, polishing the brass, singing the songs, telling the stories, leading the Bible study, ironing the linens. It is the person who stops to help—even though no one is looking and there will be no reward for doing so except a glad and grateful heart. And yes, “church” is also the congregation gathered in that “building” to sing and to pray, to ask forgiveness, to give thanks, and to worship God.
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