The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Every year as we journey through the season of Lent I feel this kind of
dull pain -- like my heart is getting tighter and tighter the closer we
get to Holy Week. And then as Palm Sunday service is ending I feel like I am holding my breath, waiting to exhale until the Easter
Vigil. It is not until I hear the Easter Proclamation “Alleluia!
Christ is risen” that I feel like I am able to breathe again.
And so each year during Holy Week I struggle – wanting to get past the
pain of the crucifixion, eager to get through the darkness and into the light
of the resurrection.
And each year as we re-live the journey through the cross in holy week culminating in
the moment of the Easter Proclamation….. I rejoice in the knowledge that not
only is Christ risen, but that we are risen with him.
During Holy week as we experience the
heartbreaking journey of our lord on the road to the cross and through betrayal,
pain and death we can come to know the Lord journeys with us in our times of
fear, sorrow and loss. We can be comforted that our Lord suffers
with us.
And we through our faith in the risen
Christ are able to give hope -- to ourselves and others -- that in our good Friday world, there is wonder,
beauty, compassion and kindness.
While we may live in a good Friday world my friends
we are called to be a risen Easter people.
Called to be the light of Christ in world
Called to support and love each otherCalled to bring about god’s kingdom here on earth
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!Amen
