Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Friday, April 22, 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
The special beauty and poetry of Great Thursday for Orthodox Christians...
It's Holy Week for Orthodox Christians. Below are two photos and messages from Palestine. I seldom edit these posts because I like their poetry and I think that they can be understood and appreciated as they are.
Thursday Evening
As the evening we enter from the light of the Great Thursday to the pain of Friday, the day of Christ's pains and death and burial, when the Liturgy Friday evening begins with the service of the Gospel of Pain, which is the Friday magic prayer. As Jesus followed us on the Great Thursday to the High, we follow him on Great Friday to the Glorious Glorious.
Today's service is very old, its notes go back to early Christian times, to the prayers of the Church of Orchlem and three elements included:
- The first consists of sailing, readings and night eviction from the Mount of Olives to the Church of the Resurrection where the grave of Christ is;
- The second includes prostration for the remains of the Holy Cross;
- The third includes prayers and recitations in the same place of iron.
This day is not just a symbol of copper and a symbol of it, it does not stop when it comes to past. It is a day when evil shall prevail, but it shall be defeated at the feet of the Lord Jesus.
Ahead of this redemption event that the Lord Jesus Christ hoped for by his voluntary sacrifice on the cross raises the following question: We who call ourselves Christians, should we not often make our own logic as the logic of this world that ruled Jesus by death?
Which side would we stand if we were living in the Oracle of Pilates Days? This is the question that addresses us with every word from Great Friday service.
Today is the Day of the Decoration of this real world, not the Symbolic, and the Day of our true Religion, not the weather.
It is a revelation of the nature of this world that favored and still favors darkness over light, evil over good and death over life. This is the world that Christ condemned to death has condemned himself to death. And we are as much as we accept his spirit, sin and betrayal to God as we are condemned.
And this day remains the day of redemption with excellence, for the death of the saviour has appeared a death to save us. Christ's death is the peak of revelation of His mercy and love. And in the end he is my salvation because he breaks down the very fountain of death itself: evil. Through all his pains, Christ alone was victorious because evil cannot do anything against him
We also received this:
Great Thursday
1- Thursday morning
Great Thursday enters us into the secret secret of the Great.
Today's prayers are defined by four events:
1- The Lord's Last Supper with His disciples.
1- Washing the feet of the pupils.
1- The Lord's prayer in the body.
1- The betrayal of Judah.
The first two events reveal the love of God in the world. The third event reveals the obedience of Jesus to God the Father until death. While the fourth event, the betrayal of Judas, reveals the secret of sin which is the deviation of love and distorting it towards something not worthy of love. This is the secret of sin that pushed Christ to the cross.
Thursday as we remember Jesus' final hours with his disciples, handed over and judged by Jewish and Romanian authorities. Therefore, the main topic of this day is "Loving to the End":
“Jesus knew that the hour had come to pass from this world to his Father, he loved his own, whom in the world, loved them to the end” (John 13:21). Love to the end extends to death, to the broken body and bloodshed, this is the truth that Jesus announced at the secret dinner with his disciples where the secret of the pride founded a secret counselor advising them to eat his body and drink his blood and make remembrance of what He did on this last dinner.
This is how we are, in every holy place, fulfilling what Jesus commanded us to do. So on this day Jesus presented his body and blood as a lie, and he entered into his pain. It remains that the secret meaning of dinner is that "It is not by bread alone that man lives", but by the bread that comes down to us from above that is full. May God give us food and drink in Christ Jesus.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Encouragement and support for those who celebrate Easter on April 24 with a message from Palestine
We buried him with the grace of death, even as Christ raised from the dead, by the grace of the Father, so shall we ask you to be alive? Romans 6:4.
There is an interesting phenomenon among many Christian traditions today which are performing religious duties during special holidays while neglecting their spiritual lives throughout the rest of the year. But God never intended for worship to be limited to certain times of the year. While Easter is a great time to remember Christ's death and resurrection in particular, let this truth become your life. Let us celebrate the resurrection of Christ, and the completion of the new life He has given us every day! Pray that God deepens your daily walk with him by reminding you of the new life He has given you.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Christos Anesti - Christ Has Risen!-- Greek Orthodox Church
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling down death by death
And upon those in the tombs
Bestowing life!
Christ is risen!
Truly He is risen!
Easter Legends from Appalachia
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The video she mentions is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOP2D...
The video she mentions is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOP2D...
Which Jesus are we following and praying to?
Please think about this and then consider the following statement:
"The story of the Resurrection is that 'resurrection' is more of a verb than a noun. It's something we live into; it's not merely a story we remember."--Mark Sandlin
An Easter/Pascha Meditation from Chris Brooks
Easter greetings from a friend in Guatemala
“Happy Easter to everyone
I share with you:
The word Easter (passover in Latin, weigh in Hebrew) means PASO.
In the case of the Jews it represents the cross of the Red Sea, i.e. the STEP of slavery towards freedom;
For Catholics, the Resurrection of Christ is commemorated, that is, the STEP from death to eternal life.
Even for atheists it means the supremacy of the spirit over matter.
That's why this Easter I wish with all my heart that we encourage and take that STEP,He, who makes us happen:
From Resignation to Action. From indifference to solidarity.From complaining to finding solutions;.From distrust to sincere embrace. From fear to courage to bet everything again for love.From shamelessly picking up the pieces of broken dreams to starting over.From self-sufficiency to sharing failure and successes.To make peace with our past so that it does not ruin our present, And to know that it is of no use to be light, if we cannot light someone's path.That deep in our hearts may we be able to recognize what is the STEP we need to have a full life.
Happy Easter! ”
From St. Irene Byzantine Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon
Christ is risen! - Indeed, He is risen!
Христосъ воскресе! - Воистину воскресе! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! - Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!
Hristos a înviat! - Adevărat a înviat!
¡Cristo ha resucitado! - ¡En verdad, ha resucitado!
基督复活了! 真正复活! !المسيح قام! حقاً قام
Happy Easter from Catholics for Choice
On behalf of the entire team at Catholics for Choice, I want to wish you a joyous Easter, however you choose to honor this day.
Easter marks the culmination of forty days of journeying toward a radical change of heart and mind. Our community of pro-choice Catholics knows well that this kind of transformation is desperately needed, after a Lenten season fraught with new attacks on abortion access in our states, the fight to get an overqualified Black woman in her rightful seat on the bench, all in the shadow of a looming Supreme Court decision that could decimate our right to abortion.
Still, we pressed on, signing petitions, calling our lawmakers, and showing up at rallies. And we saw some signs of hope: Colorado signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, backed by reproductive rights and interfaith leaders, was confirmed to the Supreme Court. We spoke truth to power and demonstrated to our church, country, and communities that pro-choice Catholics are the majority, and we are not alone.
As we near the possible gutting or striking down of Roe v. Wade, we must not freeze in fear and disbelief at the spectacle of injustice before us. We must, instead, encounter it and work toward the transformation of hearts and minds. Here at Catholics for Choice, we are providing education and fostering dialogue about the moral complexities of abortion, and we are emboldening pro-choice Catholics to be loud and proud about our values, our faith, and our commitment to justice.
It was because of Mary Magdalene’s faith, not in spite of it, that she chose to proclaim the resurrection and fulfillment of God’s promise to us all despite the obstacles and disbelief. It is because of our faith, and not in spite of it, that we continue the struggle for reproductive freedom and justice for all.
Wishing many blessings for you and your loved ones,
Wishing many blessings for you and your loved ones,
Wishing many blessings for you and your loved ones, |
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Jamie L. Manson  |
Happy Easter Sunday from the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee!
Washington, DC | www.adc.org | April 17, 2021- The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) wishes you and all your loved ones a Happy Easter Sunday! We hope that all those celebrating have a blessed day with family and friends.
Happy Easter Sunday once more!
ADC National Staff
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