April 16, 2006
Easter Day
Said the angel, “He is risen!”
Tell it out with joyful voice:
He has burst His three days’ prison;
Let the whole wide earth rejoice:
Death is conquered, we are free,
Christ has won the victory.
- Cecil F. Alexander (1846)
"On Easter morning, we heard John's account of what happened on the first Easter morning. With the death of Jesus, everything had ended. The assembly of Thursday's table had scattered. Jesus had died the death of a criminal. But the love which had bound together those around that table the preceding Thursday night survived...
The simple truth is that the reason for what happened at Easter is God's love for his creation. This love was abundantly displayed throughout Jesus' life; as he worked deeds of kindness and brought healing release for those who were enslaved by their own devils. Death and brokenness are not God's intention for his children, nor is the scattering of those at the table."
- Rev. David Elsenhohn, The Anglican Digest, vol. 48, no. 2.
Posted by Alan at April 16, 2006 07:06 AM