Is it really important that Jesus was raised physically from the dead and not just as a spirit? Does belief in the resurrection of the body have any meaning for our own lives? The Ascension of Jesus into heaven sheds light on these questions; because amazingly enough, with the Ascension we learn that the Second [...]
Category Archive for 'Easter'
The First Day of the Week
Posted in Easter, Mindfulness on Apr 23rd, 2011
(See John 20:1-18.) Not much you would notice at first glance: a stone out of place, two men leaving a cemetery, a woman crying in the garden. And a gardener tending a bush whose blossoms flame in the new sunlight.
Easter this year is a season of sorrow as well as joy for the Church. We rejoice in the Resurrection of Christ. At the same time we grieve because of the spreading revelations of sexual abuse of children by priests, and of bishops who have covered up the crimes. We nod our heads when we [...]
Sure and Certain Hope
Posted in Death, Easter, Resurrection on Apr 11th, 2009
When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’ ‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the [...]
Risen as Crucified
Posted in Cross, Death, Easter, Resurrection on Apr 4th, 2008
After the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples with his wounds, not with his body miraculously restored, as if he had never been wounded (which of course is the way we would usually like our own wounds to be healed – in such a way that we have no bodily or spiritual scars). I would [...]