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Jesus is Risen
Alleluia! This is a word you’ll be hearing a lot during this Easter season, which we are now entering. ‘Alleluia’ is a Hebrew word meaning praise the Lord. This tells us something about the focus of the season, which is characterised by joy and hope. Jesus has risen, and he invites us into this new life. The Easter event illuminates our lives as individuals and communities, calling us to be light for the world. The Season of Easter runs from the Easter Vigil to the Feast of Pentecost, a long period of fifty days. At this time of year, we are aware of the signs of new life around us. The days are longer and brighter, birds are singing, flowers are blooming. The new life that bursts from the earth reminds us that God is the source of all life and goodness. Easter is a time of new beginnings.
The Easter message is for everyone, whatever our situation. It is never too late to make a fresh start. The good news is that Jesus is with us. He is present when we pray and when we struggle to pray, when we are happy and when we are hurting, in the beauty of our world, which is always being made new, and in the goodness and love we share with others. As we make our way through this new season, we open the door and invite the risen Jesus to enter.
Tríona Doherty and Jane Mellett, The Deep End: A Journey with the Gospels in the Year of Matthew
We remember at this time...
Corrie Ten Boom said that “the wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specialises in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love”
No matter what is going on in our world today, we have no need to “fear the terror of the night or the arrow that flies by day” Psalm 91:5
Lord, you are holding us in the palm of your hand. We trust in your unfailing love for us. Amen!
Sacred Space – Daily Prayer for 25 Years
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