The Garden Tomb-Jerusalem
He is risen
Halleluia!
Jesus is risen!
He is risen indeed!
May this declaration
resound not only in these walls
but touch the lives
of all we meet
and forever be
the truth of which we speak.
Your love,
once sown within a garden,
tended for your own people,
neglected and rejected,
now spreads its sweet perfume
in this place
and wherever it is shown.
Halleluia!
Jesus is risen!
He is risen indeed!
The Angels of God Are Rejoicing-—St. Hippolytus of Rome link
Christ is Risen: The world below lies desolate
Christ is Risen: The spirits of evil are fallen
Christ is Risen: The angels of God are rejoicing
Christ is Risen: The tombs of the dead are empty
Christ is Risen indeed from the dead, the first of the sleepers,
Glory and power are his forever and ever.
Amen
An Ancient Easter Prayer; Roman Missal, Easter Vigil
O God of unchangeable power and light eternal,
look kindly upon the wonderful mystery of Your Church
and by the tranquil operation of Your perpetual providence,
carry forward, the work of human salvation
and let the whole world feel and see,
that things, which were cast down
are being raised up,
that things which had grown old,
are being made new
and all things are returning to perfection,
through Him, in whom they have their source,
in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen
Benediction. Hebrews 13:20–25 ESV
equip you with everything good that you may do his will,
working in us that which is pleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.
Lord, we pray for your protection and guidance for our brothers and sisters in Christ from Afghanistan, members of a church in our community, whose protection here has been revoked as of Good Friday, and who face death if they return home as ordered. Lord, have mercy.
https://www.wral.com/story/they-followed-the-rules-now-thousands-of-migrants-are-told-leave/21960145/
https://www.wral.com/news/local/afghan-refugees-next-steps-tps-april-2025/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-afghan-christians-face-deportation-faith-leaders-urge-trump-administration-reconsider
Eyewitness(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
And Now For Something Completely Different:
Today is:
1) Easter Sunday 2025.
2) National Marijuana Day in the USA.
3) Adolf Hitler’s Birthday.
How’s that for a Weird Threefer?
Headless Unicorn Guy(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Here’s one of the non-negotiables I adhere to.
Jesus physically rose from the dead.
He did not inherit death from Adam.
His genome had no expiration date.
Muff Potter(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Why?
Just curious.
Sandy(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Sandy,
It’s simply what I choose to believe by faith.
I don’t have a formal proof, like say, showing how the square root of two is not a rational number, it’s believed by me through hope, hope that there’s something beyond the grave.
And that I have an inheritance in the world to come.
Muff Potter(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Thank you.
Sandy(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
And here’s a Weird Twofer from the next day, when my clock-radio woke me up with these headlines:
1) Pope Francis died.
2) The Dow opened at a 666-point loss.
Headless Unicorn Guy(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)
Just in time for the dispy end-times prophets (or is it “profits”?) to come out with a new edition of their books to sell to the rubes.
Ras al Ghul(Reply & quote selected text) (Reply to this comment)