Resurrection means New Life!
Mark 16:1-8
The Resurrection
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
"The utterly unexpected happens because the utterly unbelievable happened after Jesus was wrapped in his linen shroud and sealed in a tomb. Jesus was raised from the dead! The seed buried burst through the ground and opened up. There is now only an empty tomb, a hollowed-out space in a rock. There is no body! This mystery of emptiness must be entered into and probed deeply, and then we must go forth from our tombs, and from our baptisms, to meet the Risen Crucified One out walking in the world, waiting for us to catch up with him, walking the roads in and out of Jerusalem and on all the roads of the world.
...Now the only things left in the tomb, buried there were they belong, are hate, inhumanity, injustice, war, killing, starvation, oppression, greed, overweening power, voilence, rage and rape, destruction of the earth, despair, and death itself! It is time to seal the tomb again, with all of that debris and garbage inside.
...We are the people of God, the people of resurrection, and the children of light. We cannot forget, and we must remind one another of, the calling and our being signed with the power of the Cross. We must encourage one another in preaching, in poetry, in music and prayer, in the corporal works of mercy and the insistence on justice for all ... We must dance it, crawl it, and dig it out of the ground, empty the tombs and take down the bodies from the crosses with our bare hands. The power of love unto death, and life beyond death, has been given to us in Resurrection and in our baptisms." excerpt from "The New Stations of the Cross" by Megan McKenna
We lift our prayers to you, Risen Crucified One, who has loved us even unto death, and brought us life beyond death! We give all praise and glory to you, who has conquered the world through your faithfulness. We join together in celebration of your great love which destroyed the power of darkness and death, and brought light to the darkest corners of the earth. For you are the Lamb of God who has taken away the sins of the world! Alleluia!
We join with these your children in giving praise to you: Amy Chavez, Victor Spicer, Bessie Spicer, Sydney Mann & Wilma Butler, Jecca Hemphill, Terri Gentry, Isabel Rodriguez and Shauntrel Jacobs. We pray that you strengthen our faith, guide our walk, and keep us firm in the knowledge that in you, all things are made new. You take away our doubt and despair, you heal us with your gentle touch. Embrace us in the fullness of new life, and remake us in the image of your love. For you alone are holy, you alone are the Lord! We worship you and give you thanks. We praise you in your glory! Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Alleluia! Amen! He is Risen!
The Resurrection
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
"The utterly unexpected happens because the utterly unbelievable happened after Jesus was wrapped in his linen shroud and sealed in a tomb. Jesus was raised from the dead! The seed buried burst through the ground and opened up. There is now only an empty tomb, a hollowed-out space in a rock. There is no body! This mystery of emptiness must be entered into and probed deeply, and then we must go forth from our tombs, and from our baptisms, to meet the Risen Crucified One out walking in the world, waiting for us to catch up with him, walking the roads in and out of Jerusalem and on all the roads of the world.
...Now the only things left in the tomb, buried there were they belong, are hate, inhumanity, injustice, war, killing, starvation, oppression, greed, overweening power, voilence, rage and rape, destruction of the earth, despair, and death itself! It is time to seal the tomb again, with all of that debris and garbage inside.
...We are the people of God, the people of resurrection, and the children of light. We cannot forget, and we must remind one another of, the calling and our being signed with the power of the Cross. We must encourage one another in preaching, in poetry, in music and prayer, in the corporal works of mercy and the insistence on justice for all ... We must dance it, crawl it, and dig it out of the ground, empty the tombs and take down the bodies from the crosses with our bare hands. The power of love unto death, and life beyond death, has been given to us in Resurrection and in our baptisms." excerpt from "The New Stations of the Cross" by Megan McKenna
We lift our prayers to you, Risen Crucified One, who has loved us even unto death, and brought us life beyond death! We give all praise and glory to you, who has conquered the world through your faithfulness. We join together in celebration of your great love which destroyed the power of darkness and death, and brought light to the darkest corners of the earth. For you are the Lamb of God who has taken away the sins of the world! Alleluia!
We join with these your children in giving praise to you: Amy Chavez, Victor Spicer, Bessie Spicer, Sydney Mann & Wilma Butler, Jecca Hemphill, Terri Gentry, Isabel Rodriguez and Shauntrel Jacobs. We pray that you strengthen our faith, guide our walk, and keep us firm in the knowledge that in you, all things are made new. You take away our doubt and despair, you heal us with your gentle touch. Embrace us in the fullness of new life, and remake us in the image of your love. For you alone are holy, you alone are the Lord! We worship you and give you thanks. We praise you in your glory! Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Alleluia! Amen! He is Risen!
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