~~~ Easter Sunday ~~~
~~Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43~~Psalm 118~~ Colossians 3:1-4~~John 20:1-9~~
Jesus Christ is Risen today,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let us rejoice and be glad this is the day the Lord has made.
Today is the reason we remain faithful to our commitment
to allow Christ to live in us.
He is our all and all.
It is in Him that we live, and move and have our being.
Today we renew our Baptismal promises to renounce Satan and his evil power.
We renew our belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Today we proclaim our believe in the Resurrection...
not just the Resurrection of Jesus
but also our own resurrection.
Jesus is truly alive...the stone has been rolled back form the tomb.
The tomb is empty because nothing can contain the Resurrection.
The burial cloths are neatly folded and left behind...
Death has been overcome the things of this world are no longer necessary.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
The reality of the empty tomb is shocking
yet filled with hope for all those who follow Jesus.
This includes you and me.
It is the empty tomb that first signifies the Resurrection of the Lord...
the Messiah...the Redeemer.
He brings life to its fullest through his death.
Out of his death comes our eternal life.
We have been born into Christ so too must we share in his death.
Through his death we are granted life everlasting.
The empty tomb becomes the tomb of hope.
The hope we hold close to our hearts of life with the Lord.
When a loved one dies we often sense tremendous emptiness
without their physical presence.
Let us find hope in the empty tomb of Our Lord.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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