EASTER

EASTER
  At Easter, Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.  The Jewish people celebrate their liberation from slavery at Passover. Everyone celebrates freedom.
  Jesus Christ rose as a sign that love is stronger than death. And His love is now expressed through people who love as He did.

To learn more how God liberates and loves all that is, read UNIVERSAL CHRIST, 2019 by Richard Rohr.
From his book on p. 5 he writes: What if Christ is another name for everything in its fullness?


I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE... Jn 11:25

I HAVE SEEN THE LORD... Jn 20:18

HE IS RISEN... Lk 24

IN HIS GREAT MERCY, HE HAS GIVEN US NEW BIRTH INTO LIVING HOPE...1 P 1:3

MY FLESH ALSO WILL REST IN HOPE... Ps 16:9

IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION FROM DEATH, CHRIST HIMSELF CANNOT HAVE BEEN RAISED.   1 Cor 15:13

THE SEEDS OF EASTER ARE ALREADY FOUND IN CHRISTMAS.  Richard Rohr

THIS JESUS WHOM I PREACH TO YOU IS THE CHRIST.  Acts 17: 3

RESURRECTION IS EVERYWHERE VISIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED HOW TO SEE... Richard Rohr, p. 187 in  UNIVERSAL CHRIST.

Who is Jesus? (also called the Christ) ?   the revealer of God/Abba/Allah/Yahweh's Love for all.






Oriental hybrid lily




HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!



search INDEX and read PETOOK, 1988, An Easter Story by Caryll Houselander
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