The procession through the city was a super high for Jesus and his followers, and the disciples and the others who thought they knew him. But had they been listening? Had they heard “The temple will be torn down but be built back up in three days?” And did he not say, “Now you see me, but then you will not see me, then again you will see me.”
After the procession and the cheering, comes the Passover meal with its warnings, Gethsemane, the cross, the tomb. And they are deflated, defeated, scattered and scared. Then the women report, Peter and John see the tomb, a stranger on the road; bread broken, and Christ walks through the door into the upper room.
Resurrection!
Over the years prior and since, men have been credited with a religious sea change, Siddhartha Gautama (Buddah), Abram, Moses, Zoroaster, Muhammad. And Yahushua bar Yosef, Jesus. Only He is alive again; the rest dead and buried. And acknowledged by his followers as living still.
Even His friend Lazarus, dead and buried for three days, and brought forth by Christ, died again and was buried. (John: 11: 38-44)
Many of the writings in this booklet deal with life changes as “resurrections;” changes in life, theirs or as seen in others. New lives to be lived. As I have helped Kaye edit this, our sixth Lenten Reflections, I have reread many of the meditations; I suggest you do likewise. A few I suggest: Paul Hanson, Gary Kimmel, Jeff Edwards, Pat Wilson, Leckie Connors, John Lenhart, Tim and Roisin McKeithan, Fran MacEachan, and Lilias Morrison.
As we begin this day of Holy Week, I pray you will find your new beginning of life in the services, prayers, and the journey we start this day marching into the church with palms.
We all have ups, and crashes, and our faith in the healing power of God, asking in Jesus’ name, brings us to new life, if we ask, if we let it.
Perry White
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