Finally Easter is arriving!
Palm Sunday we heard familiar words, and considered how we speak or hear phrases that have the power to change lives: I know. Forgive me. I understand. I love you. You can trust me. Goodbye. Welcome home. Hosanna. And of course, Jesus is the Word made flesh.
In this most sacred week of the Christian year, here are words to pray:
Thank you, God, because through your holy Easter mystery,
it is as though we stumble out of a tomb,
as though we come out of the shadow, rubbing our eyes,
as though mystery unveils before us, and takes our breath away:
and we see, right before our very eyes:
All our loss and sorrow is turning back
Turning back from the edge of death
Death is not the last word
The last word is from the heart
From the heart comes pain
Pain carried by movement, like waves on the ocean
Waves on the ocean rise and fall
Rising and falling we trip again
Trip again and fall on our face
Fall flat on your face
Face the truth
Truth comes from the heart
Heart of the Word
The Word.
Amen.
We pray for you, and the world.
The Rev. Dr. Catherine Faith MacLean
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