“We have a beautiful story to tell, a powerful one that is meant for the world. And this year so many people heard that good news from their homes on computers, radios, and TVs. I wish I could tell all the pastors I know that the work they do and are doing matters. Thanks seems too small a word, but it’s what we have.”
“Simply put, there are values that trump the singular goal of lowering COVID-19 infection rates. One of those is the compassion to accompany loved ones as they pass away and provide them with clergy.” – Charles Camosy writing in Religion News Service
The items, known as “church plate”, were gathered and transported securely to the Tower over the past few weeks. They include “rare and unusual” silver, paintings, art and artefacts from across London’s 400 churches.
“But one thing I will miss when this is over. The dozens, hundreds, of broadcasts of services from all over, from all the people I know and follow, the very visual and visceral proof that we are all praying together. Sunday. Daily Prayer. Sermons and meditations. The Word of God proclaimed everywhere. For a few short weeks we were thrust out of My Parish, My Church, My Priest, Our Customary. For a few short weeks we were forced to be part of God’s Holy Church everywhere.”
In a period of widespread uncertainty and fear not known for several generations, we may be experiencing an Easter unlike any we’ve known but more like that first Easter too. For even now, he is not dead, he is Alive.
2FAB explores the life and legacy of renowned Christian physicians of the first century whose faith led them to not accept fees for their healing work.
“We have been using the word “corona” to define a virus. Etymologically, its ancient root as a noun came from the mid-1600s when the Latin “corona” meant “crown.” The virus we now know as coronavirus was so named three centuries later in the mid-1960s for the spikes protruding from the cell’s membranes like the tines of a crown or like the round corona of the sun.”
“What we have left, once again, is the story. And today it is THE story, the story to answer all our anxieties. “I have seen the Lord,” says Mary. She knows he is no longer in the tomb; he has conquered death. And gradually, over weeks and years, she and all Jesus’ followers will come to understand what this means.”
“Perhaps this Easter may turn out to be the most joyous one ever, simply because it is something that brings us hope in the darkness, celebration amid despair, and a reason for rejoicing despite all the gloom and doom. Easter is something to be celebrated, no matter what the circumstances.”
Special guest Maya Little-Saña joins to discuss the stories of Jesus’ resurrection appearances on Easter morning from this week’s gospel reading, it’s implications for our spiritual lives, and what conversations at home will be like based on these gospel themes