Happy Easter! The Lord is Risen, Alleluia! Alleluia!
We are a people filled
with great joy.
The Lord has promised to prepare a dwelling place for us in
the Father’s kingdom. Jesus has promised
to come for us and return us to the Father’s house where we shall live fully in
the love of God for ever and ever.
We are a people filled
with great joy.
We are a chosen race; - a royal priesthood, - a holy
nation. We are God’s own people.
We are Chosen – (We are) Called out of
darkness into His marvelous Light and peace eternal. We are first among all His creation, stewards
of God’s gift of this world – for He has created it and it is good.
We are Royal and
Priestly – (For as we are called to be caretakers of
this world, we are also) Called
to be servants of one another. Loving
one another as we are loved and called to help one another come into right
relationship with the Father, through Jesus.
Teaching, guiding and directing one another toward the gate of salvation
- where the Good Shepherd gathers His flock.
We are Holy – (As we are called to be stewards the gift of this world and called to love
one another as we are loved,) - We
are called to worship the Creator. In
gathering together, giving praise and thanksgiving to God, our Father and
serving the Church established by the Son, we form community - to live in
communion with The Father and the Son through their Holy Spirit.
We are a people filled
with great joy.
We have seen the Father in seeing the Son, Jesus.
We have heard the Father through the voice of Jesus.
We have witnessed the love of the Father in the love of
Jesus, the Christ.
We have witnessed the works of the Father in the living
Christ. He has shown us that the way to
the Father is through He who dwells in the Father, as the Father dwells in Him.
Jesus is the Way.
He is the path we follow – the means by which we come into
intimate relationship with the Father.
He is the Way we return to our true home: in the Father’s eternal
embrace.
Jesus is the Truth.
Jesus is the revealed truth of the Kingdom of God, the
dwelling place of God’s love for His creations.
He is our savior; rescuing us from the darkness of this sinful world and
bringing us into the Light and joy the eternal heavenly kingdom.
Jesus is the Life.
In Him we have Life and have it more abundantly. He has forever conquered death and eternal
darkness. He has returned us to our
rightful place of easy communion with the Father. Through His death and resurrection of we are restored
to new life eternal forever and ever.
In Jesus we are made holy - as we live in Him – for He lives
in the Father and the Father in Him. We
are made holy as we believe in Him with all our heart, with all our mind and
with all our being; proclaiming to the world, “Jesus is Lord!”
“Today (and everyday) is a day the Lord has made – Let us
rejoice and be glad.” For Jesus, the
Christ is Risen – He brings us to life everlasting! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen!
Peace,
Deacon Don Ron
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