Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Alleluia!
Early in April, Faith Lutheran Church lived its first Triduum, the three holy days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil.
The Triduum is the primary, night-long celebration of Jesus's resurrection, held after sunset on Holy Saturday. As the "mother of all vigils," it signifies the transition from darkness to light and death to life. It consists of four parts: Service of Light, Readings, Baptismal Liturgy, and Eucharist.
As Benedicta Ward, SLG, writes in In the Company of Christ: a pilgrimage through Holy Week,
“... because we agreed to walk on Palm Sunday, to bow down and kiss on Good Friday, and to stand on Easter night, we have signified our consent through our bodies to life and death with Christ. It is not that we become good, or clever, or nice, but that we are there, ready to be loved by the love which does not depend on our actions but is a free and unconditional gift to all. It’s not that we shall suddenly find ourselves totally other on Easter day - rather we shall know that each step of ordinary living from now on is within the dynamic procession of love which is the return of Christ to the Father.”
In this Easter season, the Good News of the resurrection resounds throughout earth and heaven.
Let us rejoice that we are forever part of this dynamic procession of love and that death is no more.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Peace,
Intern Pastor Meg