THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK.
We have hit the pinnacle of the Christian year – the death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus. The rigours of Lent are behind us as we look ahead on our journey in the light of the glorious resurrection of Jesus.
The Sunday following Easter Day is called ‘Low Sunday’. Have we then hit a lull? Is it an anticlimactic contrast to Easter Day? In the Latin tradition its name is Dominica in Albis, a reference to the custom of the newly baptised continuing to wear their baptismal robes on the seven days after Easter finishing with this day.
No, we haven’t hit a low, but we continue to thank God in the triumph of the cross and the empty tomb. It is this which helps us live each day in the power of the truth of the Resurrection. Th simple enjoyment of our Lord is in itself a most blessed form of thanksgiving
Easter is with us every day, in truth. That third day overshadows beyond any doubt the events of Calvary
Leighton Ford (Billy Graham’s brother- in-law) would always exclaim: ‘Friday’s here, but Sunday’s coming!’.
© Rev’d Peter Walker 2025.
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