Alleluia!

Christ is risen! He is truly risen!

Easter Cards

My sisters and brothers, many blessings on you and your families today as we acknowledge that we are in the hands of a faithful God, the God who raised Jesus from the dead.

Jesus, the poor man of Nazareth, the man who went about doing good works and healing all who were in the grip of the devil, the poor man murdered by powerful religious and political leaders.

Today, the Church reads the Scripture in Acts 10 and listens to the Apostle Peter preaching about God’s liberating work in raising the poor, crucified man Jesus from the dead.

God calls us to be witnesses to the truth that he has raised the poor man Jesus whom God makes the judge of the living and dead.

Yes, the poor man Jesus is the judge. The poor man Jesus is the one who carries out God’s work of justice in our world, the one who sets the standards of right and wrong for all.

Today, may God’s faithfulness to the poor, crucified man Jesus help us to imitate Jesus who went about doing good works and healing all who were in the grip of the devil.

A few days ago, we witnessed another mass shooting in Nashville. May God who raised Jesus from the dead enable us to bring the transformative resurrection power of Jesus to the diabolical gun violence that grips our nation.

A few days ago, we remembered the assassination of Martin Luther King. May God who raised Jesus from the dead enable us to bring the transformative resurrection power of Jesus to the deep diabolical racism that grips our nation.

Day by day, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In this country, 10% of the population controls 70% of the wealth. In this country, for every 1$ a typical worker receives, a chief executive officer of a large company receives almost $700. Ask yourself, did God create this world for such inequality? May God who raised Jesus from the dead enable us to bring the transformative resurrection power of Jesus to the deep diabolical economic and social inequality that grips our nation.

Since Jan 21, 2020 when we had the first confirmed case of COVID in this country, we have come to see that we do not have an affordable, functioning healthcare system in this country.

We all see that unusual weather events are becoming more common. We are destroying ourselves and other species through our destruction of our environment.

May God who raised Jesus from the dead enable us to bring the transformative resurrection power of Jesus to our healthcare chaos and our abusive relationship with our Mother Earth.

On this Easter day, we are witnesses to the truth that God raised the poor, crucified man Jesus from the dead and appointed him judge of the living and the dead.

Jesus is the one who carries out God’s work of justice in our world, the one who sets the standards of right and wrong for all. May the living Jesus share his transforming resurrection power with us so that we will share in God’s redeeming work of justice in our world.

Christ is risen! He is truly risen!