Easter Sunday
Whew! We made it. We went through Lent (and even possibly gave something up for it), we went through Holy week (from Jesus riding into Jerusalem, through the last supper and crucifixion) and we have finally made it to Easter day.
It was traditional in the church to go through all of this when you were getting ready to be baptised. Baptism is a ceremony where people are acknowledged as Christians and welcomed into the Christian family. It’s a big deal for Christians. But although we might think we have been through a lot and after Easter we can relax a little baptism is a ceremony of beginning.
You see Easter is all about beginning. The resurrection marks the beginning of life – not the end of it. Now life can begin properly. Things cannot be the same after Easter day – this one event in history changes everything.
Today we celebrate a new beginning, a new life, forgiveness and restoration, a new purpose, etc.
Just one thing remains for me to do and that is to say happy Easter, or let’s do it the old fashioned Christian way.
I say: Hallelujah, the Lord has risen
You reply: He had risen indeed, Hallelujah!
