Reading 1
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said:
“You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people
and testify that he is the one appointed by God
as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness,
that everyone who believes in him
will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
“The right hand of the LORD has struck with power;
the right hand of the LORD is exalted.
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD.”
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2
Colossians 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.
Or
1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
Brothers and sisters:
Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?
Clear out the old yeast,
so that you may become a fresh batch of dough,
inasmuch as you are unleavened.
For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast,
not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Sequence – Victimæ paschali laudes
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
“The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus’ resurrection;
bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
to Galilee he goes before you.”
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.
Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
Alleluia
cf. 1 Corinthians 5:7
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed;
let us then feast with joy in the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
John 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
He is risen indeed!
🌄 My overriding focus today is, “Praise, Jesus –He is risen!” 🕊️
Gustav Mahler Symphony 2
The Resurrection Symphony
Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!
The Holy Fire
Church of the Resurrection / the Anastasis
The men that you hear at the beginning are shouting in the Georgian language that “Christ is Risen”!
Glorious celebration! Happy Easter.
Happy Easter jb.
Thank you
The Holy Fire or the Holy Light ceremony happens only with the prayers of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem inside the Edicule on the place of Christ’s Burial and Resurrection in the Church of the Resurrection/ Anastasis.
The link uses http instead of https.
http://orthodoxinfo.com/general/holyfire.aspx
link
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uses
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“Find the authors, above, on BlueSky, follow them, and turn on notifications.”
Pray for the person. I cannot say more.
This one is two hours plus from Jerusalem.
https://www.youtube.com/live/GIgpZTwQ100?si=2ohxl0RZmfjADUcV
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Aληθώς ανέστη!
Христос Воскресе! Воистина Воскресе!
Joy in the morning, dear Brother!!!
Happy Easter to all in this Tree where we gather on this most beautiful day 🙏🏻
🌄
That is nice to see the type, the characters,, well done. Thank you.
Khristos Voskresye!
Qiama al Masiih!
(Russian and Arabic versions)
Truly He is Risen!
Amen, Hallelujah!
Happy Joyful Easter!
Amen!
I don’t know what this will be like. The Anglican church is not what it used to be, it is woke. Female Bishop preacher.
So Sad to see it’s falling away.
From located in Canterbury, Kent, England, was founded by St Augustine in 597 AD and is one of the oldest and most significant cathedrals in the UK. It has been the primary ecclesiastical center of England since the early 7th century CE.
The cathedral’s rich history spans over 1,400 years and includes major events such as the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170.
Live in 4 hours
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It hurts to witness and to know that this apostasy comes from within. The falling away began long ago and the pace seems to quicken.
There will be a Second Coming of Christ and a Final Judgment.
That day is not this day. Not today, not yet.
The Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (Thrice)
Thank you, Father, for your gift.
Thank you, Jesus, for your sacrifice.
Thank you, Holy Spirit, for opening our hearts and minds to believe.
Hallelujah!
Amen, He is risen!
Hallelujah, praise the Lord! Our Savior Jesus the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is risen from the dead, and He has brought the keys to hell with Him.
All glory be to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit by whom our faith is made manifest in all who believe.
Peace be to all believers who place their faith in He who stilled the waters; and worked all uncountable miracles; and all wonderous works; who continues even today His intercession for our prayers at the right hand of the Throne of God the Father until the appointed hour when He shall return to Earth to set this world straight and take us home to be with him forever and ever.
Amen
I think the shroud of Turin is bogus. By the above scripture the description that John gives of the burial clothes, the head was a separate wrapping.
Christ is Risen!
It isn’t bogus, Marcia… It is real, It is the shroud of Jesus, there is no doubt in my mind. Watch the latest video with new discoveries shown.
The Shroud of Turin is REAL. All The Evidence – With Fr Robert J Spitzer
The ‘head cloth’ I can’t remember it’s name but it went to another church, it was found. I think it is mentioned in this video. The new evidence is amazing and so exciting. I believe the Lord made this evidence only available for the last days on purpose. when only new technology could be used to show the truth.
You will be
amazed. The image is made by a flash of heat/light? so fast, a tiny fraction of a second, and no one could reproduce it with today’s technology
The head cloth, (of the Shroud of Turin is called the ‘Sudarium of Ovieto’. It got separated from the shroud in antiquity.
The Sudarium of Oviedo, also known as the Veil of Oviedo, is a bloodstained linen cloth measuring approximately 84 x 53 cm (33 x 21 inches) that is believed to have covered the head of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
It is housed in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo, Spain, and is displayed to the public three times a year: on Good Friday, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (September 14), and its octave on September 21.
If I remember correctly,
in the video they say the bloodstains on the sudarium match in some way the equivalent marks on the shroud.
Something to keep in mind is that Constantinople was the home of numerous Holy Relics of the Christian Church. Sacking of the City by western Crusaders saw the theft of many, many items and sacrilegious activity on a wide scale.
Apparently… but we don’t know for sure how they dressed him for burial. Maybe after the body and head were separately wrapped, a final linen was placed to cover the entire body.
If the image is supposedly caused by blood stains how would they get through an underlying layer of fabric and stain a second top layer especially when the heart had stopped and there would no longer be blood pressure to pump the fluids? He had stopped bleeding by that point. And didn’t the rules require washing the body?
But… if it was from a supernatural source, like life/energy reanimating and restoring the body then maybe the markings are possible?
It is a fascinating mystery.
I just now re-watched The Passion of the Christ and had forgotten about the scene where the young woman offers Jesus a linen to wipe his face as he’s carrying the cross. Was a little bit like the Bubba Gump “Have A Nice Day” smiley face scene but it was an interesting take on how at least a facial shroud may have come to be. Worth watching again just for that.
I’m cynical and have also thought it was a way to drum up tourism dollars with a fake relic, but who knows? If it’s a miracle, then it’s miraculous by definition. : )
The image was not caused by bloodstains or paint or anything we know of .It is a sort of 3D image also. Watch the video posted above. Even today they cannot reproduce the way that image was on the cloth. It could only have been made by a very brigh,t very fast, flash of light,. It was as you suggested from a supernatural source.
JB: if I remember correctly, the medical people now see that the conception of a baby is also a flash of light.
Yes! Isn’t that wonderful.
A very short video showing the flash of light at conception. A NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN.
Presumably you are referring to Saint Veronica who wiped the face of Jesus.
Yes! Thank you. After he dabs his face and hands the cloth back to her the camera cuts back to her through the throng of people a couple of times and you see the Shroud of Turin facial depiction on the linen in her hands. It’s brief, but it was a nice tribute to the relic that Mel Gibson added.
The Mandylion
There are three relics linked to the crucifixion:
The Veil of Veronica
The Sudarium of Oviedo
The Shroud of Turin
While Jesus carried the cross, a woman wiped His face with a cloth. It is referenced in the Sixth Station of The Cross as the Veil of Veronica. No one knows if the woman’s name was actually Veronica, but I think her name is derived from the Latin or Greek word for “truth”. The cloth did not retain an image of Jesus’ face, and I have no idea where it might be today.
Two thousand years ago, it was apparently Jewish tradition to cover the face of the deceased. The Sudarium of Oviedo is the towel used to cover the face of Jesus after He died on the cross. It would have been set aside after Jesus was covered in His burial shroud. There is no image on the Sudarium, but the body fluids left on it match those on The Shroud of Turin. The Sudarium is kept at the Cathedral in Oviedo, Spain.
The Shroud of Turin is the most studied relic in the history of Christianity. No one has ever been able to determine how the image appeard on The Shroud, and most scientific research has supported its authenticity. Yes. We all know about the carbon 14 tests done years ago. Those tests pointed to a 12th century origin, but the samples used may have come from a 12th century repair to The Shroud. More recent tests point to its age being 2000 years old.
Do we need proof?
Or do we only need Faith?
We only need faith of course, and despite the attempts of people to say, The Shroud is a fake ( I am referring to the people who did the previous, very inadequate tests 20? years ago, who are still quoted as an authority by some uninformed journalists) we kept believing as so many before us.
But isn’t nice to have proof as well, its a great tool to spread the gospel to those who do not know about Jesus.
Orthodox Christian Icon from the Monastery of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr on Mount Sinai
This is true, Minuteman.
We only need faith – no other proof.
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Romans 10:17
God’s Word says:
“that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (9)
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.” (10)
Romans 10:9-10
Jesus told the Pharisees in Luke 16 (regarding the rich man and Lazarus) that they would not listen to Moses or the prophets. Neither would they believe if one was raised from the dead.
In other words, seeing miracles does not produce saving faith.
Saving faith does not come by experiences, signs and wonders, OR ancient relics.
It comes only by believing God’s Word.
We do not need additional “things” to persuade someone to believe.
If someone doubts the Resurrection, an old piece of cloth will not convince them.
The Bible is clear: we should not add or subtract from His Word – including additional ways to put our faith in Christ.
We simply need to humble ourselves and believe His Word.
When we do, God puts in Holy Spirit within us for all eternity.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Galations 2:20.
This I certainly know: The risen King, Jesus Christ, has made His home in my heart!
He’s alive, seated at the right hand of God and interceding for us all.
One day – soon – He is coming again.
I wish all of you a Blessed Easter, with your hearts overflowing with love and assurance that Christ is enough.
He will carry us till our last breath!
The Lamb of God is worthy of our praise, devotion, and worship.
🙏🏻
A veil, part of the burial method there.
This might help you, Marcia
https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/does-the-shroud-of-turin-contradict-scripture/
Part of the controversy of the Shroud of Turin, is it does not a thoroughly or precisely documented history. There are several hundred years of it’s location that cannot be verified. Interestingly, the head cloth the “Sudarium of Oviedo”, as mention by others here – It’s history is well attested and location known since Jesus’s death. According to custom, the head cloth is a temporary covering of the face until the body is properly prepared. Then it is discarded – hence it being placed next to the burial cloths ie the Shroud. The blood stains and markings on the head cloth line up with the stains on the shroud as documented in a couple different studies.
Vascresnyii, he is risen, is the Russian word for Sunday.
How wonderful that is.
Thank you Menagerie.
Thank you God, for loving us all so much, that you gave everyone, sinners all, a path to redemption. I have no words that convey it well enough. Just, thank you Lord..
He is the God of second chances!
I am probably going to get flamed for this, but Sunday is Passover.
Easter is a pagan rite of spring and the early Church used it as a way to convert pagans to Christianity.
He died on the cross for our sins, and his blood washed them away.
On Passover.
Next you’re gonna say it’s got nothing to do with bunnies that lay eggs!
Bad dog! No chocolate biscuit for you!
Dang! lol
What?!
sarcasm
Not really Wof Wof.
I/us Catholics have no problem in acknowledging that most of our Christian Feasts and festivals including days of the week for instance, have been superimposed on pagan festivals,
It’s the belief in Jesus that matters.
Indeed! He is our Lord and Savior.
Why We Should not Passover Easter, part 1
Why We Should not Passover Easter, part 2
This video and its second part are available in print online by the author Nick Sayers.
It is detailed and thorough, very worth the time to read.
The link uses http rather than https.
http://www.easterau.com
Excellent analysis, especially the section on the anti-Roman Catholic Hislop Which puts to bed the Ishtar nonsense.
There are similar Christmas is pagan polemics which are just as easily refuted.
Oblio:
It is an excellent analysis. The author was thorough and had others review his work. He presented it in a way for others to be able to try to replicate his efforts.
The sad part is that there are stubborn sectarians and cultists who will not think this through.
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.”
Col 2:16
The important part is,
“How that Christ died for Our sins according to the scriptures ;
And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures”
1Cor 15: 3,4
In God We Trust
Trust God
Fear not
It was the day before the Passover feast, but I know what you meant 😉
The day was a High Sabbath, not necessarily a Saturday, which was every Saturday. High Sabbaths were the feasts that were celebrated, with Passover coming on Tisri 1, the first day of the civilian New Year according to the Hebrew Calendar.
We know that Christ had risen sometime before the first day of the week, which is Sunday as Mary Magdalene and the others found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty.
Judean law stated a person was not legally dead until they were dead 3 days and 3 nights, so if Christ rose before the first day of the week, and was dead and buried 3 days and 3 nights, He was crucified on a Wednesday, the day before Passover, buried shortly before sunset, and because God would not allow his Holy Son to see corruption, raised him shortly before sunset on Saturday.
Happy Easter and Happy New Year! Amen and Amen! Hallelujah, Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!
I prefer to call it Resurrection Day. But to each their own
We do both, but I do like Resurrection Day better.
Jesus is the Lamb of God 🕊
Remember Jesus was Jewish.
PASSOVER
Isaiah 53:1-9 predicted that Messiah would be the final paschal sacrifice,
the final sacrifice for sin. Messiah Jesus is represented as “our passover”
in I Corinthians 5:6-7.
Yeshua is portrayed as this final Passover Lamb in four New Testament passages:
John 1:29, John 1:35-36, I Peter 1:18-19, Revelation 5:6.
John the Baptist introduced Him as
the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world!
https://www.ariel.org/arnold-answered/did-jesus-enter-jerusalem-on-the-donkey-on-the-day-that-the-passover-lamb-was-to-be-chosen
https://www.gotquestions.org/Passover-Lamb.html
IMHO, I expect most of us know that history, eg, it is at Passover and rabbits are fertility symbols etc. and like pagan midwinter and midsummer festivals , (see Stonehenge) when they were watching for the return of the sun (which must have been a great relief to ancient peoples, who knew their food supply depended on the sun, to see it returning again.
They were born long before the coming of Jesus and had likely never heard of Israel and the Jewish people. so reaching them by integrating their own customs and beliefs would be a sensible way, I would think, to have them listen at first and later accept new ideas.
And anyway who doesn’t like chocolate eggs with good stuff inside.
Paschal Troparion
multiple languages
Part 1
Paschal Troparion
multiple languages
Part 2
There is a Part 3
And on this day, do not be an Easter Scrooge!
Christ is Risen!
Truly He is Risen!
My favorite Easter Hymn.
Magnificent
There is nothing like an English church Choir.
Happy Easter, sis 🙏🏻
I just listened to this wonderful hymn of joy on our local classical station sung by King’s College. As their voices soared, suddenly I was weeping, as I always do when I hear it on Easter. Suddenly and unexpectedly…
To God be the Glory.
Hallelujah!!!
Sequence – Victimæ paschali laudes – by Sisters of Aquinas
Lovely.
Oh joy, thank you, praise God
God Bless America.
“Conqueror of Death”
Monastery of Visoki Dečani in Kosovo-Metohija
Serbian with English subtitles
Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill: How Great Thou Art
I love hearing Carrie Underwood sing this hymn.
One of my favorite hymns.
The first time I heard this hymn was George Beverly Shea
singing it at a Billy Graham Crusade.
He worked with the ministry until up in his late 90s
not only with Billy, but Franklin and Will Graham.
He died at 104.
Love 🕊 the words:
1 O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!
2 When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:
3 And when I think how God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burdens gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
4 When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation,
To take me home, what joy will fill my heart!
Then I will bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!
“They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first.”
Why did John feel it necessary to include that detail ?
Becuase it’s true.
Like any good reporter (there aren’t too many of them today), John told us as many of the facts as he could.
Happy Easter !
It has always struck me that the scriptures say that the risen Jesus was not revealed to the general public, but only to a select few who testified that they “ate and drank” with Him. I never quite understood why this would be so, when Lazarus (for example) was immediately seen by everyone.
He is risen. Hallelujah!
He is risen!
Praise the Lord!
Hallelujah!
He is Risen, indeed!
Glory, Hallelujah.
He is risen indeed!
Thank you for the classic video of
Billy Graham
Billy Graham spoke with such authority and honored his great commission. To me he honored the instruction to teach the word and did so valiantly.
Have a blessed Easter all.
Matthew 28: 19,20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
The Christ is Risen indeed!!!!!!!!
Dear Heavenly Father, as we celebrate the resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, I come before You with a heart seeking renewed faith. This Easter, I ask that You strengthen my belief in Your promises and fill me with the hope that comes from knowing Christ has conquered death. Help me to trust in Your plan for my life and to walk in faith, even when the path seems uncertain. May the power of the resurrection remind me that nothing is impossible with You.
Amen!!🙏😇💛
From the Missionary Society of S. Columban:
God of life and love, we rejoice in the glorious
resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Death is conquered, hope is reborn,
and Your promise of eternal life is fulfilled.
Fill our hearts with Easter joy, strengthen our faith,
and inspire us to share the good news of Your love
with all the world.
Through Christ our risen Lord.
Amen.
Amen and Amen 🙏🏻💕💕
Short Video on “It Is Finished”:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Vg_fyM2yVEk?si=058IFEXIMIxLlstM
Wishing everyone at the Treehouse a joy-filled celebration of the Resurrection of our awesome, glorious, victorious Savior. He is Risen–Alleluia! Peace of the Risen Christ be with you.
Blessings upon blessings & grace upon grace in the midst of the 50 Days of Rejoicing!
Elizabeth
Beautifully said. Thank you!
Yes He is Risen and that is the seminal event in Human History.
The Great Reset
Blessing, all!
1 Corinthians 15:1-18
“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.
For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
He is risen, truly risen.
Retired Magistrate here: I hope that those individuals who attend church today just to please a family member, will hear the gospel message of salvation, the gift of everlasting life, and accept JESUS CHRIST as personal Savior today. Today is the day of salvation; don’t put it off until tomorrow because you may not have a tomorrow.
A blog post from 2011, referencing something I saw in Fergus Falls, Minnesota not far from where we lived for 18 years:
https://mailboxesandoldbarns.com/2011/03/27/sense-and-nonsense/
And one of my favorite Easter celebrations, from David Phelps:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARON!
May your day be filled with love and joy….and cake too!
Oh, goodness, that looks yummy! Son and DIL arriving soon to spend the afternoon and I actually baked myself some birthday cake this year! When we get old it, it can happen that no one bakes us a birthday cake and I decided I was entitled….but I couldn’t make up my mind, so I ended up with two 9X13 cakes! One strawberry w/ fresh strawberries added to the phil cream cheese frosting – and the other one a spice cake! So they will be taking lots of cake with home!
….and late happy birthday to you, too, dear Puddy. Help yourself to a piece of the cake now!
I can’t decide which to choose….both sound scrumptious! 😀
When we get old, it can happen that no one [bakes us a birthday cake] and I decided I was entitled ..
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Sharon, wishing you a very happy birthday, and many blessings to come!
Your post made me chuckle and nod my head in agreement.
I buy myself a lovely flower hanging basket every Mothers Day!
Think I’ll follow suit, and bake my birthday cake, too.
That strawberry cake sounds delish!
Blessings to you!
Our Lord is Risen! May He bring us peace, joy and the perseverance to overcome the many trials we are encountering today. Happy Easter to all!
The Lord Jesus Christ conquered death and Sheol.
He allowed himself to be put to death so he would become the sacrifice to wipe away our sins. His lack of disregard for his human life is the reason we can now enter heaven.
All I can say is Thank you Our Father Jesus Christ amen.
Randall Thompson
“Alleluia”
Kontakion
Plagal of Fourth Tone
“Though Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal One, yet didst Thou destroy the power of Hades, and didst arise as victor, O Christ God, calling to the myrrh-bearing women, Rejoice, and giving peace unto Thine Apostles, O Thou Who dost grant resurrection to the fallen.”
“… we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:11)
Thank you, God. Thank you, Jesus.
What still amazes me about this movie is the individual performances, and the editing. Particularly the performance of “Mary” in the scene immediately preceding this one, when they are removing Jesus from the Cross.
She kisses Him, getting His blood on her face. Then, she looks directly at the camera, and her inscrutable expression … does not change … does not change … does not change … … … fade to black.
Other women abandon themselves to their emotions – in brief cutaways. Mother Mary does not. Masterful. Brilliant.
Yes. Jesus was God’s Son. But, He was also hers.
Jesus is our Savior!
He is Risen!!
Thank you, Menagerie !
God Bless you 🕊