Easter 3: Bishop Michael Hawkins
The question we ask ourselves, perhaps not out loud, but privately, in the dark thoughts and feelings which we so often keep to ourselves, is this: Is it worth it? Is it all worth it all?
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“The sheep give their lives for the Shepherd.” This is how it works in the world… We have grown so accustomed to the image of the Good Shepherd, in all ages one of the most popular representations of Christ, that we miss the radical way in which Jesus redefines shepherding.
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“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” All true authority, all true claims of dominion and power and honour, depend on the leader’s willingness to provide for the common good out of his own person, which is to say, by laying down his own life.
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As the fulfillment of His earthly life and ministry, the forty days of our Lord’s Resurrected presence provide us with a series of cameos or episodes, in which we find His mandate for us as His disciples and followers become more clearly and sharply focussed…
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We may be born losers, but we are born-again winners. This victory is ours in the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Quite simply, that is the Easter proclamation of this day.
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Our Lord’s Easter appearances focus our attention on His risen presence as the fulfillment of God’s work of Salvation, that the risen Christ is the source and location of all our peace and beatitude: “Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”
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“Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.” Peace, after all, is the name of His kingdom: He is the Prince of Peace.
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This is our message to all the world… This Gospel is for you, and this good news – great news – is for you and for all of creation. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is for all times and all peoples, because his death and resurrection is eternally and universally relevant.
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The story of our faith is the story of salvation; that we, who were lost in the darkness of a false and idolatrous world, and condemned by our own disobedience, might have light to bring us out into a new day, and new life to overcome our approaching doom.
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In her masterful 19th century metrical rendering of the ancient Irish hymn ‘St. Patrick’s breastplate’, Cecil Alexander recounts our Lord’s Resurrection with this remarkable line: “His bursting from the spicèd tomb.” The verse captures, with a profound clarity and depth, the sense and significance of this day…
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