Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
I welcome you to join me and my husband, Nicholas Pye, celebrating the joy of Easter through a reading from John’s gospel. It details what happened that first Sunday when Jesus rose from the dead. Filmed on location at the Garden Tomb, Jerusalem, January 2023.
You might also enjoy reading about the life-changing story of Charles Simeon one Easter morning in today’s Our Daily Bread.
Enjoy this Resurrection Sunday!
The disciples are still stunned, hiding out behind locked doors, fearing for their lives. Jesus comes and stands among them, breathing his Spirit on them and bestowing to them his peace. We too can receive his breath of life this day, as we rejoice in the new life we receive from him. May we be Easter people whose song is “Alleluia!”
Stunned shock turns into joy when Mary wonders first where Jesus’ body is, and then when he speaks her name, she knows immediately it’s him. I love that – the instant recognition of the one who loves you most who speaks your name. And note Peter in true form, dashing ahead of John to burst into the tomb.
I pray that this day, you, like Mary, can say, “I have seen the Lord!”
