Easter Sunday; 17 April 2022; Easter Day C (RCL); Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12.
Over the past few years, I’ve preached on the passage from John’s Gospel assigned for Year C, with its themes of a new creation (in the garden), and the journey toward God. This year, it seems good instead to preach on the Luke passage.
The Passion reading last Sunday ended with the women resting on the Sabbath day, according to the commandment. This seems to me a reflection, or a mirror image, of God’s rest on the Sabbath after creation. God had seen everything and declared it good; the women have seen the worst humanity can do. And they rested on the Sabbath day.
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