“And so, we are fortunate this year to proclaim an Easter that stands on the shoulders of two thousand Easters. Knowing that each Easter past was a defiant response to the two thousand years of Good Fridays we’ve suffered. Each Easter supplied by the inexhaustible power released that first Easter. You see, there’s an exponentially compounding benefit of remembering Easter past. Because, it enables Easter trust now and endows Easter trust for the future. My lawyer friends call that the power of precedent. My scholarly friends say, “…we must nurture the prospect of God’s fresh historical intervention in the midst of despair inducing situations.” My feisty senior friends just say, “…hold on to God’s unchanging hands baby.” But our friend Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” What I’m trying to say here is we’re so fortunate, we have both an Easter consolation and an Easter courage.”
An excerpt from Bishop Wright’s Easter Sermon.
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