First Reading            Acts 9:36-43

Psalm                         Psalm 23

Second Reading      Revelation 7:9-17

Gospel                       John 10:22-30

“Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

            We continue to move through this Easter season of resurrection, simultaneously celebrating and pondering, rejoicing and questioning, proclaiming and wondering. We seek understanding of something that cannot be completely understood. Yet in faith we believe God is pleased by our seeking, and are assured that we are also being sought. As we reach out for God, God...

First Reading            Acts 9:1-20

Psalm                         Psalm 30

Second Reading      Revelation 5:11-14

Gospel                       John 21:1-19

“Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work.”

In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

            As we move through the Easter season, we continue to celebrate the resurrection.  As Christians, we are resurrection people. It is the foundation of our faith. In our baptism, we die to self, to all the temptations and limitations of humanity, and seek to live in the life of the resurrected Christ. Yet it is easy to relegate the resurrection to an event that happened long, long ago, in a place far, far away....