"Death does not have any dominion over Jesus, nor does it have dominion over us. This is the great joy that we celebrate this Easter season and always: that Jesus is victorious over death and brings that victory to us."
Happy Easter, friends! In his Easter message, Bishop Alex points us to the unending joy of the knowledge that we are raised with Jesus Christ.
"Here in the twelfth chapter of John, Jesus, facing his crucifixion, does not say, 'save me from this hour,' but says rather, 'glorify Your name.' And in that, I think it’s very important that we understand that there is something—although horrible and grisly—there is something glorious about Good Friday."
In his Holy Week message, Bishop Alex encourages us not to turn away from the suffering of Jesus, but to notice what God is stirring within us as we commemorate his intervention into this world.
"The celebration of Easter is robbed of something if we do not take the opportunity to enter into lament... I want to invite us all, particularly during Holy Week, to gather and pray together as we observe and walk with Jesus through his betrayal and death, into the joy of the resurrection."
