Easter Blessings
This Sunday, unusually, Western and Orthodox Easter celebrations fall on the same day, while Passover is observed throughout Holy Week and Easter weekend.
If Passover celebrates the resurrection of a people from the death of slavery in Egypt, Easter affirms the resurrection of individual souls. But both reflect ancient beliefs, lodged deep in the Mediterranean psyche, about the resurrection of the natural world after winter’s death.
~ from The New York Times:
On Easter, Symbolism and the Exuberance of Spring
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“If Jesus is the once and for all sacrifice for sin, understood metaphorically now [not literally], it means that God has already taken care of whatever it is that we think separates us from God. It means that God accepts us just as we are and that the Christian life is not about getting right with God. God’s already taken care of that. The Christian life becomes about something else, namely, living within this framework of radical trust in God and relationship to God that makes possible our transformation, and, ideally and ultimately, the transformation of the world.”
~ Marcus Borg, from explorefaith.org
~ Marcus Borg, from explorefaith.org
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[Jesus] uttered a triumphant cry: “It is accomplished!” and it was as though he had said: “Everything has begun!”
~ Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ
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I called through your door,
“The mystics are gatheringin the street. Come out!”
“Leave me alone.
I'm sick.”
“I don’t care if you're dead!
Jesus is here, and he wants
to resurrect somebody!”
~ Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
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Easter Card above from explorefaith.org
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 11:16 AM
7 Comments:
saludos!!
Ah a lovely post :) If you are a fan of Kazantzakis, as I am, you may like this quote also:
"I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' and the almond tree blossomed."
Peace and Blessings!
Easter is about the renewal of the earth, the life that comes out of death every year this time.
Somehow, this got blown up into the mess we have today. I find myself grateful when the season is over, and we can go back to our normal lives. The good news is, Easter is not a commercial bonanza...yet... so it is mercifully brief.
And we are having a cold snap in Georgia. If only the temperatures stay above freezing and spare the plants in my garden. Next year I might learn not to plant so early.
Would you consider participating in the Blog Against Theocracy swarm? You can still blog today or tomorrow.
My feeling is that the dominionist movement can better be addressed from differently grounded religious perspectives than from a secular perspective.
Seems like a good day to say, "Hi Darrell"
{Jesus] uttered a triumphant cry: “It is accomplished!” and it was as though he had said: “Everything has begun!”
~ Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ
Again, this is how I choose to see things!
And Rumi says it all, as usual!
Interesting post. What is the role of Jesus in Sufism? I was interested by your comment that Sufism may have stemmed from traditions in early Christianity.
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