Posts Tagged ‘Pascha’
Believing is Living
Christ is Risen! They say seeing is believing, but I say believing is living. We are now enjoying the 5th Day of Pascha. We still greet each other with ‘Christ is Risen’ and we still sing the hymn. Soon enough, unfortunately, we will grow lax in our celebration and life will return to normal. I…
Read MoreGreater Things to Come
Day Four of Pascha and, if you’re like me, you have been working through your favorite foods. You may even be a bit bloated since fasting is forbidden this week. Fear not! There is plenty of time for fasting next week. This week we celebrate the promise of greater things from God. At that time,…
Read MoreChrist is STILL Risen
What an amazing week we all had together. Even if we were in different cities on different continents, our journey through Holy Week and Pascha was a common journey together in Christ. We fasted together and then we celebrated together. Now, we’re exhausted. For our lack of sleep and celebration yesterday, Christ is STILL Risen…
Read More2026 Daily Lenten Journey Day 22 – Do You Have a Plan for Pascha?
Today we start our fourth week of Great Lent and the Church turns everything up a notch. After the celebration of the Holy Cross yesterday, we begin to look in earnest at Holy Week and Pascha. Pascha will ‘be here’ before you know it. Today’s reading reminded me that God always had a plan. Ever…
Read MoreChrist is Always Risen
Today is the Leave-taking of Pascha. It is the last day of Pascha for this year. It is the last day on which we greet each other with Christ is Risen. That does not mean Christ is not risen. He is always risen, but today we move on to the next feast of the Church.…
Read MoreBold Truth is Hard Truth
Truth is not relative. Truth does not change. There is no such thing as ‘your truth’ and ‘my truth’ ever. We either accept the truth or we do not. How we hear the truth is what matters for our salvation. If we hear the truth with joy, we rejoice. If not, we turn away from…
Read MoreFamiliar but Different
Have you ever wanted to read the Bible in its entirety? A very popular Christian desire is to read the entire Bible. It is almost as if Christians as a rule don’t read the entire Book on a regular basis. The Church thought about that a long time ago when it established the Lectionary. Today’s…
Read MoreLife is Greater with Jesus Christ
You might be wondering why you would want to leave the wealth and glory of the world behind ‘just’ to follow Jesus whom you have never seen with your eyes. The world has great things to offer, but all the money and prestige is nothing compared to the glory that comes with Christ. At that…
Read MoreEpisode 449 – Eyewitnesses of the Resurrection
When Christ first appeared alive with His Apostles after his resurrection, Thomas was absent. The Apostles said, “We have seen the Lord,” but Thomas needed to see for himself. Eight days later Thomas saw Christ with his own eyes and believe. Christ said, “You believe because you have seen. Blessed are those who believe but…
Read MoreEaster is Over…What now?
On Bright Saturday, also called Renewal Saturday, we glance back at last week and Pascha seems so long ago. It was just last week we were preparing our lamb and leaving for Church to light our candles and celebrate the Resurrection. Now what do we do? We don’t deny that Holy Week and Pascha is…
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