Clergy Notes — April 20, 2025
St. James' Anglican ChurchAlleluia, Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
This joyous celebration is the culmination of all that makes us Christian: it is a celebration of Christ’s triumph over sin and death; the remaking of all creation; God’s redemption of humanity.
This is what gives us the power to face grief and struggles and difficulties, because Christ has first borne our struggles for us, and defeated them.
This is what gives our flesh dignity, because Christ first bore our flesh and through his life, death and resurrection, has elevated our lowly humanity to the right hand of God.
This is the source of our hope even now, even in our troubled world. Although war rages all around us, we know that Christ has already won the battle.
So then, with the renewal of our baptismal vows this day, let us also renew our commitment to hope. For hope is an act of defiance in the face of evil. There are – and will continue to be – times when it seems like the Enemy is winning. But not today. Today’s celebration is a testimony that evil has not won, and will not – ever.
For the God who inhabits, resurrects, and sanctifies flesh is the same God who is always doing infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
Mother Amanda