{"id":1049,"date":"2011-04-14T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T18:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadsfromemmaus.org\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2011-04-14T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T18:18:06","slug":"my-bishops-paschal-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2011\/04\/14\/my-bishops-paschal-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bishop’s Paschal Greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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His Grace, Bishop Thomas (Joseph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA 2011<\/b><\/p>\n

Beloved brother Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, God-fearing Monastics, and all my Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ our True God:<\/p>\n

Christ is risen! Indeed, He is risen!<\/p>\n

We are again drawn to contemplate and stand in awe at the holy Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the God-man and our Savior. This year, I pray that we will not mark Pascha as a mere remembrance on the calendar, a happy annual festival that is anticipated and enjoyed but whose power does not provoke us to a radical change in ourselves, a challenge toward holiness and perfection in the Holy Trinity. Indeed, I think many times we enjoy these delightful feasts but have so \u201cinstitutionalized\u201d them within ourselves that we do not actually let them touch us.<\/p>\n

Fundamentally, Christ\u2019s Resurrection is a cataclysmic event. It marks not merely the beginning of a religious movement, but truly the utter reversal of history, the moment that death itself was turned back, when the ultimate catastrophe befell the powers of darkness and bright hope came again into the world. When the God-man died, as St. Basil tells us, \u201cthe Author of life could not be held by corruption.\u201d And so He rose again! And so we can be saved from death and from all corruption.<\/p>\n

May we ourselves be not simply emotionally moved or cheered by this Gospel; may we never be the same! If even time and history could not stand to remain as they were, how can we ever be content with a mere recollection of past events? Let us once again shout out in victory to the Conqueror of death, casting aside all of our earthly entanglements and entering with Him into that glory that will never fade.<\/p>\n

Yours in Christ,<\/p>\n

Rt. Rev. Bishop THOMAS (Joseph)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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