As we, with Jesus, set our faces toward Jerusalem this Holy Week so that we may “enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts whereby [God] has given us life and immortality…through Jesus Christ” (BCP, 270), this meditation upon the paschal mystery drawn from our archives sets an appropriate tone. May it serve for the building up of Christ’s Church.
https://covenant.livingchurch.org/2016/03/21/paschal-mystery/
The Rt. Rev. John Bauerschmidt, D.Phil. is Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, having served parishes in Western Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Louisiana. He served in the Church of England from 1987 to 1991 while a student at Oxford. His writings span patristics, especially Augustine, the Caroline Divines, and the Oxford Movement. Bishop John is married to Caroline, and they are the parents of three adult children.
