When one dies, one passes beyond time and therefore, Bishop Graham Kings argues, there is no experience of a gap between death and the day of resurrection.
An Easter breakfast or brunch is a sign of the in-breaking kingdom, a chance to delight in the resurrection, and an opportunity to lavish honor on one another.
The Christian hope is resurrection, a hope that should shape our mission and witness. Do our funerals, though, convey this pastorally-rich and biblically-grounded hope?
Twelve Christian leaders wrote: “Though we have not yet achieved agreement on the date of Easter in perpetuity, we have no doubt that the Lord calls us to agreement.”
Those looking for a rich study this Lent in preparation for the paschal mystery would do well to consider Greenacre and Haselock, The Sacrament of Easter.
