The Feast of the Holy Trinity is, in a way, a recapitulation of our Easter journey. It summarizes what the last six weeks have told us about God and what he expects of us. This is a God of relationships. His whole nature is to be in relationship. That’s why our understanding of God can […]
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Through the weeks of Eastertide we have followed the growing understanding of what it meant for Jesus to remain with us after his resurrection. Starting from the confusion immediately following the empty tomb; to the recognition by the women who were closest to Jesus, and the rest of the disciples, that he was still present;
It’s natural to think that the Feast of Ascension is about what happened to Jesus at the end of his time on earth. But that isn’t really where the focus lies. The Feast of the Ascension isn’t so much about what happened to Jesus, rather it’s about what happened to the disciples. Mark, as usual,
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What kind of a relationship do we have with Jesus? Or, perhaps a better question, what kind of relationship does he have with us? During the Easter season we’ve followed the gradual unveiling of the answer to this question. At first it was as companion and teacher (on the road to Emmaus), then as protector
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