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Easter worship at Saint Matthews was a Joyous celebration.
Maundy means command: Jesus commanded to his followers was to love one another.
Rather than just a sermon, our entire Palm Sunday service is recorded here. During it, we celebrated Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, as well as remember the events of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
A seed falls into darkness… comes apart… loses itself… and grows into something new. When we let go of self-protection and give ourselves in love, new miraculous life emerges.
Fear surrounds us and makes us vulnerable. Jesus invites us to share in his vulnerability and share in God’s grace. Only love can give us peace and can carry us through.
We may think Jesus–or we ourselves– could “pay” for our sins, but God’s grace is not given in exchange for anything. It’s just a gift. When we see that, we ourselves may begin to overturn some moneylender’s tables.
To “take up your cross” is to be willing to suffer for love, and to enter into the world’s pain. Because we believe ourselves to be love and not just bodies, we trust God will give us life even as we pour ourselves out– because to love is truly to be alive.
Ever said, “I don’t know what got into me?” Repentance- our special focus in the season of Lent-is not getting down on yourself. It’s facing the things that “get into you” and getting free of them, so that you can be yourself.