Entering Sacred Space and Time IV
Entering Sacred Space and Time IV
Every Sunday is a little Easter.
Every Sunday we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus and the Easter promise of resurrection for all of us.
The Church, from her very beginning, gathered on the Lord’s Day to hear the stories of Jesus, learn the teachings of the Apostles, and break bread together as an act of thanksgiving and of covenant renewal.
The Church celebrates the Easter event each Sunday; making sacred that day of the week, calling all believers to gather in unity with the Risen Lord and one another.
Sunday is a holy day to Christians and, as such, is set aside in order to gather in unity and faith. We embrace Sunday as a holy day, a day when we intentionally meet with other believers, hear the Sacred Texts and share in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
Going to Services on Sunday is a way to give that one day of the week the marks of sacred time and space. In doing so, we celebrate a great mystery.
We wake up every Sunday with the shout: “Alleluia, Christ is Risen!” ringing throughout the universe. Our hearts know this is a special day of rejoicing and awe.
Sunday is the day we remind the world that everything changed with the rolling away of the stone and finding a tomb, empty.
It is a Christian’s greatest joy to meet on the Lord’s Day, recalling that first Easter and the way everything looked different with the appearance of the Risen Lord. We have met in caves, in basements, in prisons and in barns. We have gathered in cathedrals and private homes. We have met in good days and evil ones. We have gathered fearing for our lives and rejoicing in them. We have done so for 2,000 years.
We continue that ancient celebration each week at Trinity. We continue being an Easter people. We hold the story of death and resurrection in our hearts, on our lips, in our prayers, and on that day we call Sunday – the first day of the week – the first day of new and unending life for us all.
In doing so, we carry resurrection with us each day of the week. Proclaiming a sacred mystery – The tomb is empty, he is risen.
Let us keep Sunday sacred as our ancestors did.
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