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From Archbishop Jeremy:
"When people are carrying such heavy loads, talk of hope and resurrection can sound hollow, especially if our words are not spoken with tenderness and with care.
We need to work hard at striking the right tone, at finding words that will be helpful rather than inflict more harm.
In some ways, that is why the journey through Holy Week is so important: walking step by step through it all and not rushing to Easter Day.
The slow, mindful journey allows us space and time to “do the work” – the work of grief and trauma – alongside those who walk the road with us.
In the end this work is important, and is ours to do, because the Resurrection for which we wait is not an easy or simple way to new life.
Quoting from Anna Olsens book Claiming Resurrection in a dying church (p. 11) our Archbishop wrote: Resurrection “tosses out our comfortable hopes for the familiar and rewrites the future in spite of us. Resurrection is God’s alone. Our part in it is the dying part. The rising is all God’s, and the shape of the Risen One belongs to God as well.”
“Our part in it is the dying part” and that is the journey of holy week.
Resurrection is, as always, in God’s hands and will surprise us once again with how it looks in the world and in our lives.
“Do the work.” “Speak hope with tenderness.” “Resurrection is in God’s hands.”
“Trust that, as the 66 books of the bible attest, God can do anything but fail.”"
Hope 25 Collect prayer:
God of Hope you call on us to be your witnesses in this uncertain world;
by your Spirit awaken in us a true vision of your kingdom,
a greater certainty of our salvation, and a deeper dedication to your service;
that through our words and actions the same Spirit may bring many who are lost to be found,
and for them to celebrate the hope that we can only have in Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
Hope 25 - A Study | Seasonal Study Programs | Holy Hermits Online
