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Independence Day 2023

 

Spring 2023

 

Easter Monday 2023

 

The Empty Tomb: Christ has Risen!

Illustration 269919729 © Vladischern | Dreamstime.com

Easter Sunday 2023

Appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene

(Public Domain Photo Reproduction (Wikimedia) of the oil painting depicting the risen Jesus Christ speaking with Mary Magdalene, by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Ca. 1835)

"Meanwhile Mary stayed out side near the tomb, weeping.  Then, still weeping she stooped to look inside and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.  They said 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away' she replied 'and I don't know where they have put him'  As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not recognize him. Jesus said, 'Woman why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him', Jesus said, 'Mary!' She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbuni!' which means Master.  Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not ascended to the Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' So Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her." (John 20:11-18)

Note: Scripture passage is from the  Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,

Good Friday 2023

 

Amidst chaos, Jesus is crucified with two thieves

(Photo ID 77227510 © Jozef Sedmak | Dreamstime.com.  A  photo of a Fresco of the Crucifixion in the Cathedral of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Giovanna Antonio de Sacchis, nicknamed Pordenone (1484-1539)

"Then they took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull or, as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either side with Jesus in the middle.  Pilot wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.  This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.  So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, 'You should not write "King of the Jews", but "This man said: I am King of the Jews"'  Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written'." (John 19:17-22)

Note: Scripture passage is from the  Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,

Holy Thursday 2023

 

Jesus washes Peter's feet at the feast of the Passover

(Photo 261287578 © Pascal Deloche | Dreamstime.com of Wood panel ca. 1500 by Giovanni Agostino da Lodi seen in Galerie dell Accademia in Florence, Italy)

" It was before the festival of the Passover, and Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had always loved those who were his in the world but now he showed how perfect his love was

"They were at supper, and the devil had already put it into the mind of Judas Iscariot son of Simon, to betray him. Jesus knew that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God, and he got up from table, removed his outer garment and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and begam to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing. 

"He came to Simon Peter who said to him 'Lord are you going to wash my feet'' Jesus answered 'At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.' 'Never!' said Peter 'You shall never wash my feet.' Jesus replied, 'If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me'. 'Then, Lord,' said Simon Peter 'not only my feet but my hands and my head as well!' Jesus said, 'No one who has taken a bath needs washing, he is clean all over.'  You too are clean, though not all of you are.'  He knew who was going to betray him, that was why he said, 'though not all of you are'." (John 13:1-11)

Note: Scripture passage is from the  Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,