Christ is
Risen, His Church in His Heart is One ( Catholic Parish of the Nativity of
Jesus, Father Michael Shields of the Heart of Jesus, Mission to Magadan e-news May 2014 )
The Russian greeting for Easter, as many know, is Christ is Risen. The
answer is, Indeed He is Risen.
We will shout this out, sing this out and greet each
other daily until Pentecost. The Russian heart longs for the Risen Lord after
so many years where this greeting could only be whispered for fear of arrest or
some kind of persecution. Today we see churches and people alive in the Holy
Spirit and greeting each other in the Risen Lord.
This year the Easter celebration was on the same day as our
Orthodox brothers and sisters.
We were really one church under the Lordship of the One
Lord Jesus Christ, and in our streets Catholics and Orthodox greeted each
other.
What an incredible joy! We
had pussy willow Sunday together; called in the
liturgical time Palm Sunday, however in Russia
Then we celebrated Holy Week with the washing of the
feet, adoring of the cross and the Easter Joy of the Risen Christ; all were
shared with the Orthodox.
I hear Jesus’ words deeply in my heart, so that they might be
one as we are one.
On Easter we all, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant here
in Magadan shouted together the great Christian proclamation of faith that
changed the world “Christ is Risen. Indeed He is Risen.”
The miracle has happened now, we seek Him and wait to see
how he will heal and unite and bring his broken body into one with Him.
Pray with me dear friends, of the Mission
Humility to seek the unity that Jesus wants for His
church of both the east and of the west.
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