Sunday, April 20, 2014

See the place where he lay





 Jesus Christ is risen today. Alleluia!


Easter blessings to you all



Hymn: Words: Compleat Psalmodist, 1749, based on a 14th century Latin carol, "Surrexit Christus hodie"
            Music: Easter Hymn (Lyra Davidica, 1708)

Image via Google: Women at the Empty Tomb: detail from stained glass window in Chartres Cathedral, c. 1150. 



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41 comments:

  1. Susan Heather20 April 2014 at 06:24

    and to you Perpetua

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 09:11

      Thanks, Susan. I hope you've had a lovely Easter Day. The sun is shining for ours. :-)

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  2. Patricia20 April 2014 at 09:57

    Easter blessings to you and yours Perpetua x

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 10:07

      Thanks, Patricia. Have a wonderful Easter Day.

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  3. Linda P20 April 2014 at 10:28

    Easter blessings to you and your family, Perpetua. Have a lovely day!

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 12:21

      Thanks, Linda, and I hope you too have a wonderful day.

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  4. valerietilsten59.blogspot.com20 April 2014 at 11:13

    A happy blessed Easter Sunday , Perpetua
    A beautiful post.
    God bless
    Val x

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 12:22

      Thanks, Val. Wishing you a very joyful Easter also.

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  5. Helva20 April 2014 at 11:52

    Prayers & blessings to you both. We've got mist and gloom here, and rain is forecast, but we've just had a lovely Communion (lots more folk than usual) preceded by a 'Sonrise' Easter fire at Mochdre (0600hrs - followed by bacon butties and hot cross buns! Holy week has been really good this year. Can't e-mail at the moment - my computer has packed up, and I can receive but not send on the laptop for some reason. It won't get sorted until after the holiday (i.e. until BH gets back from the Sailing Club!!) Love, H

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 12:26

      And the same to you both, Helva. Sorry about your gloomy Easter weather, but I'm not going to apologise for our cloudlessly sunny day up here as we had truly awful weather last weekend, while places further south were sunning themselves. Glad your Holy Week has been so rewarding. So has mine, about which more anon. Now go and relax away from the computer for a bit. :-)

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  6. Yamini MacLean20 April 2014 at 14:00

    Hari OM
    His Light shines forth this day! Trust you are having a truly peaceful and restorative time. YAM xx

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 23:08

      Thanks, Yam. It's been a truly wonderful Easter Day, even to the cloudless sky. :-)

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  7. Linda Myers20 April 2014 at 17:08

    And you as well, Perpetua.

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  8. Helen Devries20 April 2014 at 17:15

    'weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning'.
    And what joy!

    I'm so glad that the sun is shining on you at last after all the murk and gloom.

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 23:09

      Oh yes, such joy, Helen. It's been a particularly special Easter Day for me this year and the unbroken sunshine has been such a treat. :-)

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  9. Molly20 April 2014 at 19:19

    Happy Easter to you and your family. Today has been such a lovely special day.

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    1. Kathy20 April 2014 at 23:10

      Thanks, Molly. I'm glad your Easter has been so special. Mine has too and I've revelled in the long-awaited sunshine. :-)

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  10. Anonymous21 April 2014 at 05:24

    Alleluia, Indeed! May the blessings of Easter carry forward into the new week, Perpetua. ox

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    1. Kathy21 April 2014 at 10:42

      Thank you, Debra. I'm sure they will. After a wonderful drive to our Easter Eucharist (of which more in my next post) the sun is shining again today. Up here in the north, that's a blessing in itself. :-)

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  11. Jane and Lance Hattatt21 April 2014 at 10:21

    Hello Perpetua:

    It is so wonderful that your posts this Eastertide relate to the true meaning of this Festival in the Church calendar. But then we should not have expected otherwise. We both wish you much joy and peace.

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    1. Kathy21 April 2014 at 10:45

      Good morning, Jane and Lance, and thank you.

      As Luther said, "Here I stand; I can do no other." Without the crucifixion and resurrection we'd have nothing to celebrate. It has been wonderful to celebrate Easter with others this year after being snowed-in and isolated last Easter.

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  12. Dee21 April 2014 at 18:37

    Dear Perpetua, may this Easter season be one filled with many opportunities for you to grow in the human spirit of compassion and in the belief of the possibility of peace. Thank you for seeking out that photograph of the Chartres resurrection window. Peace.

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    1. Kathy21 April 2014 at 20:11

      Thank you, Dee. I do hope this is true for me. I think the Chartres window is wonderful. Such creativity almost 900 years ago. I love the fact that something so fragile has survived so long, despite all the vicissitudes of human history.

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  13. chaplain.cz21 April 2014 at 22:48

    Our opening hymn in both Prague & Brno yesterday! Alleluia, Christ is risen! And as both congregations responded, 'He is risen indeed. Alleluia!'

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    1. Kathy21 April 2014 at 23:05

      And at both the Church of Scotland morning service I attended and the evening Scottish Episcopal Eucharist 50 miles away, where we naturally used the Easter greeting. Both services ended with "Thine be the glory", just as they should. :-)

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    2. chaplain.cz22 April 2014 at 12:50

      We sang 'Thine be the glory' as the final hymn in both Prague & Brno. But I also heard it sung a third time in Czech, as the final hymn of the Easter Day service of our Czech Protestant host congregation in Prague.

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    3. Kathy22 April 2014 at 12:56

      It's the perfect hymn to end with on Easter Day. :-)

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  14. Anonymous21 April 2014 at 23:12

    He is risen indeed. Happy Easter to you and yours: I shall go on greeting people like this for the entire Octave! :)

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    1. Kathy22 April 2014 at 11:52

      Thanks, DB. The Easter greeting isn't only for Easter Day and of course in church we shall use it until Pentecost. :-)

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  15. Sally Wessely21 April 2014 at 23:49

    Amen. I hope your Easter was a blessed one.

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  16. Sally Wessely22 April 2014 at 00:02

    I've read your comments and must say that I would just love to go to a service in Scotland some time. One of the most memorable services in my life took place at St. Michael's church in Aberystwyth in 1994 when the BBC recorded the 90 year of the Welsh Revival. I was actually there for that service. What an amazing spiritual feast I had.

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    1. Kathy22 April 2014 at 11:56

      I really hope your wish comes true one day, Sally. I find worshipping with these small, remote congregations very special. The service you attended at St Mike's (as it's always known) was very different and indeed unique, as was the Welsh Revival of 1904 which it commemorated.

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  17. nerima roberts22 April 2014 at 03:35

    Happy Easter, Perpetua. It's been a long time since I've flown here to your beautiful blog. I'm almost retired now (end of June). I can't wait!

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    1. Kathy22 April 2014 at 11:57

      Happy Easter to you too, Nerima. How lovely to see you back in blogland at last. Roll on your long-awaited retirement when I hope to see you here more often. :-)

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  18. Penny O'Neill22 April 2014 at 05:54

    We Greeks say Christos Anesti. Different language, same meaning. Indeed.
    From the comments, I see you had a sunny Easter, Perpetua, as did we. It was so very joyous.

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    1. Kathy22 April 2014 at 11:59

      Christos Anesti. I'll try to remember that for next year, Penny. We did indeed have a gloriously sunny Easter Day and the sun is still with us, albeit peeping out from behind a lot more cloud today.

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  19. Kathy25 April 2014 at 09:13

    Thanks, Jerry.

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  20. Unknown26 April 2014 at 09:25

    Amazing! Hope you had a lovely Easter!
    Hugs, Debbie

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    1. Kathy26 April 2014 at 10:24

      Thanks, Debbie. I hope your Easter was wonderful too.

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