Good morning! We now live into the end, or purpose, of the resurrection. These hymn lyrics from the Iona Community, John Bell and Graham Maule, remind us of the transformative power of living Hope.
Christ has risen while earth slumbers,
Christ has risen where hope died,
As he said and as he promised,
As we doubted and denied.
Let the moon embrace the blessing;
Let the sun sustain the cheer;
Let the world confirm the rumour:
Christ is risen, God is here!
2. Christ has risen for the people
Whom he died to love and save;
Christ has risen for the women
Bringing flowers to grace his grave.
Christ has risen for disciples
Huddled in an upper room.
He whose word inspired creation
can’t be silenced by the tomb.
3. Christ has risen to companion
Former friends who fear the night,
Sensing loss and limitation
Where their faith had once burned bright.
They bemoan what is no longer,
They expect no hopeful sign
Till Christ ends their conversation,
breaking bread and sharing wine.
4. Christ has risen and forever
Lives to challenge and to change
All whose lives are stressed or damaged,
All who find religion strange.
Christ is risen. Christ is present
Making us what he has been —
Evidence of transformation
in which God is known and seen.
