Easter Sunday - Liverpool Cathedral 2020

​Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
He is risen indeed, Alleluia!
 
Easter Day has arrived after what I think has been a very long Lent. Who would have thought that, when we said ‘we are dust and to dust we shall return’ on Ash Wednesday (February 10), we would be celebrating Easter and Christ’s resurrection in the midst of a pandemic and with closed cathedrals and churches. The last month of Lent has been very different and certainly today is very different.
 
As I reflect on Easter Day, in the places we find ourselves, I am once again taken back to my walks in St James’ Gardens. On Good Friday, as I walked, I was reflecting on Christ’s death, but I was reflecting on Christ’s resurrection and the picture I offer you today is that of a Horse Chestnut Tree. When I began my walks about a month ago this tree was stripped of its leaves and now it has beautiful, vibrant green leaves sure sign and hope that spring has sprung and that summer is on its way. Out of the darkness and death of autumn and winter has come new life and resurrection. As you look at nature there has over the past few days been a real sense of growth, of beauty, of life, and of resurrection hope.
 
Easter for me is always a joyous occasion. I think it is because of the light and joy that resurrection brings us through the death of God’s Son and through Christ’s resurrection.
 
Wherever you celebrate Easter today hold on to the joy and peace that the resurrection of Christ brings, hold on to the hope that from the darkness of Covid 19 light and life will come. Hold on to the knowledge that, while we celebrate Easter in a different way we can all proclaim.
 
Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
He is risen indeed, Alleluia!
 
Please join us for our Easter Service here: 

​If you'd like to follow along the text of the liturgy, see the Order of Service pdf here: 

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​See an Easter Greeting for our Sepas Community: 

​Our Preparing for the Sunday Lectionary sheet can be found on our Resources page, under the "Worship" column: https://www.prayerforliverpool.org/prayer-resources.html.
 
Children’s activities can also be found on our Resources page, under the "Education" column: https://www.prayerforliverpool.org/prayer-resources.html.

We wish you all a very happy Easter. 
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Dean Sue