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Clown for Easter

4/4/2018

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A friend and colleague sent me this cross.  I wasn’t sure what to make of it.  Was it mocking the cross?  Then I thought about crosses we wear around our necks.  I thought of crosses studded with diamonds and pearls.  They have come along way from the cross Jesus was crucified on. I thought of the crosses on hot cross buns.  What have we done with the cross?  Yet surely the cross can be something joyful to us, who know that Jesus’ death on the cross brought forgiveness to us and eternal life.

This particular cross reminded me that this year Easter Day, the day of the resurrection, falls on 1st April, which is April Fool’s Day.  This cross is full of clowns, fools.

In Paul’s firsts letter to the Corinthians he said, “For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1.18

Here Paul recognises that without God’s grace to understand the resurrection it is foolishness.  God has granted us understanding.  We can rejoice. We know that the doom and gloom of Good Friday is not the end of the story. 

I do believe in the physical bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus.  I know this is difficult for many people. For many it is a science/faith question.  The resurrection might seem improbable and so it is not accepted as true.  But I take comfort from Anselm of Canterbury, who said, "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand" 

The last time Easter fell on April 1 was 62 years ago in 1956.  The next time the two holidays will converge will be in 2029 and then again in 2040.

In the meantime, I can smile at this cross and see something of the joy and fun that is the whole of the Easter season.

Christ is risen.  He is risen indeed.



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Ashlee M link
1/12/2020 10:13:07 pm

Hi thanks for posting tthis

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