From the Pastor

The blessed one in Luke is about being favored by God because of weakness and pain (Luke 6:17-26). God hears the cries of those who suffer. God does not side with those who do not share, or the full who do not feed the hungry, or the ones full of laughter who do not consider the ones suffering and weeping. Christ directs us to look at those experiencing hunger and poverty and pain (Luke 6:17-26).

Yes, we can make good decisions that lead to blessings, but we may find ourselves in difficult situations for whatever reasons. If experiencing troublesome times, look to God and know God is with you in your struggles. This is Good News for us when we experience troublesome times, and when you experience blessings, share it with those who lack.

For almost 2,000 years, Christ’s Church continues a tradition through its proclamation: The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the resurrection, we find a glimpse of what the future holds for human history. It is not gloom and doom, it is resurrection and life: Christ came to bring us life in the midst of our sin and failures, as individuals and as societies. Paul, and we, proclaim the tradition of the earliest Christians (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)

The resurrection tells us that the last word is God’s victory of love over hatred, kindness over malice, and life over death. This is indeed our proclamation! Only the future proves the truth of the resurrection, but in the meantime, we embrace the life and love that flows from God to us because Jesus rose from the dead.