Alleluia!
 
 
"Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
                                                                                                    ~ John 20:21
 
 
 
 
11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; 12and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. 13They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." 14When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
                                            John 20:1-18
Holy Women Near the Tomb/Saintes Femmes au tombeau
DENIS, Maurice, 1894 
Musée Départemental du Prieuré, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
http://perso.orange.fr/maurice.lamouroux/3JC/Mat2801_Women_Resurrection/source/99.htm
 
 

1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them.
                                        Luke 24:1-12

Who will roll away the stone ...
VARGHESE, Hanna Cheriyan
Malasia
http://www.asianchristianart.org/profile/HVarghese/pages/hanna15.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earth's saddest day and gladdest day
were just three days apart!
                                                            ~ Susan Coolidge
 
 
 
The heavy, ponderous stone
that sealed Jesus in the confines
of that rock-walled tomb was
but a pebble compared to the Rock of Ages inside.
                                                            ~ Anonymous
 
 

 
 
 
Dwarf daffodils on Wednesday ... before the snow!
 
 
Our church had a joint Seder Supper with
members of Beth Evergreen for Maundy Thursday.
 
It was a meaningful and serious time.
Well, except for certain members.
<gr>
 
 
Evergreen Rotary Club
Our speakers this week were five members of a
Group Study Exchange Team from Shanghai.
 
Annabel Wang text messaging to her parents in Shanghai
after successfully speaking to our Rotary group. She said
she can't afford to call them every day, but she can send
messages every day.  Sometimes several!
 
Carmon and Donald at Carmon's Opening Reception for his canvases at
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
 
 
 
 
 
EASTER MORNING

The stirring wildness of God
  
    calls brittle bones to leaping
and stone hearts to soaring.
      
Old women dance among the stars.
                                                                              
                                                               
Ann Weems         
 
 
 
 
 
April 8, 2007    Easter/Resurrection of the Lord
 
Previous OPQs may be found at:      
          http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm 
 
 
 
 
6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.
                            John 20:1-18
 
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
 
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 
 
 
18Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?" 19He asked them, "What things?" They replied, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.
                              Luke 24:13-49
 
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
 
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

http://www.sevenoaksart.co.uk/easter.htm

 

 

Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12

Easter Evening:
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 114:1-8
1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
Luke 24:13-49

 
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