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I receive a number of RSS feeds from various sites, including quite a few Christian web sites. Usually, after reading them these days I am somewhat despondent after all the news of the state of the world wide Anglican Communion.
But this was a great read. I hope the bishops at Lambeth read it. As you say, it is the heart of the Gospel.
I am sitting here at home in my office facing the daily problems of work. It is cold, and wet outside. It is a thoroughly miserable day. But now I feel good.
Thanks for making my day.
On the other hand, emphasising only the Resurrection to the expense of the Crucifixion is not a good thing either. The way I’ve heard some Evangelicals talk, it seems they think the Crucifixion was just a temporary setback (or at least an apparent one). And little more than that. We must admit that our Lord’s death is a pretty important part of the Gospel - it brought about our Redemption. “We preach Christ crucified: A stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles”
Catholics celebrate Christ’s death and Resurrection every day, but particularly His Death on Good Friday, and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. After this, most Fridays take their lead from Good Friday though in a lesser way, while Sundays particularly celebrate the Resurrection.
We need to keep all these aspects of our Faith alive and real. There is nothing wrong with a prayer that emphasises one aspect or the another. Quite admittedly it’s not the whole story. It’s not supposed to be a last-ditch effort to tell everyone everything you know about the Gospel. The Way of the Cross brings out the great trials Christ went through out of Love for us. These deserve recognition.
It is not true or fair to characterise Catholicism as not emphasising the Resurrection. It’s just that we don’t forget about all the rest of it.
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