The Tomb is Empty!
“He has risen! He is not here!”
Rembrandt attempts to depict the impossible and unimaginable moment of Resurrection: light in the midst of darkness is the principal theme. An angel is the principle figure, and a tumble of dark soldiers falling away, as the heavy stone is lifted. The body of Jesus, half-animate, is unsettled and starting to stir; a blinding, sourceless light descending into that frame, causing the unseen violence that tilts the Romans upside-down.
It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
— The Prophet Isaiah (Isa 25:9)
Easter Sunday
Texts for Today
Prayer
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may, by your life-giving Spirit, be delivered from sin and raised from death; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Let God arise …
The beautiful Paschal verses from the Eastern tradition.
