Colourful Dreamer

You can listen to this sermon here   Easter 2023 – Year A First Reading:         Acts 10: 34-43                                                         Gospel:                   Matt 28: 1-10     What I want to say: We are invited to bring our own trauma from recent times and to join the two Marys’ at the tomb. And we are invite with them to have our world rocked and to know that God’s life cannot be contained. Jesus’ resurrection changes everything for them and us.   We too are invited into the ongoing story to live resurrection lives. How have we met the risen Chr...

On Sunday we are invited to join Mary Magdalene and the other Mary at the tomb. They had suffered the trauma of holy week. Jerusalem had become increasingly more hostile, and with it the intensification of fear and anxiety all mixed with hope. They had been there at the arrest, heard about the trial, and witnessed the horror of the crucifixion as the earth shook and the sky darkened. They were traumatised, and they came to the tomb to mourn. No herbs and spices in Matthew. They have come to be in their shock and grief. This is a place to take the ache of trauma. We are invited to join them in all we have gone through over the last few years. Three years ago, we had walked holy week in our homes. And so much has happened since. This year there have been floods and cyclone Gabrielle here; earthquakes, war and more climate change disasters overseas. It is a lot.   And so we bring our trauma, our shock and grief from these last years and join Mary Magdalene and the other Mary at th...