Practice Resurrection: Act as signposts of hope
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Signposts of hope
With Easter, God's new creation is launched upon a surprised world, pointing ahead to the renewal, the redemption, the rebirth of the entire creation.... every act of love, every deed done in Christ and by the Spirit, every work of true creativity -- doing justice, making peace, healing families, resisting temptation, seeking and winning true freedom -- is an earthly event in a long history of things that implement Jesus's own resurrection and anticipate the final new creation and act as signposts of hope.
N.T. Wright
Surprised by Hope
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Today's Readings: Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30
The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Easter:
O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people;
Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who
calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with
you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.