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J1937

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Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/13/2009 1:07 PM ( #1 )
Edda has kindly translated this prayer into English. Let the hope of Easter radiate into our everyday lives!

You who are Alive
You are stronger than death
    I lift up to you every kind of death    the paralyzing loneliness    the broken relationship    the bottomless sadness    the witless wasting away    the terrible misery    the painful separation    the distressing tragedy    the dying of loved ones    my own death   Be the life in every death Set a new beginning to life over and over again. - Anton Rotzetter

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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/13/2009 3:06 PM ( #2 )
Thank you Julianna and Edda,
 
Let the hope of Easter radiate into our everyday lives!
 
I hope so too as this Easter I really felt closer to Jesus more than I have
 
ever done through out my life.
 
God bless you all,Rainbow


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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/14/2009 5:56 AM ( #3 )
Thank you Juliana and Edda . . .
for this poem
and translation.
Where there is life,
there must be hope . . .
death as we know it
is really only a door opening into a new beginning,
isn't it?

everything counts...
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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/14/2009 6:42 PM ( #4 )

Set a new beginning to life over and over again. - Anton Rotzetter

 
Beautiful......
 
love it.....
 
Thank You for sharing this, Julianna!
 
Peace, Love and Joy,
Diane
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What a gift and connection builder!
Love and Gratitude,
Love who You Are
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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/27/2009 6:46 AM ( #5 )
Let me share what Richard Rohr says in his meditation for today, as it touches the lives of each one of us:

If you accept that there was a Resurrection that will not necessarily lead to any active or transformative faith. (Of course God could raise up Jesus if he wanted to. Mere belief in miracles does not transform us.) But if you can trust that God would do the same for you, then you also will be changed, and you can begin to change the world. The Resurrection was not a miracle to prove that Jesus was in union with God, although it does have that effect. It is the revelation of how God does things in all of time!
Just saying “Wow!” about Jesus being raised from the dead, does nothing for God, for the world, or for you. It is the same excitement as a magic show. But if you can say “Wow!” about what can and is happening now, then the Mystery of Resurrection has moved into our space and our time—and all time. Resurrection is God’s job description, not a one time magic show.


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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/27/2009 12:27 PM ( #6 )
Dear Juliana,
 
To me, resurrection is something that happens continuously. There are many "deaths" in our lives, losses, disappointments, illnesses and so forth, but they are followed by "resurrections" as well. I think of these cycles as rehearsals for that final encounter with death and the the Resurrection that follows.
"As it went for Jesus, so it goes for us!" the mystic, Bernadette Roberts said. 
 
Edda
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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/27/2009 4:49 PM ( #7 )

To me, resurrection is something that happens continuously


For me too Edda .

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

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RE: Keeping the hope of Easter in our hearts - 4/27/2009 5:05 PM ( #8 )
I love your take on this dear Edda . . .
ebb and flow . . .
cycles, circles, spirals
ever reaching out towards eternity
with love . . .
sparrow
everything counts...

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