He is Risen!

Luke 24:

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

“He is not here, but He has risen Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

And they remembered His words, and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened.

Happy Easter to all of my friends at Hot Air. I’ll be spending the day with family, and I hope you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends. I’d like to leave you with a couple of videos in the spirit of the day. Last night I attended Easter Vigil Mass, and we sang my favorite hymn, “Amazing Grace,” and I thought I’d share Leann Rimes’ version with you:

The second video actually goes in two parts. “Roll Away the Stone” by Tom Conry is one of my favorite Easter hymns, but I couldn’t find a YouTube of it in one piece. The second video shows how beautiful this song can be when handled by a choir that knows how to sing it. Hope you enjoy both — and I’ll be back tomorrow!