{"id":2394,"date":"2018-04-06T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2018-04-06T21:01:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:01:29","slug":"around-swan-hill-parish-friday-6th-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=2394","title":{"rendered":"Around Swan Hill Parish – Friday 6th April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was won\"\"<\/a>derful to see a great congregation of smiling faces on Easter Day, as locals and visitors alike gathered to sing praises to the Risen Christ and exchange his greeting \u201cPeace be with you\u201d.<\/p>\n

A small group had kept the Maundy Thursday\u00a0traditional remembrance of the Passover in preceding the Last Supper by humbly and obediently washing each other\u2019s feet to Jesus\u2019 example.\u00a0 After communion, as Rev. Denis read the liturgy of the Passion the altar and chancel were stripped of all adornments, and in total silence the lights were extinguished as people left the solemn scene.<\/p>\n

On Good Friday the Ecumenical (inter-denominational) service at the Grain Shed was followed by walking the \u201cWay of the Cross\u201d, \u00a0then sharing hot cross buns for morning tea.<\/p>\n

Saturday,\u00a0Easter Eve, was a day of remembering the bewilderment and desolation \u00a0of Jesus\u2019 closest friends, in fear that they too would be rounded up and punished for their three year association with his ministry.<\/p>\n

At daybreak on Easter Day people gathered in darkness at the boat ramp in Nyah West to light the fire of Christ\u2019s resurrection, then to return to their local churches to share the joy of the greatest celebration.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s world many of the so called \u2018poorer countries\u2019 are seeing a growing number of people taking up the\u00a0 message of the Gospels, yet in the last Australian Census only 30 % of people claimed to be Christian.<\/p>\n

Easter has become just a holiday, rather than a Holy Day.<\/p>\n

Technology has many blessings, and on our devices provides an increasing number of APPS. Well-known Father Bob, a missionary priest to Melbourne\u2019s streets and lanes, pronounced on Easter Day that \u201cJesus is God\u2019s \u00a0app!\u201d ( and it\u2019s free to those who accept the risen Christ.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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