Witnesses
“They remembered the words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest” (Lk 24:8-9) When you receive this Survey article we will be in the middle of our Lenten Journey being over and the proclamation of Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! But once we can say those words - with a joy, Now what do we do? We traveled to the upper room on Maundy Thursday with Jesus and his disciples. We heard Jesus say those powerful, effective words that are still effective when we hear them on Sunday mornings, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of your sins” (Mt 26:28). We traveled to the foot of the cross on Good Friday and heard Jesus utter a lonely cry of abandonment, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (Mk 15:34)? We heard the words of finality that Jesus spoke with his last breath, “It is finished!” (Jn 19:30), paying in full the price for our Sin that separates us from God. And we traveled to the empty tomb to h
