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christ has risen

praise the lord :-D

Wonderful Joy :-)

“The death of Christ was the most dreadful blow ever given to the empire of darkness.”
(William Plumer)

Christ is risen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i5ngjDDvok

Dear All

Hello

Hope you are okay.

One of my favourite hymns:

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THE OLD RUGGED CROSS


On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;

And I love that old cross where the dearest and best,
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.




Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;

For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above,
To bear it to dark Calvary.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine
Such a wonderful beauty I see

For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and sanctify me.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.




To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,
It's shame and approach gladly bear;

Then He'll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down,

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.


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Take gentle care all
Best wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8466169/Maundy-Thursday-what-is-it.html

Maundy Thursday is the common name for Holy Thursday and marks the beginning of the three day celebrating of Easter.
It commemorates the day of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles and gets its name from the Latin word mandatum, which means "commandment."
Near the end of the Last Supper, after Judas had departed, Christ said to His disciples, "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
During the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples' feet. This act has sometimes been followed literally in history as a good way of reminding rulers that they are here to serve their subjects.
In England, the custom of washing feet by the Monarch was carried out until 1689. Up until then the King or Queen would wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey.

However, to spare the Royal couple the feet were first washed by Yeoman of the Laundry before the monarch had to wash them and kiss them. Food and clothing were also handed out to the poor.
The night of Maundy Thursday is the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.
The name Maundy Thursday is today more common among Protestants than among Catholics, who tend to use Holy Thursday, while Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox refer to Maundy Thursday as Great and Holy Thursday.
Yeomen of the Guards carry the Maundy money in red and white leather purses on golden alms trays on their heads.
The money in the red purse is money in lieu of food and clothing while the money in the white purse is the Maundy coins.
From the fifteenth century, the amount of Maundy coins handed out, and the number of people receiving the coins, is related to the years of the Sovereign’s life.
This year two purses were given to 85 men and 85 women to mark the Queen's age – a white purse containing 85p in Maundy coins and a red purse containing £5 coin and 50p piece

It's LENT still here, PALM SUNDAY is this Sunday. Easter is next weekend so MAUNDY THURSDAY is 9th April , GOOD FRIDAY is 10th April and EASTER DAY 12th April.

The Greek Orthodox follow the Jewish Passover. The Passover is this weekend so that's why it's Palm Sunday here this weekend.

Thank you, Pat.

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Good Friday: there was darkness.

Christ Is Risen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMwPEmUMP7U
King's College Choir - Jesus Christ is risen today



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ImUe_UxHQ
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge "It is a Thing Most Wonderful", Richard Marlow

Dear All

Hello


I can think of nothing better than this prayer for this special day:


Our Father, which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth,

As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

The power, and the glory,

For ever and ever.

Amen.

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Take gentle care
With very best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Amen to that Elizabeth......

Amen.

Note to self - do not go to bed before 00.30 am Sunday morning.

It's Good Friday here, lent is nearly over. Huge amounts of meat are bought this week up to Sunday. Lent means no meat for 40 days so Sunday is overdose with meat - A and Es get overrun with stomach aches.

On Saturday evening there is a late service, they emerge from the church at midnight and therefore Easter Day. To celebrate the Light of the World returning a bonfire is lit and each church has a firework display. Hence the not going to bed before the fireworks are over, we are about halfway between 2 churches. It's very disconcerting to be woken by explosions as most of the fireworks are banger types.

I watched David Suchet in In the steps of St. Peter on Good Friday and part 2 on Easter Day. Very interesting

May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdwQV54AEk4

Christ is Risen! Hallelujah - Organ With Lyrics - Easter Triumphant Hymn

Beautiful JoyDean, thank you. Happy Easter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08m93mg

A feast of Easter carols and hymns at this festal Easter Eucharist live from Norwich Cathedral with preacher the Bishop of Norwich the Rt Revd Graham James.

Thine be the Glory (Maccabaeus); Communion service in C (Stanford); Acts 10:34-43; Easter Anthems (Ashley Grote); Gospel Acclamation (Michael Nicholas); John 20:1-18; The Lord of the Dance (Carter arr. Ashley Grote); The Day of Resurrection (Ellacombe); Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (Handel)
Master of Music: Ashley Grote, Organist: David Dunnett. Producer: Helen Lee.

Happy Easter.

Dear Joyous

Hello

I was trying to find this thread recently.

My favourite Easter Hymn, is The Old Rugged Cross.

The lyrics are simple and the music so gentle.

Take gentle care
Best wishes
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Hello,

I looked this up on Maundy Thursday.

Michael Crawford sings Gesthemane, such a powerful This is a very rendition
of the song.

LYRICS

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JESUS


I only want to say,

If there is a way,

Take this cup away from me

For I don't want to taste its poison.

Feel it burn me,

I have changed.

I'm not as sure, as when we started.

Then, I was inspired.

Now, I'm sad and tired.

Listen, surely I've exceeded expectations,

Tried for three years, seems like thirty.

Could you ask as much from any other man?

But if I die,

See the saga through and do the things you ask of me,

Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree.

I'd want to know, I'd want to know, My God,

I'd want to know, I'd want to know, My God,

Want to see, I'd want to see, My God,

Want to see, I'd want to see, My God,

Why I should die.

Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?

Would the things I've said and done matter any more?

I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord,

Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord,

Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord,

Have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord,

If I die what will be my reward?

If I die what will be my reward?

Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord,

I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord,

Why should I die? Oh why should I die?

Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?

Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain.

Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die.

You're far to keen and where and how, but not so hot on why.

Alright, I'll die!

Just watch me die!

See how I die!

Then I was inspired.

Now, I'm sad and tired.

After all, I've tried for three years, seems like ninety.

Why then am I scared to finish what I started,

What you started - I didn't start it.

God, thy will is hard,

But you hold every card.

I will drink your cup of poison.

Nail me to your cross and break me,

Bleed me, beat me,

Kill me.

Take me, now!

Before I change my mind.

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The website link is:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=gethsemane%2c+micahel+crawford%2c+youtube&view=detail&mid=B531F1162BE94E6F985AB531F1162BE94E6F985A&FORM=VIRE

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Take gentle care
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx