Easter Sunday

Easter - Christ Appears to Mary

Christ our Passover
has been sacrificed for us;
therefore
let us keep the feast.

1 Corinthians 5.7–8

Scriptures:
Acts 10. 34-43
Psalm 118. 1-2, 14-24
Colossians 3. 1-4
John 20. 1-18 

Or
View with Christ Church Cathedral at 10:50 a.m. HERE

Image:
Easter - Christ appears to Mary
JESUS MAFA
is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.

Dramatically picturesque, this painting of John’s resurrection narrative captures the moment when Mary recognizes Jesus outside the tomb where he was meant to be lying. She has fallen to her knees in joy and worship as she reaches out to touch him. Jesus holds his arm to himself as he commands her not to hold onto him for he “has not yet ascended to the father.” Mary’s happiness is infectious and stirs in the viewer a similar delight in believing that death does not have the final word.

fr: Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.