Lazarus Saturday

 

I was reminded of one of my favourite songs

that I sang along to again and again back in Ottawa

when I was working a difficult job... 

it really captures the cry of the heart and lament 

and then unexpected glorious hope. 

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Really neat things at end of this blog post about

Lazarus' first and second tomb! 

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I made it to liturgy this morning for the Annunciation. 

We had fish afterwards to celebrate. 

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I still have some congestion in my ear area but

I hope I am getting better. 

It's hard to tell, as I have moments when I don't 

feel well and others that I feel fine. 

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Wishing everyone a blessed Holy Week 

(or Holy Weekend for those on the Western Calendar). 

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Soon we will all be together celebrating the life

changing news:

Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

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(Which reminds me of a story, I think in Romania, not sure,

during communist times when a professor was

going on about atheism being right and someone

asked to say just a little in refutation

and all he said was:

Christ is Risen

and the class answered Truly He is Risen! 

and the student sat back down...

(my Husband says that he remembers this story

that it was a Priest who said this after an

atheist pubic lecture but says this probably 

happened more than once, most people

in Orthodox countries, even if they don't 

go to church, know how to respond to

'Christ is Risen'... )