March 24, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 97, 115, 124
Exodus 12:14-27a
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Mark 16:1-8

II. Selections
Psalm 124:7
We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.

Exodus 12:26-27a
" ...And when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this observance?' you shall say, 'It is the passover sacrifice to the LORD ...' " [ Moses to the elders of Israel]

1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which you also stand ...

Mark 16:6
But [ the young man dressed in a white robe] said to [ the women], "Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. ... "

III. Meditation: Like a bird

We look for you in the wrong place;
remind us of the good news we heard,
and received, and in which we stand:

From the snare of the fowlers,
he escaped like a bird;
you broke the snare,
and he escaped;
and we, too.

When our children ask us,
"What does it mean?"
we must say that
you broke the snare,
and he escaped like a bird,
and we escaped with him, so
remember to look in the right place.