A Tuesday Message from the Rector
Some of us stay at the cross, some of us wait at the tomb,

Quickened and raised with Christ yet lingering still in the gloom.

Some of us 'bide at the Passover feast with Pentecost all unknown,

The triumphs of grace in the heavenly place that our Lord
has made His own.

If the Christ who died had stopped at the cross,
His work had been incomplete.

If the Christ who was buried had stayed in the tomb,
He had only known defeat,

But the way of the cross never stops at the cross and
the way of the tomb leads on

To victorious grace in the heavenly place where
the risen Lord has gone.         
                                                                                                   
Annie Johnson Flint

Dear Christ Church family,

Eastertide is the most important season in the Church year. We have begun a deeply historic, fifty-day season in which we especially remember and rejoice in the Resurrection of Christ.  

This is a time to celebrate. This is a time to rejoice! This is a time to give thanks. 

But how? 

It seems odd to have a party during a ‘stay at home’ season throughout Texas and most of the country. Friends, we might be unable to gather in person to celebrate, but nothing can contain our joyful cry – ‘ Alleluia, Christ is Risen! ’ For even behind closed doors, over the next seven weeks, you and I join with the saints of God from all over the world in celebrating the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We do not expect that life will be supernaturally sorted out over these fifty days. The economic and public health emergency we faced together in March will continue to confront us through April and May.  

But in Eastertide, we remember that Jesus conquered death for us. We recall that whatever obstacles we encounter, we can, as Paul writes to the Philippians, ‘do all things through Christ who strengthens’ us . 

So observe Eastertide as a festive season. Pray and Worship with Christ Church online. Connect with friends and family. Plant flowers. Open the blinds. Let in the light! 

And lift your voice with all the Church throughout the world who shout our Eastertide acclaim – ‘ The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! ’

Faithfully yours in Christ,
David+