Sunday, April 14th, 2024

Third Sunday of Easter

An illustration of peace in Japanese culture is the concept of "wa" (和), which embodies harmony, tranquillity, and peace. 

Worship

Third Sunday of Easter:

Sunday, April 14th at 10:30 AM. Sunday Worship. Stay after the service for fellowship and treats.

Clergy Message

おはようございます、そしてようこそ!


今日の福音書では、イエスが復活の後に弟子たちに現れ、彼らに平和を与える場面に出会います。


最初は驚き恐れ、弟子たちは彼を幽霊と間違えます。しかし、イエスは自分の手や足を見せて彼が復活した主であることを証明し、幽霊ではないことを安心させます。さらに、彼の身体的存在を強調するために、彼は彼らと食事を共にします。その後、イエスは自分の死と復活が聖書の預言を満たすことを詳しく説明し、エルサレムから始めて、彼の名によって悔い改めと罪の赦しを宣べ伝えるように弟子たちに命じます。彼は彼らに平和を授けます。


この場面は非常に重要であり、イエスの死に対する勝利、彼の実在する復活、そして弟子たちに世界中に福音を広めるように命じることを強調しています。


私たちの復活した主への信仰は単なる概念ではなく、実際の現実です。死者からよみがえったイエスは、幽霊でも想像の産物でもなく、実際の存在です。彼は私たちの人間性を共有し、傷や傷跡、試練を受けています。


実際に、キリストは復活しており、私たちと共に歩み、この人生での私たちの課題、恐れ、おそれを超越するのを手助けしてくれます。永遠の喜びと幸福への歓迎まで、私たちに平和を提供してくれます。


私たちの生活にイエスが存在し、私たちが彼と調和し、日々彼のメッセージを証言できるように、熱心に祈りましょう。私たちも彼の平和を経験し、他の人にもそれを広げられるように祈りましょう。


愛と祝福をこめて、



ホセ・ルイス+


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Good morning, and welcome!


In today's Gospel, we encounter the scene where Jesus appears to his disciples after his resurrection and offers them Peace. 


Initially startled and frightened, the disciples mistake him for a ghost. However, Jesus reassures them by showing his hands and feet, proving he is their risen Lord, not a spectre. To further emphasize his physical presence, he shares a meal with them. Jesus then expounds on how his death and resurrection fulfil the Scriptures and commissions them to preach repentance and forgiveness of sins in his name, beginning from Jerusalem. He imparts his Peace to them.


This passage is profoundly significant as it underscores Jesus' triumph over death, his tangible resurrection, and his charge to the disciples to spread the Gospel worldwide.


Our faith in the Risen Lord is not a mere concept but a tangible reality. Jesus, risen from the dead, is not a ghost or a figment of imagination but a real and palpable entity. He shares in our humanity, bearing wounds, scars, and trials.


Truly, Christ has risen, and he walks beside us, helping us to transcend our challenges, fears, and timidity in this life until he welcomes us into eternal joy and happiness, offering us Peace above all.


Let us fervently pray for Jesus to be present in our lives so that we may align ourselves with him and testify to his message daily. May we also experience His Peace and extend it to others.


With love and blessings,



José Luis+


Schedule at Holy Cross

Important Updates and Dates:


Father José Luis will serve at Holy Cross as a supply clergy. He will no longer be responsible for creating communications content. Thank you.


ホセ・ルイス神父はホーリークロス教会で代替牧師となります。今後は彼はコミュニケーションコンテンツの作成を担当しません。



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