WEBVTT 00:00:06.250 --> 00:00:14.609 in the tomb's bestowing light. Christ is risen. 00:00:14.710 --> 00:00:18.730 Indeed he is risen. His cross was blessed. His 00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:22.190 cross was blessed. His cross was blessed. His 00:00:22.190 --> 00:00:27.829 cross was blessed. His cross was blessed. What 00:00:27.829 --> 00:00:37.130 a joy. What a marvelous day. Let the heavens 00:00:37.130 --> 00:00:46.909 be glad we sing. And let the earth rejoice. Let 00:00:46.909 --> 00:00:51.530 the whole world, the visible and invisible, keep 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:55.829 the feast. For this is the day of resurrection. 00:00:56.590 --> 00:01:02.750 The day that the Lord has made. From death to 00:01:02.750 --> 00:01:08.769 life and from earth to heaven as Christ, our 00:01:08.769 --> 00:01:17.329 God, led us as we sing the song of victory. My 00:01:17.329 --> 00:01:23.230 dear people, by the mercy of God, we again have 00:01:23.230 --> 00:01:30.349 been blessed to enjoy this radiant feast day, 00:01:30.549 --> 00:01:37.400 this chosen and holy day. The feast of feasts, 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:43.980 which the gospel and the church continuously 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:54.099 proclaim and declare. Death is dispelled. Death 00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:58.879 has been destroyed. The annihilation of Hades 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:06.349 has taken place. of everlasting life has come 00:02:06.349 --> 00:02:14.030 on this stage to you and to me. The story of 00:02:14.030 --> 00:02:21.150 the resurrection of our Lord begins with the 00:02:21.150 --> 00:02:27.090 angel asking Mary Magdalene when they came to 00:02:27.090 --> 00:02:34.139 the temple, to the tomb of the temple. Why do 00:02:34.139 --> 00:02:37.180 you seek the living among the dead, he asked. 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:44.900 He is not here, referring to Jesus. He is risen. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:56.539 Go, tell his disciples. And pasta is like a glorious 00:02:56.539 --> 00:03:05.550 sunrise. It announces not only a new day, a renewal 00:03:05.550 --> 00:03:11.009 of a new day. But it announces a new creation. 00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:21.949 And this is why we as Orthodox, with unparalleled 00:03:21.949 --> 00:03:30.750 joy, with inexplicable and irrepressible happiness, 00:03:31.349 --> 00:03:38.969 proclaim Our joy. For you and me, my dear people, 00:03:39.150 --> 00:03:47.009 death has been overcome. The death of Christ 00:03:47.009 --> 00:03:55.030 is the very center, the very essence, the epicenter, 00:03:55.210 --> 00:04:01.849 the fundamental basis of all that we do, not 00:04:01.849 --> 00:04:05.580 only in church, But our whole Christian life, 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:09.860 our spiritual life, without the resurrection, 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:15.960 there would be no church. There would be no New 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:24.579 Testament. And probably, like those in San Francisco, 00:04:24.579 --> 00:04:34.899 we would be going around Casey Bynes. The resurrection 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:41.720 of Jesus is an event which has and will continue 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.019 to have until Christ comes in all his glory. 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:50.079 It will have and does have an effect on each 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:56.579 one of us. Each person born into this world will 00:04:56.579 --> 00:05:04.730 in some way either enjoy The festivities of pasta 00:05:04.730 --> 00:05:10.790 for the consequences. No message is more important. 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:17.250 No message is more significant than Christ is 00:05:17.250 --> 00:05:21.329 risen. I say to you, these are the most important 00:05:21.329 --> 00:05:26.029 words you will ever hear. Christ is risen. He 00:05:26.029 --> 00:05:29.870 is risen. Because he is risen, the gates of paradise 00:05:29.870 --> 00:05:36.459 are open. And mankind now has direct access to 00:05:36.459 --> 00:05:41.100 the throne of the almighty God. This is the turning 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:46.199 point in all history. A new reality has broken 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.779 into this world. The reality of the victorious 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:55.720 power of Christ's resurrection. In him is our 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:01.569 strength. In him is our victory. We, of course, 00:06:01.629 --> 00:06:07.389 resurrect with Him. There is no darkness that 00:06:07.389 --> 00:06:13.610 the risen Christ cannot dispel. There is no problem 00:06:13.610 --> 00:06:21.670 that Christ cannot solve. There is no smothered 00:06:21.670 --> 00:06:30.120 hope that He cannot revive. Because his words 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:36.180 echo and re -echo throughout more of his time. 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:41.199 He has said, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:06:41.540 --> 00:06:46.699 He who believes in me will not die. He will live. 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:57.019 Our perishable life, yours and mine, will become 00:06:57.019 --> 00:07:03.189 imperishable. And our mortality will take on 00:07:03.189 --> 00:07:07.509 immortality. What's so wonderful? What's incredible? 00:07:09.970 --> 00:07:17.189 Matchless, joyous, inspirational words. You see, 00:07:17.310 --> 00:07:22.990 pasta will never lose its significance. True. 00:07:25.910 --> 00:07:32.040 You and I, still are confronted with the reality 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:44.360 of death. But, if we hang on his honor, Lawrence 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:51.399 said, hang on to this faith. There should be 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:56.100 no fear, as John Christopher said in his marvelous 00:07:56.100 --> 00:08:03.220 passage, There's no fear in death, for Christ 00:08:03.220 --> 00:08:10.500 has conquered death. Yet, there are those who 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:16.680 say, how can we reflect the joy of pasta if our 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:24.319 loved ones are taken away from us? But do we 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:32.019 not stand by the grave? and sing this mighty 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:36.740 hymn, Christ is risen from the dead, trampling 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:40.559 down death by death, and upon those which whom 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:45.200 the soul loves. No one will remain. Death, death 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:51.159 is not the ultimate answer. O death, where is 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:56.240 thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? All 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:02.889 cry out. Thanks to God, which gives us the victory 00:09:02.889 --> 00:09:08.029 through Jesus Christ. This message proclaims 00:09:08.029 --> 00:09:14.870 our immortality, something we did not have until 00:09:14.870 --> 00:09:19.289 the resurrection. Death is swallowed up in victory 00:09:19.289 --> 00:09:25.429 as a people of God, as people of the resurrection. 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:32.259 We have nothing to fear. The experience called 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:37.559 dying is God's way upon us that is eternal home. 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:43.100 In the Father's house, he said, turn away my 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:50.960 sins. This day, he said, is not simply another 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:55.879 holiday among all the holidays of the church. 00:09:56.460 --> 00:10:02.299 It is the holiday. It is the climax, as I said, 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:06.080 the foundation, the center through which everything 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:10.360 converges and everything radiates throughout 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:17.960 life. It was not simply a sentimental gesture 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:26.320 that our patron saint, Seraphim, said to everyone, 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:33.320 every day of the year, Christ is risen. He said 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.779 that because he grasped that essential element, 00:10:38.139 --> 00:10:45.740 that joy, that radiated from him, as it radiates 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:51.340 throughout the universe. It was because he grasped 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:55.000 the meaning of the resurrection. Yes, Christ 00:10:55.000 --> 00:11:00.120 has come to earth to bring us to heaven. He has 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:06.620 died to save us. Let every voice be raised to 00:11:06.620 --> 00:11:10.440 proclaim. For this is the day which the Lord 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:14.960 hath made. Let us embrace one another, and in 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:20.200 honor of his resurrection, let us pardon and 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.330 forgive one another, and then let us sing. God 00:11:24.330 --> 00:12:36.500 bless you. God bless you. For as much as he is 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:40.879 good, love is good, and Christ is risen. Christ 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:54.059 is risen from the dead, from the dead by death, 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:56.919 and upon those in the two -feet stone we lie. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:02.840 Christ is risen from the dead, from the dead 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.919 by death, Christ is risen from the dead, traveling 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:09.600 down death by death, and upon those in the truth 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:14.019 bestowing life. And unto us he has given eternal 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:19.379 life. Let us worship his resurrection on the 00:13:19.379 --> 00:18:13.200 third day. Thank you. Three, four.