Part of our shared midweek Lenten Service series "The Church is: ..."
Ash Wednesday: "Liturgical"
Week 2: "catholic"
Week 3: "evangelical"
Week 4: "orthodox"
Week 5: "confessional"
Week 6: "apostolic"
Holy Thursday: "Sacramental"
Good Friday: "Cruciform"
Easter Sunday: "The One Holy Church"
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
John 18-19
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
The Church is cruciform. It is cross-shaped or shaped by the cross. The cross, an instrument of death and torture, is Her symbol. A sign of death, of shame, of judgment. This is our shape, our form. I don’t mean that church buildings must be built like crosses, though many churches have been. I mean that we are an object of scorn in this world. We are marked by that cross. And it is foolishness to many, a stumbling block of weakness. And yet we cling to that cross. We are shaped by that cross. For it is our life and salvation. It is God’s love for us.
Ash Wednesday: "Liturgical"
Week 2: "catholic"
Week 3: "evangelical"
Week 4: "orthodox"
Week 5: "confessional"
Week 6: "apostolic"
Holy Thursday: "Sacramental"
Good Friday: "Cruciform"
Easter Sunday: "The One Holy Church"
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
2 Corinthians 5:14-21
John 18-19
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
The Church is cruciform. It is cross-shaped or shaped by the cross. The cross, an instrument of death and torture, is Her symbol. A sign of death, of shame, of judgment. This is our shape, our form. I don’t mean that church buildings must be built like crosses, though many churches have been. I mean that we are an object of scorn in this world. We are marked by that cross. And it is foolishness to many, a stumbling block of weakness. And yet we cling to that cross. We are shaped by that cross. For it is our life and salvation. It is God’s love for us.
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