{"id":1163,"date":"2020-04-11T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T09:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2021-04-10T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T16:31:56","slug":"easter-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/?p=1163","title":{"rendered":"Easter 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Easter Sunday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>HE IS RISEN!<\/strong><br \/>Celebrate the Saviour!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>May this day, bring hope and blessings to you and your family,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with love from all at St. Albans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4CA93335-1D86-4F08-889D-BA2D7BC384C9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4CA93335-1D86-4F08-889D-BA2D7BC384C9.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4CA93335-1D86-4F08-889D-BA2D7BC384C9-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/stalbansilford.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/4CA93335-1D86-4F08-889D-BA2D7BC384C9-1x1.jpeg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Our new Easter Lily board with the names of the departed we hold close, each and every day. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holy Saturday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Help me, Dear Lord, to Enter into the sorrow and the silence of this Holy Saturday. Today no sacraments are celebrated. <\/p><p>Today the world waits in mourning in anticipation of the glory of new life!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good Friday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We have one, who also was broken in ways we could never comprehend, yet he remained strong and chose to endure it all &#8211; for us.<\/p><p>He extends grace to remind us we don&#8217;t have to stay stuck in our struggle and pain. He holds good in store through it all, able to bring greater purpose, beauty and strength. He never intends for us to remain in the pit of our despair &#8211; for He breathes fresh life.<\/p><p>The power of the Resurrection gives hope for our future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Friday\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B6M6qa-kGvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maundy Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. John 13;34<\/p><p>We have already become \u2018a different sort of church\u2019 in unprecedented ways. The very place in which the body of Christ finds its identity, offers prayer, and receives solace in time of crisis\u2014that is, the church building\u2014is not available to us. The present situation does not negate&nbsp;the joy we have been granted in the resurrection, but it will be lived out this year in different ways.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maundy Thursday\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EfoZLfpYhOQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter Sunday HE IS RISEN!Celebrate the Saviour! May this day, bring hope and blessings to you and your family, with love from all at St. Albans Holy Saturday Help me, Dear Lord, to Enter into the sorrow and the silence of this Holy Saturday. Today no sacraments are celebrated. Today the world waits in mourning in anticipation of the glory of new life! Good Friday We have one, who also was broken in ways we could never comprehend, yet he remained strong and chose to endure it all &#8211; for us. He extends grace to remind us we don&#8217;t have to stay stuck in our struggle and pain. 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