Resurrection Sunday
I realize that having favorite Easters is about as appropriate as having favorite children, but...
The Oak Grove Abbey commemoration of Christ's resurrection was, from all accounts, a rare and wonderful day. We gathered at Barton Springs at 10:00 a.m. for a humble liturgy and reading of the selected Scriptures, followed by the baptism of Alyssa in the river. Alyssa stopped our hearts when she closed her eyes and recited the following declaration of faith from memory:
After being immersed in the spring water, she put on a (terry cloth) robe to signify, in the spirit of Colossians 3, being clothed in a new life with Christ. Then we took Communion, read a Psalm of praise and headed back to the Abbey for a huge celebration feast.
I call all heaven to witness today
that I have put on Christ.
I choose no other Lord
than the Maker of Heaven and earth.
This day I walk with him
and he will walk with me.
I fasten close to me this day
that same Jesus
who came to us as flesh and blood
and was himself baptized in the Jordan River.
He died upon a cross to rescue me,
broke free from death, its conqueror.
He left us, to return the more certainly.
All these truths and their power
I fasten close to me this day.
Resisting my own selfishness and sin,
refusing to live as a slave to riches,
pleasure, or reputation,
rejecting Satan and all his lies,
I call on heaven to witness today
that I have put on Christ.
We are unspeakably grateful for th
e life we share in the Risen Lord!more photos here.
