He is risen! The Lord is risen! This is the simple but glorious gospel of Easter. This rising was a moment in a single redemptive process. "He is risen" was spoken by an angel and addressed to women seeking Jesus in a Palestinian garden at dawn. The words suggest other words spoken by another angel at an earlier time, words addressed to shepherds tending their flocks in a Palestinian field at night. "Be not afraid," the angel had said to…
Henry StobApril 16, 2004