St George's Church, Málaga

WELCOME TO ST GEORGE'S CHURCH THIS EASTERTIDE 🌾

At Easter, and for the five weeks afterwards, we celebrate the the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When Jesus died on Good Friday, his disciples scattered - confused, fearful, without direction, without a future. But the absence of a body on Easter Sunday was altogether different. Now they saw Jesus everywhere – in the garden, on the road to Emmaus, as they fished, as they gathered together. And not as some spooky ghost of the past, but as the recognisable presence of the Son of God, risen from the dead. This is what we are celebrating this Eastertide – our God, real, alive, recognisable and present.

Martin Luther wrote: “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime”. He has also written that promise on every human heart.

Listen to Surrexit Christus, an Easter song from the Taizé Community in France.

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St George's Anglican Church
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Eucharist for Low Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, 27th April 11.30am

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St George's Church, Málaga
Address
Avenida de Pries 1 Málaga, 29016, Spain

The Second Sunday of Easter is traditionally called ‘Low’ Sunday, in contrast to the ‘high’ festival of Easter Sunday. It marks the end of the Octave (8 days) of Easter, but is important in its own right, according to a story recorded in St John’s gospel.

St John tells us that, 8 days after Easter, the disciples gathered together again, only this time, unlike when the women came with news of the empty tomb, St Thomas - also known as Doubting Thomas - was with them. They gathered behind closed doors, and all of a sudden Jesus was there among them, saying "Peace be with you."

Jesus clearly understood Thomas’ doubts, and invited Thomas to put his finger in the nail holes in his hands and put his hand in Jesus’ side, where the sword had pieced him. Then Thomas believed.

Doubt for a Christian is normal and valid, as doubt and faith are 2 sides of the same coin. We are not required to be certain, only to believe. The doubters among us are often those who want to reflect more deeply on what faith means and demands.

Faith doesn’t have the luxury of total proof, but it looks like that was what Thomas was after. Thomas’ problem was that he was looking for certainty, when all he needed was faith. Rather, says Christ, we should aim to be like those who have not seen and still believe, whom we are told are the more blessed.

The picture is part of a stained glass window in St Teresa’s Church, Beaconsfield in the UK, a memorial to an RAF airman named Thomas who died during WW2. For more information see https://loandbeholdbible.com/2023/08/08/st-thomas-doubts-christ-john-2019-29/

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