Archbishop of Sydney’s Easter message 2015

Posted on April 2, 2015 
Filed under Resources, Sydney Diocese

Archbishop Glenn Davies“It is a measure of our society’s fast pace (or perhaps commercialism) that this year, hot cross buns came on sale just after New Year’s Day.

By now, three months later, we have become so used to them that we forget they are marked with a cross.

The speed of our lives leaves us little time to reflect on the timeless truth of this symbol.

You may eat and enjoy your hot cross buns without ever noticing. But if you stop and think about it, the cross is out of place on such a treat.

Because the cross is an instrument of torture. The cross means pain. The cross means death. So why was Jesus, God’s righteous son, on a cross at all?

The Bible tells us that on the cross, Jesus took the judgment that we deserve. He died, was buried and three days later, rose again.

What does the cross mean to you?

For followers of Jesus, the cross is now empty because Jesus has risen from the dead and offers us new life.

This Easter, the mark of the cross can mark a new beginning for you, too.”

Dr Glenn N Davies
Archbishop of Sydney
Easter 2015 AD.

Watch the video from Anglican Media Sydney.
Read the text (PDF will download to your device).
And the story from SydneyAnglicans.net.

And here’s a version formatted as two to an A5 page, suitable for printing to insert in your church newsletter this weekend. (115kb PDF.)