In his short novel The Man Who Died , D H Lawrence had an alternative explanation for the resurrection- that Jesus didn’t die and revived in the cool of the tomb.Lawrence himself summarized his story in a letter to a friend:
“I wrote a story of the Resurrection, where Jesus gets up and feels very sick bout everything, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘stations of the cross’
April 12, 2009
He is risen
April 9, 2009
The final three stations
Station 13- Jesus is taken down from the cross- His suffering is over now. He is at peace. the chalice has passed. But only after it has been drained. his limp body rests on her lap. “Woman, how does this concern of your involve me?” he had asked at Cana (John 2:4). She had not [...]
April 8, 2009
Stations 10-12
Station 10- Jesus is stripped-He has arrived. finally. Tortuously. they strip him. What is it about love that can be so intensely hated? “Play the prophet, which one struck you?” (Luke 22:64). That was it! In their simplistic ridicule they had unwittingly affirmed his role. he was indeed a prophet. he stands stripped. No heralding [...]
April 7, 2009
Stations 7-9
Station 7- Jesus falls for the second time-He falls again. “My food is to do the will of him who sent me” (John 4:34). His perfection is his father’s will. Even if it means this humiliation. This degradation. The cosmic Lord plunging into the dust of this tiny particle of his vast creation. Barely able [...]
April 5, 2009
14 stations and 7 last words
Firstly, I have to point out that I am not a Roman Catholic , or even Anglo-catholic, but there is something I feel we can gain and share by walking in the footsteps of Christ aswe journey through Holy Week together on this blog. The stations of the cross are not marked in the tradition [...]
