Christians consider Easter to be the "first day." From Easter comes the practice of worshiping on Sunday morning. It is the first day of the week. It is also the first day of new creation, sometimes called the "eighth day" of the week, for on it Christ restored the image of God in the human and in so doing also brought restoration and renewal to all of creation. The Easter season proceeds from and celebrates this first day. In the resurrected Christ, there is time after the end, life after death, restoration of what was broken, the brightening of what had gone dark. In the fifty days of Easter, Christian communities around the world strive to worship God in a way that illustrates that the body of Christ lives now in the heavenly places and also in the gathered body in the world. Worship is where heaven and earth meet. [Sundays and Seasons 2016]

I invite you to experience Easter, the first day, the day we say "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." The day we celebrate God who has indeed raised from the dead the one who was put to death "by hanging him on a tree." the day the tomb is open and we reclaim saying and singing Alleluia! The day God allows Jesus to appear "to us who were chosen by God as witnesses" in holy baptism and the day we are each invited to eat and drink at the table of the risen Christ. Alleluia! 

He Is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!