On this first Easter evening...
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On this first Easter evening the doors aren't just shut. They're locked. Yet, "Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you.' " That's how Jesus deals with locked doors. Perhaps this is why Jesus, who tried many ways during his earthly ministry to explain who he was, called himself "the door."
In the Middle Ages the Carpenters' Guild chose as its motto "I am the door." They then turned a construction necessity into a religious virtue. They fashioned doors whose upper and lower panels created crosses on the doors they built.
Look in your home at your doors. Many still follow this pattern. You can think of Jesus' cross every time you open a door. Think of Jesus' cross as an open door. No matter your difficult circumstances, remember: Jesus even arrives through closed doors.
In the Middle Ages the Carpenters' Guild chose as its motto "I am the door." They then turned a construction necessity into a religious virtue. They fashioned doors whose upper and lower panels created crosses on the doors they built.
Look in your home at your doors. Many still follow this pattern. You can think of Jesus' cross every time you open a door. Think of Jesus' cross as an open door. No matter your difficult circumstances, remember: Jesus even arrives through closed doors.
