Presidents Easter Greetings
PRESIDENT’S EASTER MESSAGE . Dear sisters, Welcome to the Holy Week, the week of the Christ’s passion. It includes sufferings of Jesus before his death on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice to pay the penality for our sin : Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46) ; Betrayal by Judas Iscariot (Luke 22:48) ; Abandonment and denial by his disciples (Mark 14 :50 ; Luke 22:54-62) ; Arrest (Matthew 26:50 ; Trials, beatings and sufferings (Luke 22:63-71 ; Luke 23 :1-23). Jesus was crucified with two criminals, one on each side of him ( Luke 23:32-33 ). After his death, Jesus’ body was wrapped in linen clothes and placed in a tomb with a large stone rolled across the opening. On the third day, an early Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene and another Mary came to the tomb and found it empty. Sitting on the rolled away stone was an angel of of the Lord who told them to not be afraid because « Jesus has risen ! » (Luke 24:1-6). He came out of the grave victorious over de