In this time of lament, a prayer for the people

National Post, 10 April 2020

This Passover, this Easter is a return home, to where it began. It is not a joyful homecoming, but a painful one, for we cannot gather to worship together

The first Passover was celebrated at home in a time of plague. The Last Supper was a Passover meal, celebrated in the Upper Room, the owner of which was told that Jesus had a message for him: “I will keep the Passover at your house.”

At your house. We normally pass over those words about preparing for Passover. This year we won’t. Not when we are all at home for the duration.

This Passover, this Easter is a return home, to where it began. It is not a joyful homecoming, but a painful one, for we cannot on these holiest of days gather in our churches or synagogues to worship together.

The Passover seder usually brings together different generations and branches of a family, together with friends and neighbours. And the youngest begins by asking a question which resonates across the millennia: Why is this night different from all other nights?”

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