EASTER: THE ULTIMATE LIBERATION
E aster Sunday – Year A April 16, 2017 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Palm Springs CA Acts 10:34A; 37-34 Psalm 118:1-2;6-7;21-23 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9 Rev. David Justin Lynch + In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. When I was growing up in the 1960’s and 70’s, the news reports were full of all kinds of reports about “liberation”. Women’s Liberation. Black Liberation. Asian Liberation. Native American Liberation. Mexican Liberation. Even Men’s Liberation. Everyone wanted to liberated from something. In this context, “liberation” means “the act or fact of gaining equal rights or full social or economic opportunities for a particular group.” But liberation is more than that. Dictionary dot com defines liberation as, “the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression”; and “freedom from limits on thought or behavior.” The 1960’s and 70’s popularized a concept called, “Liberation Theology.” It