The Lord Is Risen! Happy Easter from John Michael Talbot for Wednesday, 16 April 2014 The Lord Is Risen! Happy Easter!

The Lord Is Risen! Happy Easter from John Michael Talbot for Wednesday, 16 April 2014
The Lord Is Risen! Happy Easter! 
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of our partners and supporters during   this Holy Week and Easter Season!
We live in a time where there is so much bad news. It's great to hear the good news of the gospel in Jesus Christ! So many of us need encouragement to face the many setbacks that could easily become opportunities for discouragement and even despair. This Easter we remember that the Lord is risen! All things are possible with God! Good news always overcomes bad news in the end when viewed with the eyes of faith, hope, and love in Christ.
We have many resurrection stories to share with you. The All Things Are Possible TV series is off to a great start, and the JMT Itinerary Ministry is going full steam across America and internationally. I am so grateful to be still active in ministry at this stage in my life. We also see resurrection signs budding forth with new vocations in the Monastic and Domestic expressions of The Brothers and Sisters of Charity. And we cannot fail to mention with some homespun excitement that the Little Portion Bakery with Viola's Granola and the Hermit Cookies is starting to create quite a buzz of excitement. So we are genuinely excited about the resurrection we see in our community and ministries! 
We live in a time when perhaps more than ever before in our lifetime our culture needs to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ again! We need Catholic revival! Our entire nation needs revival in Christ! All things are possible with God, so this dream is not unfounded. Faith is the "substance" (Greek: hypostisis), or "personification" of things hoped for, things not yet seen. Faith brings into the now the things that we only hope for in the future. We walk by faith in these things, and not merely by the sight of current setbacks, challenges, or even failures. Let's all dare to have faith that true revival in Jesus Christ can happen in our day and time, in this culture, right now! This is the message of Easter this year for me. And I hope it is for you too! 
We know that you who support us and partner with us so beautifully also face your own challenges, setbacks, and opportunities for greater faith. This Easter season reminds us that Love always conquers self of session and hatred, forgiveness always conquers judgment, justice always conquers vengeance, kindness always conquers cruelty, and humility and meekness always conquer ego and pride. Jesus is risen! Jesus is the victor! He is the life that conquers death, The light that conquers darkness, the hope that conquers despair, and the love that conquers the self obsession and eventual hatred that is so prevalent throughout our world today. 
So I want to say with great enthusiasm: Happy Easter! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! 
I love you guys, and pray for you every day. I am so grateful to have you as partners in this exciting ministry at this point in history of our nation, and at this time in our life and in our world. Thank you so much.
In Jesus,
John Michael Talbot 
Founder, Minister General, and Spiritual Father
www.JohnMichaelTalbot.com
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