The Bishop of St Asaph has issued a message of encouragement as Easter Sunday approaches. The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, author of a new book, An Easter Book of Days: Meeting the Characters of the Cross and Resurrection,  reminds us that what happens at Easter is God’s proof to the world that Love conquers all in the end.

Bishop Gregory will preach at the Easter Vigil on Saturday 8 April in St Asaph Cathedral and preside at the First Eucharist of Easter, which takes place as part of that service.  The service is open to everyone and begins at 7pm.

You can read Bishop Gregory’s full message here:

What would a God of Love have to do to prove to the world that Love will conquer in the end?  That there is always hope and the possibility of new beginnings?  That no matter how deep the darkness, the light will one day break through?

Christians believe that the proof came when God himself entered the world as a human being, when that human being took upon himself all the pain, hurt and humiliation of the world in a tortured death, when death was defeated by that same person rising to new life.  To the amazement of his disciples the tomb of Jesus was empty on that first Easter morning, and their despair was replaced by the confidence to proclaim a Gospel of Hope and Love to the world that has changed it forever.

The traditional Easter greeting “Christ is Risen!” is a cry of defiance to all the hurtful harmful things of this world that God has called time on them, that today can be the beginning of a new hope.

Easter is one of the most important festivals in the Christian church and lasts for 50 days from Easter Sunday. It is common for sunrise services to take place on Easter Sunday morning to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. You can join a sunrise service in Rhyl at 6am at The Marine Lake on Wellington Road (parking is by Costa/Batch) and others will be taking place across the diocese.

The Diocese of St Asaph is one of the six dioceses in the Church in Wales, an autonomous province within the worldwide Anglican Communion.