Celebrate Easter Sunday with Classical Music, Messiah

Enjoy this Mormon Tabernacle Choir rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from George Frideric Handel's Messiah

Easter Sunday and Resurrection

Dinner Topics for Easter

Matthew 28:2-8

2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for ^athe ^bangel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3^aHis ^bcountenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

 4And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

 5^aAnd the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

 6He is not here: for he is ^arisen, as he said. Come, see the place where the ^bLord lay.

 7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

 8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mary Magdalene

By Paula Haase

She stands beside the empty tomb

As soon as it is day,

And none can penetrate the gloom

Or wipe her tears away,

For He, who brought Life to her soul,

Forgiving all her sin,

Whose very Word had mad her whole,

Was laid to rest within.

But now she finds that hollow room

All bleak and bare inside;

Oh who would dare to disentomb

That holy One Who died?

And who could be that soulless wretch

So lacking in respect

As to commit such sacrilege,

So craven and abject?

And so she stands beside the tomb,

The essence of despair,

Enveloped in such heartsick gloom

That she is not aware

That He, Whom she so deeply mourns,

Is standing by her side,

Still wearing the imprint of thorns,

His nail-scarred hands flung wide.

He speaks, transforming into joy

The sorrow of her heart,

And none can evermore destroy

The peace which He imparts.

Thus hastening to spread the word

To saddened hearts that weep,

She glories in her risen Lord,

Her joy ecstatic, deep.

His Sacred Name: video

“In our hour of deepest sorrow, we can receive profound peace from the words of the angel that first Easter morning: ‘He is not here: for he is risen.’”

Native Americans and History of Easter

Native Americans and History of Easter

Pre-Columbian Epic Heroes Saw Resurrected Jesus

After the Passion of Christ— The Rest of the Story

In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah said that a remnant of Judah would go out of Jerusalem, and escape the Babylonian captivity. (Isaiah 37:32KJV) A nineteenth century historical discovery affirms Judeo-Christian roots of Native Americans, who may even be the famous and mysterious “remnant” referred to by Isaiah in the Bible.

— Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile.

— Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers.

—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the

ETERNAL GOD, manifesting himself unto all nations. (Title Page, The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ)

One hundred years later, descendants of Judah’s brother Joseph did indeed flee persecution in Jerusalem because of their belief in Christ. They voyaged to Central America, where their leader, a devout Christian prophet, founded a Christian nation.
This remnant of Israel kept faithful records, including an eyewitness account of a visit by the resurrected Jesus Christ a short time after his crucifixion.

In the Native American version of the Easter story, Jesus himself walked on the American continent after he was crucified and resurrected. This account thus authenticates the wide-spread legends in Native American lore concerning a “pale bearded god”,and explains the astonishing behavior of the Aztecs

And now it came to pass that there were a great multitude gathered together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the land Bountiful; and they were marveling and wondering one with another, and were showing one to another the great and marvelous change which had taken place.
          And they were also conversing about this Jesus Christ, of whom the sign had been given concerning his death.
          And it came to pass that while they were thus conversing one with another, they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven; and they cast their eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard; and it was not a harsh voice, neither was it a loud voice; nevertheless, and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did hear to the center, insomuch that there was no part of their frame that it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul, and did cause their hearts to burn.
 And it came to pass that again they heard the voice, and they understood it not.
         And again the third time they did hear the voice, and did open their ears to hear it; and their eyes were towards the sound thereof; and they did look steadfastly towards heaven, from whence the sound came. (3Nephi 11:1-5)

Continued: Jesus and the Children