Sermon on 2nd Sunday of Easter - Fr Sam Rossiter-Peters

This idea that in the face of guilt and despair we can look to Jesus for hope is the very heart of the Easter message. We don't usually, or often at least, attribute despair to Satan, but most of us have known that sense of crushing weight, the weight of realising that we've done something wrong. We've felt that moment at some point in our lives, the rising tide when an old mistake comes back and the guilt fills us.

Fr Sam Rossiter-Peters explains that Jesus has won forgiveness for us in his wounds of crucifixion, so we don’t need to stand accused of our guilt. The disciples may have felt shame when they first met Jesus after the resurrection because they had run away, but his first words to them were ‘peace be with you.’