O GLADNESS! that suspend’st belief
\nFor fear that rapture dreams;
\nThou also hast the tears of grief,
\nAnd failst in wild extreams.<\/p>\n
Tho’ Peter make a clam’rous din,
\nWill he thy doubts destroy?
\nWill little Rhoda let him in,
\nIncredulous with joy?<\/p>\n
And thus thro’ gladness and surprize
\nThe saints their Saviour treat;
\nNor will they trust their ears and eyes
\nBut by his hands and feet.<\/p>\n
These hands of lib’ral love indeed
\nIn infinite degree,
\nThose feet still frank to move and bleed
\nFor millions and for me.<\/p>\n
A watch, to slavish duty train’d,
\nWas set by spiteful care,
\nLest what the sepulchre contain’d
\nShould find alliance there.<\/p>\n
Herodians came to seal the stone
\nWith Pilate’s gracious leave,
\nLest dead and friendless, and alone,
\nShould all their skill deceive.<\/p>\n
O dead arise! O friendless stand
\nBy seraphim ador’d\u2014
\nO solitude! again command
\nThy host from heav’n restor’d.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n The joy and hope of #Easter<\/a> is more than one day. It\u2019s an entire season…between #EasterSunday<\/a> and #Pentecost<\/a> Sunday, when the beauty of #spring<\/a> coincides with Catholics proclaiming, \u201cAlleluia,\u201d \u201cPraise the Lord.\u201d Bishop Sullivan's @cathstarherald<\/a> column! https:\/\/t.co\/5Orfg4FR8R<\/a><\/p>\n — Diocese of Camden (@camdendiocese) April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n