Resurrection
You may be thinking of the three-tiered universe sometimes framed as the saints on earth,
the saints expectant and the saints triumphant.
Sounds a bit like our education system where you go from one stage to the next and then the next.
It seems that Jesus’s ministry on earth tipped that whole idea of graded development on the head.
All sorts of failures ‘passed’ his discipleship test.
His resurrection shattered the concept of life on earth being the ultimate experience.
Whatever and wherever ‘new birth’ will be,
our hope is ALIVE and that transforms us here and now and forever.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
By his great mercy he has given us a new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3
Bringing living hope to prisoners, teenage parents and those living alone
is just some of the ministry of Mothers Union members in the diocese of Manchester UK.
Let our prayers assist them all, as both those ministering and ministered to and brought to new life.