Y Pasg: Cododd Iesu Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol

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-On the most important Sunday

-in the Christian calendar...

-..we celebrate the resurrection

-in Capel Y Priordy, Carmarthen.

-Welcome to

-Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria #

-In this programme,

-we'll hear poems about Easter...

-..from some of

-the chapel's congregation.

-From the mouths of babes, we hear

-how children view Easter Sunday.

-Performances from Cor Llanddarog...

-..Rhian Lois and Elgan Llyr Thomas.

-Easter Sunday is a joyous day and

-that's reflected in the first hymn.

-"Mae'r Iesu'n fuddugol a'i bobl

-gaiff fyw yn fwy na choncwerwyr

-"Drwy gariad Mab Duw."

-On the first day of the week,

-very early in the morning...

-..the women took the spices they

-had prepared and went to the tomb.

-They found the stone

-rolled away from the tomb...

-..but when they entered, they did

-not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

-While they were wondering

-about this...

-..two men in clothes that gleamed

-like lightning stood beside them.

-In their fright the women bowed

-down with their faces to the ground.

-But the men said to them...

-.."Why do you look

-for the living among the dead?

-"He is not here; he has risen!

-"Remember how he told you, while

-he was still with you in Galilee.

-"The Son of Man must be delivered

-over to the hands of sinners...

-"..be crucified and on

-the third day be raised again."

-Then they remembered his words.

-When they came back from the tomb...

-..they told all these things

-to the Eleven and to all the others.

-It was Mary Magdalene,

-Joanna, Mary the mother of James...

-..and the others with them

-who told this to the apostles.

-But they did not believe

-the women...

-..because their words

-seemed to them like nonsense.

-Peter, however,

-got up and ran to the tomb.

-Bending over, he saw the strips

-of linen lying by themselves...

-..and he went away, wondering

-to himself what had happened.

-Next, a performance.

-When we recorded in Gwent, we took

-Rhian Lois to Tintern Abbey.

-Here she is to perform Duw Wyr.

-# I know the life you live

-is grave, my dearest

-# Night came to chase away

-your blissful day

-# Despite losing the one

-that filled the heaven of your life

-# Some day you will see it all

-in glorious light

-# God knows the adversity

-# He knows the pain

-# God knows the blissful world

-# He knows the cross

-# God knows the future

-# He knows the past

-# A crown is the end

-# Ahead is the plan

-# You lost the bright star

-of your heaven, my dearest

-# Your hope disappeared

-# Like a mournful cry

-# But, there is one

-who sees through all your worries

-# He knows the good

-# The good of all for you

-# God knows the adversity

-# He knows the pain

-# God knows the blissful world

-# He knows the cross

-# God knows the future

-# He knows the past

-# A crown is the end

-# Ahead is the plan #

-Rolling the Stone.

-"But Mami, there's nothing there,"

-complained the youngest...

-..between bouts of tears,

-holding her chocolate dome.

-That one didn't count,

-it didn't matter more.

-It's up to the unusual

-to make the irrelevant cool.

-Judging from the paper shroud

-wrapped around the egg...

-..this one, despite its size,

-had promised so much more.

-"Who took the filling, Mami,

-was there a thief in the house?"

-I stood there astounded

-without an answer for her.

-Have the numbers that believe

-in you...

-..and your resurrection

-on the third day dwindled?

-Do more question

-you dying for our sakes...

-..and question their belief in you?

-Yet, they buy Easter eggs...

-..and celebrate every Christmas

-with vigour.

-Believing in you comes easily when

-it's time to celebrate a festival.

-Despite all the other beliefs

-in our world...

-..and Jesus often being mocked...

-..the crowds still follow you

-and the cup of our joy runneth over.

-We uphold the truth in every age...

-..as we remember the sacrifice

-of one on the cross.

-Without a doubt, Cor Llanddarog is

-one of Wales' finest mixed choirs.

-Here they are,

-at Capel Y Priordy, Carmarthen...

-..with the conductor

-Meinir Richards.

-# Heaven and earth

-# Are full of thy glory

-# Hosanna

-# Hosanna

-# In the highest

-# Blessed is He

-# Who comes in the name of the Lord

-# Blessed is He who comes

-# Hosanna in the highest

-# Lamb of God

-# Who takest away the sins

-of the world

-# Lamb of God

-# Who takest away

-the sins of the world

-# Lamb of God, grant us peace

-# Amen #

-From The Mouths Of Babes

-I'm Iestyn.

-I'm Steffan.

-I'm Gwern.

-We attend Capel Y Priordy

-in Carmarthen.

-It's a fun place.

-Somewhere where you can meet

-every Sunday with your friends...

-..and learn about Jesus.

-It's an old building.

-The Black Book of Carmarthen

-was written there.

-The colours on the windows are cool.

-There's a large pulpit

-in the middle.

-We have two screens on the side.

-The words to the hymns

-appear on the screens.

-We look up at the screens

-when we're singing.

-What do you like doing

-in Capel Y Priordy? Sing?

-No.

-No.

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-Draw pictures?

-Listening to stories.

-Which Bible story do you like?

-Christmas.

-Why do you like Christmas?

-Sion Corn brings me presents.

-There's a special football team in

-Capel Y Priordy - you play for them.

-We won this year's competition.

-We won the final but we were meant

-to play Pembrokeshire...

-..but they didn't turn up.

-Beti-Wyn just gave us the trophy.

-This programme is broadcast

-on Easter Sunday.

-What do you know

-about Easter Sunday?

-Jesus died

-and then he just came back alive.

-Mary Magdalene

-went to see Jesus' body...

-..but there was no body in the tomb.

-It was a huge shock. Everyone

-thought he'd died but he was alive.

-What do you do at Easter?

-We colour-in Easter eggs.

-You can draw circles on them.

-Sometimes, we do an Easter hunt,

-which is fun.

-Tenor Elgan Llyr Thomas

-is our next soloist.

-To the hymn tune Lloyd, he will

-sing a suitable hymn for Easter.

-"Draw draw ymhell mae gwyrddlas fryn

-tu fas i fur y dre

-"Lle hoeliwyd Iesu annwyl gynt

-o'i fodd i'n dwyn i'r nef."

-# There is a green hill far away

-# Outside a city wall

-# Where our dear Lord was crucified

-# Who died to save us all

-# We may not know, we cannot tell

-# What pains he had to bear

-# But we believe it was for us

-# He hung and suffered there

-# He died that we might be forgiven

-# He died to make us good

-# That we might go at last to heaven

-# Saved by his precious blood

-# There was no other good enough

-# To pay the price of sin

-# He only could unlock

-the gate of heaven

-# And let us in

-# O dearly, dearly has he loved!

-# And we must love him too

-# And trust in his redeeming blood

-# And try his works to do #

-Because We Must.

-The dawning of this day was quiet...

-..to wake the slumber

-in the hour of the unconsciousness.

-Stretching the arms of dreams

-to embrace the dawn.

-That morning, suddenly...

-..a realisation of old pains

-that were always there...

-..filling one long wounded sigh.

-He is not here among us.

-The one who sustained us, taught us,

-the one who brought us new life.

-The one that opened his own heart

-with his teachings of love.

-Words lighter than air,

-feather-strong...

-..with the power of petals.

-The one who saved us from the

-oppression of fearful whispers.

-The one who was mocked,

-the one who was crucified...

-..the one who was entombed,

-the one who is no longer here.

-This morning, we go with scented

-hands in search of redemption.

-To anoint a soul

-that was greater than this world.

-We go to fulfil the final act,

-to sweetly anoint the bitter wound.

-We went to the garden, a group

-of women who had witnessed miracles.

-Women who observed,

-smiled and cried.

-Women who were always there.

-We were a trinity

-who knew what lay ahead.

-We do this because we must.

-Arriving and seeing

-in a borrowed tomb...

-..that it was open.

-His body was no longer there.

-An empty tomb like a cry

-from a vile mouth.

-Everything a lie,

-dust to be blown away by the wind.

-We were blinded by tears

-without understanding.

-How did this glory come to nothing.

-In the new unsteady universe

-of our being.

-This vile nothingness

-greater than he himself.

-Our memories of him,

-his acts, his words...

-..wavering and weakening...

-..with a crack appearing

-in the composition of the creation.

-The world became dark for us...

-..it became nothing...

-..until a voice like a bolt

-proclaimed, "He is alive. He rose."

-It brightened the darkness

-for an incredible lovely second...

-..showing an outline of hope.

-During that golden moment,

-everything became clear...

-..and every truth came alive.

-The doors were locked that night...

-..the night of the first day of

-the week, the day of the new dawn.

-Mary reflected

-on the day's events.

-Her sadness turned to joy.

-Her fears turned to jubilation

-seeing the gardener as a saviour.

-The door was closed

-on the disciples.

-They sat there consumed by fear

-away from the world's gaze.

-The events of the past few days

-confused their minds.

-The doors were locked but Jesus

-came to them and stood amongst them.

-He turned their company into an

-occasion and their fear into joy.

-"Peace to you," he said.

-"As the Father has sent me,

-I now send you.

-"The door has been opened

-to new hope."

-The doors were locked

-to the disciples...

-..and the night had grasped the

-hours of the first day of the week.

-But Jesus had joined them.

-The doors to their hearts

-were opened wide...

-..to the shining truth

-of the resurrection.

-It was time

-for another Easter to dawn.

-Yet, we were blind,

-like every other year.

-Every new year

-is an old one relived.

-We will live this day happily

-as we hold the nails in our hands.

-We will bring the tools of work.

-Then, as we did a hundred times,

-shape two thin boards...

-..from the same tree...

-..before locking both together

-as vengeance for the end of day.

-Late in the day,

-above the town walls...

-..the two pieces of suffering

-are united.

-They are hewn annually

-without a thought for the past.

-Striking the nails firmly

-as the day darkens upon this cross.

-Hammer blows to the hands of man

-who is left alone.

-After the festival, we will

-wait blindly for another Easter.

-The tomb where his body was buried

-didn't belong to Jesus.

-The tomb belonged to a man

-named Joseph of Arimathea.

-The tomb,

-according to John's writings...

-..was in a garden.

-Joseph of Arimathea

-was a good and righteous person.

-He didn't agree with the council's

-decision to crucify Jesus Christ.

-Joseph had prepared a section

-of land for his own burial.

-On this stretch of land,

-he planted a garden...

-..so that his last resting place

-was surrounded by flowers.

-When Jesus died on the cross

-on that dark Friday...

-..Joseph and Nicodemus approached

-Pilate and asked for his body...

-..to give him a worthy burial.

-Joseph relinquished

-his burial tomb to Jesus...

-..and his tomb was in a garden.

-It's hard to imagine a more accurate

-description of the Easter events...

-..than a burial tomb in a garden.

-We naturally associate burials

-with death.

-When we peer at the garden

-during spring or summer...

-..we see clear signs of life.

-Is it easier to place Jesus

-in a burial tomb than in life?

-Death isn't the climax of Easter,

-it is life.

-The one who died was resurrected.

-We associate the garden with life.

-New life and vigour.

-We also associate captivity

-with burial.

-As we look across the garden...

-..we sense the freedom

-that is present.

-Freedom for every flower and plant

-to flourish and grow.

-We imagine a burial as something

-that imprisons us...

-..but no burial was enough

-to imprison Jesus.

-Jesus is free.

-He is not buried.

-He is not imprisoned

-by people's impudence and cruelty.

-He is free.

-We associate the garden

-with freedom.

-A burial

-is associated with darkness...

-..but a garden

-is associated with dawn.

-According to tradition,

-we associate death with darkness...

-..but the tomb where Jesus was

-buried is not linked to darkness.

-That tomb was in a garden

-and the garden signifies hope...

-..resurrection and a new dawn.

-Jesus struck a mortal blow

-to the horrors of burial...

-..and to its imprisonment

-and darkness.

-He opened the door of his life

-to freedom and the dawn.

-This Easter,

-we will walk to meet the dawn.

-We welcome the dawn and its day.

-We draw to a close

-with our final hymn.

-I hope you enjoyed the programme...

-..and feel blessed after listening

-to the hymns and the performances.

-As a fitting finale, we sing

-the words of Eleazar Roberts...

-.."O na bawn yn fwy tebyg

-i Iesu Grist yn byw."

-From us all, goodnight.

-S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.

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