--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | sermons description: sermons | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Vespers-homily-blog-image.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/18/easter-in-the-busyness) ## [Easter in the Busyness](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/18/easter-in-the-busyness) Published by [Kimberly Belcher](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/kimberly-belcher) *This post was originally delivered as a homily at Vespers on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. We are grateful for the author’s permission to publish it here.* Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [April 18, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/18/easter-in-the-busyness) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Easter](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/easter) / [sermons](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/sermons) / [Vespers](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/vespers) / [Notre Dame](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/notre-dame) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Vespers-homily-blog-image.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/17/a-gift-of-pleasing-fragrance) ## [Sacrificial Love: A Gift of Pleasing Fragrance](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/03/17/a-gift-of-pleasing-fragrance) Published by [Josh Noem](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/josh-noem) > Brothers and sisters: Be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God as his dear children. Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us as an offering to God, a gift of pleasing fragrance. (Eph 4:32—5:2) I say the words of this opening line at least once a day to my children—Brothers and siste... 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