A PEOPLE WHO WALK IN LIGHT

I take this opportunity to wish you a Blessed Easter, everyone. This is a most spectacular event and it colors all of our lives – everyday! This event in our human history unites us with divinity in a most extraordinary and irrevocable way. This is where hope is born and sustained in the life of the human being. We are created by God so that we may live with God. If we can keep our eyes pretty well fixed on that reality, we can make some tremendous achievements at enduring some of the extreme challenges that face us this side of paradise.

We tend to take far too simplistic a view to the great feasts – the truly historic events – of our salvation. We tend to see things in little pictures. At Christmas, we see the Baby Jesus in the manger; during Lent, we see a Man of Sorrows; at Easter, the Risen Christ; at Ascension, the “disappearing” Jesus; and the rest of year, there is very little thought of his presence and impact on our daily lives. It’s almost like we are believing what the world believes: “if you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.” Baloney!

I invite you to enter into the light of Christ this Easter. Make a plan to move into the awareness of mystery in your life – the mystery of Christ present everyday, with you and beside you, close to you and within you. In every feast the Church has the whole of Christ’s life present before Her, even when She selects a special time to celebrate particular events – Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, etc. All of this revolves around two significant and earth shaking events: the death and resurrection of Jesus. These events are always in front of the eyes of the believer. Jesus has died for us and He is risen from the dead for us.

We celebrate these events at every Mass. The Mass is not just a ritual that is performed for us because the Church made a rule for us to be there. The Mass expresses our very selves filled with a knowledge and hope of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, gloriously alive, right now.

I find this knowledge and hope to be a great comfort and strength for me as I strive to make my way in this world that seems to be filled with so many contrary ideas. So much death, so much pain, so much desire for things we cannot afford and do not need.

I need to know that I am loved. I need to know that, no matter what, someone cares for me more than I could ever dream – He is my Savior. He is alive. I know it and it is here that I find my consolation and the energy to live another day confident of his return – just for me!

Blessed Easter, everybody; and I’ll see you at Sunday Mass!

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