Exhaling

Lord, make us Easter people. Transform us by Your Light, Your Light which rises out of our very darkness.

“Come, have breakfast.” Lord of the charcoal cooking fire,

            from whence came the ingredients for that early bread?

As we are served this Christ-cleaned fish, we dare not inquire

            how or Who or why, but in dawn’s cold gray, chew and stare instead.

Chewing with our mouths and minds at end of night –

            we have not yet received the Spirit’s noonday Light.

During this joyful celebration of the Lord’s resurrection, let’s not forget that it is a time to remember Mama’s joy as well.

On that Easter morning, she sees the fulfillment of every promise and she understands more clearly than any living creature the full meaning of this Event. The ecstatic consolation of again beholding her Son - so recently beaten, broken, poured out for us - now revived, risen, restored, made new, is in direct correlation to the depth of her sharing in His suffering and death. In a sense, His resurrection is her own. She is allowed to touch His glorified Face, to kiss Him with such love and joy that she is already in Heaven - He is Heaven. He holds her gently to His Heart, as her own heart finds its rhythm in His. She brings Him as much joy as He gives her.

Just a few days ago, she held His dead body in her grieving arms, clutching Him to her broken heart. Now it is He who supports her in His glorious arms.

Beauty embraces beauty, Purity looks into the bright eyes of purity, Love unites again with love.

A moment of glory.

“Let Christ descend into your hell… nothing is more powerful than Christ’s resurrection, which is secretly at work in the world, even though its full manifestation remains hidden for now in the pregnant silence of the mystery of God.” ~Abbot Joseph Homick

 I couldn’t have said it better, so I will add nothing to that.

Thank you for your patience, friends. I have a houseful of out-of-town guests this week, but will have more time soon. Meanwhile, we pray for one another!