Resurrection has many faces and many paces…both fast and slow.
In the Christian tradition we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead which on the face of it appears to be a one-time event causing us to rethink a conclusion that death is the final word.
Over and over, we experience resurrection’s faithful and irrepressible pattern…. if we open our eyes wide enough.
Think of how over half a million people marched peacefully in the United States on April 5 to cry out for justice and security for people, for the primal instinct of caring. Is this not also resurrection?
Think of the snowdrops that are coming through the frozen earth, again, against all odds. Is this not also resurrection?
Think of the long painful process of reconciliation which seems to move both at a snail’s pace with every now and again, a leap forward. Some resurrections take generations to complete their arc toward truth.
Think of the present world chaos and disruption of everything we thought was reliable and steady (at least for some of us on the planet). Now we wonder if there is something new trying to emerge in terms of relationship and interdependencies and fresh seeing.
Think of the gestures of connection that can occur everyday…an open door, a sincere gratitude, a recognition that all of us belong to and with each other, not turning away from pain, both our own and that of another, the simple fact of the sun shining.
-Sister Margo Ritchie, Congregational Leader, Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada
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