The joy of Easter was sublime--a long, quiet morning with Ron; Mass from the Vatican and the pope's address afterwards; a pancake breakfast and then a huge roasted lamb feast in the late afternoon.
The world is hurting; it is so sick; it is so broken. So many people are in horrible circumstances. This is why Easter matters. It is not supposed to be a "perfect day." It is not supposed to be without pain, anguish or struggle. It is not to avoid those things. Christ came to be in them and triumph over them. His triumph is not what we expect. So many of Jesus' followers were bitterly disappointed by him and the way he did not heal, help, save. But his way was very specific, and he did it perfectly. He restored our relationship with God by way of a perfect sacrifice. He did not eliminate pain or wrongdoing but through it he restored us and established a new covenant. What he offered was in perfect, almost unimaginable humility--for God to become human and then emptied out and crucified. And then to become food for our nourishment. His humility and self-gift are marvelous to me. I treasure him both in his death and in his resurrection. He is risen, alleluia!
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