Posts from the ‘Easter’ Category
No Room for Death
There is not room for death
Nor atom that his might would render void:
Thou – Thou art Being and Breath
And what Thou art may never be destroyed.– Emily Bronte
No room for death here
Rest Silently in Resurrection
Most surely, in the thin places, the Irish teach us to sense another reality
Those who do not know there is another life after this one, or who cannot bring themselves to live in time as if they were meant to spend their eternity in God, resist the fruitful silence of their own being by continual noise. Even when their own tongues are still, their minds chatter without end and without meaning, or they plunge themselves into the protective noise of machines, traffic or radios. When their own noise is momentarily exhausted, they rest in the noise of other people.
– Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
Resurrection and Touching the Mystery of Life
Let us shine the light on what we fear – and find Resurrection where we least expect it
There is a certain fear of death that comes from not having lived yet. I had to face it myself when I had cancer a few years ago. I don’t think I was afraid of death at that time, but I also knew I had already lived. Once you know you have touched upon this mystery of life, you are not afraid of death. There is an existential terror about losing what you’ve never found. Something in me says, “I haven’t done ‘it’ yet.” I haven’t experienced the stream of life yet. I haven’t touched the real, the good, the true, and the beautiful—which is, of course, what we were created for.
– Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs
What Is Resurrection Living?
Christian spirituality means eating together, sharing together, drinking together, talking with each other, receiving each other, experiencing God’s presence through each other, and in doing so, proclaiming the gospel as God’s alternative vision for everyone.
– Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza
Table fellowship – an important piece of Resurrection Living
Enter Into a New Reality – Enter Into Resurrection
You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, build a new reality that makes the existing reality obsolete.
– R. Buckminster Fuller
The reality of this starfish is not what it once was; nor can it go back to it.
Resurrection – The Great Turning
Shall I be part of the great turning, or will I simply sit it out on the porch?
Cosmic change is not cosmetic change. It is radical, meaning ‘to the root,’ and it will mean the upheaval of our cherished customs and the disposal of stories that have provided the basic framework for our lives. We must not underestimate the enormity of what is being asked of us, even as we celebrate with joy the new and salvific. In its initial moments resurrection is indistinguishable from death. At first we are unable to see the great turning that has taken place. All that has been comfortable, all that has held us in place is gone, and there is nothing recognizable to stand on. Everything on which we have planted our feet is swept away.
– Judy Cannato
Easter – The Promise of Resurrection
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
– Martin Luther
Resurrection, written on the leaves of the hydrangea
