Learning to Love in the Risen Lord

Union, Mo. Monday, March 28, 2005

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Christ Rising from the Grave

Easter Festivities

With all of the Easter Festivities out of the Way, the dust now settles in the Church; the curious spectators who watch the Church so as to 'watch for any misstep' have returned to their posts and the Church and members continue their way along the path the Risen Lord will show in 'days to come,' where the 'mountain of the Lord's House shall be raised as the highest mountains above the hills' of all that this world has to offer.

It seems quite curious that though the liturgies have celebrated the Risen Christ in His Mysterious easter Joy, the renewal of each member in that Mystical Body must continue as foretold by Christ. We will see this Mystery unfold in the days ahead as Christ in the Church's Liturgical year, He ascends into Heaven and sends his Sanctifying Spirit to be with His 'newly formed' Church.

New Kids on the Block

For the 'new kids on the block' of the Church, there is a certain light that surrounds the Church at this point, yet at its center it continues to follow the Crucified Lord in his redemptive sufferings along the path of this world, until 'all the children of God are gathered together,' which 'all creation waits for in expectation.'

Entering these exercises calls forth a new energy from Our Risen Lord, and this new energy is not waisted on vain things, but on the eternal realities which the Church celebrates faithfully until the end of the world. Jesus said, 'do not hate your enemies, ' but 'pray for your enemies.' At heart, our enemies are only a reflection of the fallen nature we all inherit. After all, can 'anything good come out of:

We Seek a New Heaven and a New Earth

This is what was said about the Christ! Can it be any different for each of us. Though we are caught up in a world that is sinking daily into oblivion for ' this world and all its spelendor is passing away,' still Christ says, 'be attentive,' you do not 'know the day nor the hour' when the Master of the House will return.

Drinking the Cup After the Resurrection

The disciples wanted to destroy their enemies with lighting from Heaven, but Our Lord said, 'shall I not drink the cup prepared for me.' We, too, must drink up the cup God has prepared for each of us, but not so much from the cup prepared for others, but our own. Anothers cup always seems to be more splendid, but when we drink deeply of our own we find both light and sorrw and joy enough. As Christians set on a path that leads into ways only known thru unknown territory we need to measure our lives according to the rule of faith.