Easter is an eight day celebration beginning on Easter Sunday, running through the Easter Octave and ending on the Second Sunday of Easter. This tradition reflects the joy the early apostles felt as they experienced the new presence of the Risen Christ. Jesus offers us this same experience today. The Eastertide, or Easter Season, is the forty days from Easter Sunday until the feast of the Ascension. Today we rest in the message of the tomb that appears to be empty.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Empty
We give thanks for the miracle of the Easter resurrection. We remember that we rise with Christ in newness. We feel the presence of the Spirit within us. We have made our Lenten journey as we traveled up to Jerusalem, and we have experienced the joy of Easter resurrection. Now we move into our lives in a different way . . .
God gives each of us a talent that brings hope to the world. We are to use it.
God gifts each of us with attributes and a pathway. We are to follow them.
God calls each of us to union in the Spirit. We are to respond immediately and with passion.
God calls each of us from our emptiness to fill us with mercy and joy.
A re-post from Easter Monday 2014.
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