Christ is Risen
We are called
to share in the Resurrection
of Jesus
not because
we have fulfilled all the laws
of God and man,
not because we are religious heroes,
but because we are suffering and struggling
human beings.
Sinners
fighting for our lives,
prisoners
fighting for freedom,
rebels
taking up spiritual weapons
against the powers that degrade
and insult our human dignity.
(From He is Risen by Thomas Merton OCSO)
The resurrection of Jesus is the good news that Jesus has defeated evil and death, and so will we.
It is the good news that nothing can destroy us anymore – not pain, nor sorrow, not rejection, not sin, not even death itself.
It is the good news that Jesus is alive and active in our world, ready to work miracles for us, if we but let him.”
(Brother Roger, Founder of the Taize Community)