With the Easter Season behind us, how are we to live? Do we embrace the new life that we have freely received in Christ, or do we return to our old selves awaiting once again the cyclical return of the resurrection story?
It seems to me that the focus of this Season of Ordinary Time invites us more deeply into the promise of the risen Christ and calls us to shed the dying skin of our mortality by learning to do those things that do not come easy for us.
Only through faith have we been transfigured and changed. The resurrection was not magical, nor does it require of us to do something against our will. It does, however, challenge our old way of doing things calling us into a new creation. At the heart of our risen life is our willingness to live for God, to serve and worship him, and draw all people into unity with him through Christ. When we are unable to live the new life it means that we have allowed the gravitational pull of our former self to have its way with us.
Reflections of a parish priest
These reflections are offered to you, dear reader, for the nourishment of your soul and spirit in this time of political, religious, and cultural confusion. It remains to be known what topics will be covered in this missive, but I am hopeful that whatever comes forth from my hand or the reader's will inspire and aid you on your journey to the Cross.
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