1. Christ has died.
    Christ is risen.
    Christ will come again.


    Happy Easter, everyone!


    artwork: liturgical mosaic by j.piercey in st mary catholic church, usa
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  2. Christ Jesus,
    who, being in the form of God,
    did not count equality with God
    something to be grasped.

    But he emptied himself,
    taking the form of a slave,
    becoming as human beings are;
    and being in every way
    like a human being,
    he was humbler yet,
    even to accepting death on a cross.

    Philippians 2:5a-8.
    artwork: crucifixion scene from the maesta altarpiece by duccio di bouninsegna
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  3. Christians begin Holy Week today. During these days we are invited to enter into the passion and death of Jesus for all humankind on Holy Thursday and Good Friday and the glory of his resurrection as the Christ, Lord over death and sin, on Easter Sunday. Doing so, we remember God's love expressed so poignantly in Jesus' saving deeds for us.

    The Guide to Weekly Prayer from Creighton University articulates the grace of this week thus: “Yes, we are all sinners. But, we are loved sinners. We are being invited to be grateful, not to beat our breasts. We are invited, in this spirit to feel all that we can feel this week. Yes, we will feel some discomfort -- after all, we feel discomfort when anyone puts themselves through some sacrifice for us. And, the sacrifice here is the gift of his very self -- so that we might always know how completely Jesus entered into the reality of our human existence -- "even death, death on a cross" (Phil. 2:6-9).

    This grace is also present in the initial days of an Ignatian retreat; a retreatant is asked to recall God’s profound love in her life. Praying on God’s love in my life during my recent retreat, I was moved to write the following poem. Reading it again these past two days reminds me of God's ever faithful love, always already present, in my life even as I find myself engulfed in pain and darkness.

    At a windowpane: examen

    Curtained by virgin blue,
    the blazing crotons in
    noon light
    beckon my prayer-wearied gaze
    to this framed prettiness:

    an incandescent riot striking the offset verdant foliage
    is this room’s frail buttress against the promised swelter.
    In the ash blue distance, there
    is a cloudy Saturday sky over the
    Marikina Valley.

    But, in an unexpected inward turn,
    the painful scars of a shattered pane draw me to its gaping wound:
    its pristine clarity disfigured.

    The frightful mise-en-scene of that long ago “smash”
    cracks me open to the outside and the beyond:
    this truly is –-
    then, as now, light peers through,
    and You are here, clearly.


    photo by verhandojo /dreamstime.com

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"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute way final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything."

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