“…On Easter Sunday we celebrate Jesus coming back into a world that rejected him. If you have ever been rejected, you know how unlikely it is to come back into the midst of those who have said, We do not want you. Yet that’s the eternal mystery we celebrate: God is always coming back into a world that for some unbelievable reason does not want God. It’s almost impossible to believe that could be true. And yet Jesus, in his humility, finds ways to come back.” The message of Jesus’ resurrection is what enables me to continue working for confession and repentance, for peace and justice, for transformation and conversion, because in doing so I am almost always dealing with rejection… albeit in my community of faith, in the world and in myself. I am so grateful for the liberation Jesus offers me day in and day out. That is my Easter story of salvation and life!
- Italicized quote comes from Radical Grace: Daily Meditations by Richard Rohr
- Artwork "Resurrection" by Fr. John Giuliani comes from Bridge Building Images Native American Art section
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