01 April 2015, The Tablet

Lent meditation / Rising with Jesus

by Joan Chittister

 
In the final reflection on her Lenten journey from darkness into light, Joan Chittister says that from Easter Day we can build a better world On Easter morning, a small and fragile assembly of believers, disciples whose faith has been shaken by the dashing of the dream, gather at an empty tomb. They come, their hearts darkened by sorrow, and leave full of a light they do not understand but cannot ignore. Something has happened here; something they didn’t plan and could not foresee. But something that will change their lives, give it focus, fill it with a new kind of passion, give it a purpose that will never end. The cross has given way to the tomb now. The sense of yesterday’s shattering loss has given way to new hope in them all. Life has changed entirely. Overnight. What t
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