This afternoon I walked into The Mustard Seed’s Community Support Centre and read this quote on the whiteboard: “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people, and hallelujah is our song!” (Pope John Paul II).
In the midst of poverty and homelessness, and grieving the terminal illness of a beloved member of our Mustard Seed community, it can be hard not to give in to despair. The world is such a broken place that sometimes it feels like the darkness of Good Friday will last forever.
The amazing thing about being a people of God is that we know that Good Friday is not a permanent situation- Easter’s coming!
Jesus` resurrection radically transforms the way we view the world. Easter is the hopeful promise of life, a reminder that brokenness and death are not the end, that God has the final say. We are part of a community where this is an especially powerful story to share.
We are called to be Easter people, not just this weekend but every day. The tomb is empty, and hallelujah is our song!
Peace be with you!!
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