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Hubert Richards was a Scripture scholar. In the early
days of Vatican Two, I was privileged to attend some of his lectures, in
Leicester Square, in London. He renewed my faith, with his joyful scholarship.
He said that we tend to think of Easter as an event in the past. It is more
a reality of the present.... everyday life. I AM THE RESURRECTION, Jesus said,
not I was.
The Easter stories try to tell us that The Risen Christ
is present to us now in new, different ways, through His Spirit. The going
away of Jesus was the sending of His Spirit. The children’s Mass prayer
says “Father in Heaven, You have called us to receive the Body and Blood of
Christ at this table, to be filled with the joy of His Spirit. Through This
Sacred Meal, give us strength to please You and care for one another.”
We are steeped in a Three Person Friendship. Our story
begins with Love and ends in Love. Meantime we try to be loving in our
lives, because life is about how we relate to God, to one another, to the
world that we have on loan. Amongst the happiest that I meet in life are
people in Nursing Homes and in Care Centres, with warm shake hands, a
smile, a Thank you word. The Risen Easter Spirit is touching their hearts and
the fragrance is evident.
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