Live the Resurrected Life

Live the Resurrected Life

“Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life” Romans 6:4. 

There are 46 days left in the Easter season. Forty-six days until the celebration of Pentecost. Forty-six days to receive the sacrifice and revelation of Christ. Yes, it is true that life does not end in so many days and that you have the rest of your life to receive the sacrifice and revelation of Christ, but why wait? People need events to inspire change, occasions to make amends, upheavals to change course. 

Easter is the event, occasion, and cosmos-rending upheaval that you have right now. You have come through Lent rending your heart–not your clothes–in order to allow Christ to take your burdens upon himself and set you free. Now that you are set free by the Good News of the Resurrection, you can embrace fully the gifts that God has given you and the changed you that you are.

Within the Resurrection lives the life of Jesus prior to the Crucifixion–who was He to you? Now in this new life, Jesus is the model and inspired witness of humility, kindness, love and toleration. He embodies the gentle spirit of one who cares more for the other than the self and is the inspired witness of devotion to the Father.

There you go, easy-peasy. In your post-resurrection life–that is, your concrete, real existence from sunrise to sunset–you need not wonder or wander about searching for inspiration because you possess the Holy Spirit within you. Your connection to Jesus is as graphic as that of anyone you meet or know, and in each moment, He is available to you for comfort and inspiration. Be inspired!

Be inspired and dwell on Jesus. Be kinder, give more, love deeper, care ferociously, be as humble as… be as humble as Jesus. The wondrous thing about this change through resurrection that you are now enacting is that you can exercise this new life right now! Embody humility and love through Jesus with the person in the next room, with whoever is on the other end of the phone, and when answering that email. Embody kindness and give more with each encounter and in every situation. 

Be inspired and live that inspiration right now with everyone in your life. Live your resurrected life with Jesus leading the way. 

"On that (this) day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you."

Living the Resurrected Life,

Fr. Bill+