I have to believe in the resurrection, because the resurrection is my crutch. I have to believe that all the people I love who have been abused and trampled on all their lives have a different adventure waiting on them after they live this harsh world. That belief gives me hope to plug along while trying to do what I can where I am. I have to believe that despite beating my head against a brick wall in efforts to help NOW, that even though we fail, maybe… just maybe… the Divine has a wonderful life waiting for them.
Mama says that she thinks that Jesus was raised from the dead, because of what the disciples did after seeing him. The women who followed Jesus found an empty tomb, then went and found the disciples who were hiding and staying out of the Roman Empire’s eye lest they be crucified like Jesus, and told them of the living Jesus. When the disciples saw Jesus, they became fearless and took up the mantle to continue to spread Jesus’ good news.
Pandemics cause death. They have many of us hiding – and rightly so - in our homes lest the nasty Coronavirus sickens or kills us or the people we meet.
Pandemics show up all the bad aspects of our society: homeless people sleeping in parking lots, the elderly alone, health care workers not protected, the poor going hungry, the developing nations struggling to care for their own with no funds, the blind-absolute-stupidity of people thinking it won’t touch them, the family members being abused while trapped in their homes, the Indian workers trying to walk home, and on and on and on. Pandemics help us see all the injustices. There are parallels between pandemics and executions… like crucifixions.
The question is, when death/the pandemic is over, will there be resurrection? Will we, who survive, walk out of our homes and start a new world… spread good news… fix the bad aspects of society… cure all the injustices? Or will we as a society continue to rot?
I pray that like Jesus we walk out and see the sky, greet our family and friends, and bring hope to all.
I pray that like the disciples we will be fearless.
I pray that like the disciples we will spread good news, fix injustices, fix our environment, and make a new world.
That’s my prayer this Easter Sunday… a new resurrection.
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| El Porvenir sunrise - photo: Kolbe McKee |
-Kathleen
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