The Radiance of the Unseen: Easter Sunday
Resurrection is not just a historical event; it is a present, cosmic reality. On Easter Sunday, we wake up to what Evelyn Underhill described as the "Radiant Center" of all existence. The stone is rolled away, not to just let Jesus out, but to let us in, as it did Peter and John—to see that death has been swallowed up by a Life that cannot be contained.
St. Francis of Assisi would have us look at the sun, the flowers, and the very breath in our lungs as "Brother" and "Sister" to this Resurrection. For the mystic, Easter is the ultimate "Yes" to the goodness of creation. It is the realization that, as Julian of Norwich said, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well." This isn't a shallow optimism; it is a hope forged in the fire of Friday and the silence of Saturday.
Teresa of Avila reminds us that "Christ has no body now but yours." The Resurrection continues through us. When we act with compassion, when we forgive the unforgivable, when we choose joy in the face of despair, we are "Eastering." We are living out the "Union" that St. John of the Cross described—where the soul and God become one flame of love. The impact of Easter is that the "Dark Night" was actually the dawn. We are invited to live now as "New Creations," not waiting for a future heaven, but bringing the atmosphere of that heaven into the present moment.
Reflective Questions
Where do you see "Resurrection" happening in your life right now—where is something new growing out of something that once felt dead?
How can you be the "body of Christ" today, carrying the energy of the Resurrection to someone who is still stuck in "Friday"?
If you truly believed that "all shall be well," how would you live differently tomorrow morning?
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