Do you remember the world as it was before Easter? Do you remember the way things were before the resurrection of Christ?

Do you remember the pre-Easter world?

Remember how wars were still fought as a way of settling disputes? Remember how differing views of God were sources of tension and conflict? Remember when twenty percent of the world’s population consumed eighty percent of the natural resources of our planet? Remember?

Remember when national boundaries where everything and people identified more with their national citizenship than their common humanity?

Do you remember the pre-Easter world?

Remember how illness was seen as only a sign of physical decline and not as a rise of the spirit? Remember when funerals were seen as a time of mourning rather than celebrating because people believed that when someone died, that person was actually gone? Remember? 

Remember how people were unsure of the future and used to live in fear so much of the time? And how people would try to quell their fears by buying more and more material goods—hoping that would make them feel happy and safe? Imagine! Remember that? Remember? 

What a joy it is to live in a post-Easter world where there are no longer lines drawn between people because of race, religion, gender orientation, age or class. Post-Easter: A time when sharing is the byword and jobs are abundant. A time when the planet comes first and hatred no longer dictates our political discourse.

A post-Easter world. Are you living it? Are we living it? If not, why not? The tomb is still empty. A new world is upon us! 

Let’s not just embrace the resurrection as great spiritual Good News. Let’s also actualize it in our world—our beautiful, unsealed world where darkness has fled! 

It is long past due that we relegate the pre-Easter world to the past, to our memories. If we really believe in the power of Easter, we no longer live in that world. 

In the name of the post-Easter world in which we do live, I wish you all a very Happy Easter!

See you in Church,

Rev. Dominic