The resurrection of Jesus was a hidden event. Jesus didn’t rise from the grave to baffle his opponents, to make a victory statement, or to prove to those who crucified him that he was right after all. Jesus rose as a sign to those who loved him and followed him that God’s divine love is stronger then death. To the women and men who committed themselves to him, he revealed that his mission had been fulfilled. To those who shared in his ministry, he gave the sacred task to call all the people into the new life with him. Only those with whom he broke bread and to whom he spoke words of peace were aware of what happened. |
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Many people live with the unconscious or conscious expectation that eventually things will get better; wars, hunger , poverty, oppression, and exploitation will vanish; and all people will live in harmony. But Jesus doesn’t support such an optimistic outlook. He foresees not only the destruction of Jerusalem, but also a world full of cruelty, violence and conflict. For Jesus there is no happy ending in this world. The challenge of Jesus is not to solve all the worlds problems before the end of time but to remain faithful at all cost.
How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs of the One we are waiting for. Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that are sown in the ground in which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our eyes and seeing there the first rays of God’s glorious coming.
It is important to know that our emotional life is not the same as our spiritual life. Our Spiritual. Life is the life of the Spirit of God in us. As we feel our emotions shift, we must connect our spirits with the Spirit of God and remind ourselves that what we feel is not who we are.
We are and remain, whatever our moves, God’s beloved children. Although it is very hard to control our moods, we can gradually overcome them by a well disciplined spiritual life. This can prevent us from acting out our moods. We might not “feel” like getting up in the morning because we “feel” that life is not worth living, that nobody loves us, and that our work is boring. But if we get up any how, to spend sometime reading the Gospels, praying the Psalms, and thanking God for a new day, our moods may lose their power over us. |
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