{"id":114844,"date":"2014-04-20T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=114844"},"modified":"2014-04-22T08:17:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T12:17:35","slug":"day-lord-made-let-us-glad-rejoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/day-lord-made-let-us-glad-rejoice\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the day the Lord has made let us be glad and rejoice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-114846\" alt=\"Jesus rises\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jesus-rises.jpg\" width=\"189\" height=\"267\" \/>There\u2019s a saying that the only two things we are certain of are dying and paying taxes. Today we have a far more reliable and important assurance: Jesus \u201c<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">had<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> to rise from the dead\u201d. The irony of the resurrection is that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We believe but we do not understand.<\/li>\n<li>We believe because we encounter the risen Lord in our good works and in the holiness of each other.<\/li>\n<li>We believe because we experience the nearness of our loved ones who have died.<\/li>\n<li>We believe because we have seen newness in life recurring around us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt was still dark.\u201d Yes, the darkness before the sun rises but also there was much darkness in Mary\u2019s heart and soul, darkness due to the circumstances of the death of Jesus. She saw the stone removed from the tomb. With a heavy heart she ran to Peter, of course, Peter. The man Jesus had put in charge of the group. Peter went running to the tomb accompanied by the \u201cother disciple, the one who faithfully stood by Jesus\u2019 cross until the end, the one whom Jesus loved. They enter the tomb; they saw the burial cloths folded neatly. They believed. Alleluia! He is risen!<\/p>\n<p>Our Lord\u2019s resurrection calls us to surrender misunderstanding to belief, to give ourselves over to the life Jesus offers us. In Christ, we are all members of his Body, we all share in his risen life.<\/p>\n<p>Mary, Peter and the John simply did not understand as they raced to the place where the lifeless Jesus had been laid.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They sought a lifeless body and found an empty tomb; they simply did not yet understand.<\/li>\n<li>They questioned about where they had put him; they simply did not yet understand that \u201che had to rise from the dead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our belief in, understanding of, and appreciation of the resurrection must begin with the empty tomb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For it is the empty tomb that announces the reality of death.<\/li>\n<li>For it is the empty tomb that brings us to raise the question about \u201cwhere they put\u201d Jesus\u2019 lifeless body.<\/li>\n<li>For it the empty tomb that brings us to belief.<\/li>\n<li>For it is the empty tomb that announces something utterly new: Jesus us alive; he is risen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the resurrection the one thing that matters is that we surrender our all to the Father if we want to experience his sweetness. As the song say: \u201c&#8230;<i>if you are tired of chasing pretty rainbows or if you are tired of spinning round and round or if you wrap up with those shattered dreams of your life; just lay them down at the feet of Jesus; and he will turn you sorrows into joy<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We need to rethink how we view Easter. We need to view Easter as not the anniversary of that first Easter morning. But, today is Easter.\u00a0 Today is the Day the Lord has made.\u00a0 Today is a new day! Let us not be just spectators and stand from a distance. Let us not celebrate Easter as like sitting in a stadium watching a cricket game. If we want to celebrate Easter we need to get our bat and pads and PLAY! So, let this Easter be our sharing in the triumph and victory of God.\u00a0 In other word, \u201cLet Him Easter in us\u201d once said by Gerard Manley Hopkin. \u00a0 Let that victory and triumph touch our lives.\u00a0 Today is the Now!\u00a0 Let us refresh and renew our life with the Joy and the Triumph that springs from Christ whom no tomb could hold.<\/p>\n<p>We rise with Him.<\/p>\n<p>So, today, on this Easter we can rise-out of whatever it is in life that keeps us down: eggs get hatched; seeds germinate; flowers bloom; spring awakens from winter; and life appears again. Let\u2019s get in sync with nature and rise from our dead self. Just like a snake and most insects shed their outermost skin. Let us shed our dead-self and put on new life.<\/p>\n<p>For us who continue to struggle, his Resurrection is the hope for us rise to life with God.\u00a0 His death and His resurrection fill us with hope and keep us steady and safe.<\/p>\n<p>His rising opens for us our rising out of those tombs which may trap us. His victory over death is our victory over all the dying we do while we live.<\/p>\n<p>God Bless each one of us as we journey through this Easter season.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Fr. Letang is a Dominican Redemptorist priest who&#8217;s now stationed in Trinidad.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a saying that the only two things we are certain of are dying and paying taxes. Today we have a far more reliable and important assurance: Jesus \u201chad to rise from the dead\u201d. 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