“Resurrection says that life is a cycle. In order to have resurrection you have to have life, death and then to live again. Grief is part of the process, hardship is part of the process. Nostalgia and memories are part of the process. And we take all of that with us as we come out of the tomb. We take those memories with us, just like the scars on Jesus’s hands and feet. Life moves forward and will always find a way. Christ is with us as we choose life, helping us to walk out of our tombs in all that that means. To choose life is to choose to walk the journey to wholeness. Practicing resurrection is an act of healing, about walking through fear and grief and disappointment to the light on the other side. And every day we choose to live our lives, we are healed a bit more, one mighty step closer to being whole. It is hard to think of anything else our world needs right about now.”
From Brother Thomas, Society of Saint Francis