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The people who worked to build the great cathedrals of Europe during the Middle Ages never saw them completed. It took hundreds of years to complete these magnificent buildings.
Imagine, centuries ago, a stonecutter somewhere sculpted a beautiful rose. That rose was his life’s work. It was all he ever saw. A glassmaker dedicated his life to creating one window for the great church. A laborer worked to shape the stone that would be hauled into place to create the cathedral’s massive walls. Yet, none of these workers ever actually entered the completed cathedral! However, one day, the cathedral was completed. It was there!
The work of all of these good people was an incredible act of generous faith. We must imagine peace and reconciliation in the same way.
On Easter night the Risen Christ left his new Church the gift of his ―peace.‖ However Christ’s peace was so much
more than mere ―niceness‖ or feeling good. It was so much more than just the absence of conflict. The peace of Christ must be created brick by brick, pane by pane, rose by rose! Every small act of kindness, justice, love and mercy that we perform creates the great cathedral of Christ’s peace. We may never ―enter‖ the completed structure in this world, but the blessing of Easter is the wisdom, integrity and sense of gratitude to actually take on our own share of the work in building that peace.
May our Easter celebration transform our attitudes and perspectives, opening our eyes and hearts and spirits to truly encounter God in every manifestation of selfless, joyful love; in every victory of light over darkness, of hope over despair, of good over evil!
HAPPY EASTER!