Easter Sunday • Year A
Christ has Risen! Alleluia! We are filled with the joy of this Easter Season. But what is it that brings joy? Is it the beautiful flowers? Is it the sweetness that extra candy brings to our diet? Does the joy come from the warmer temperatures and signs of Spring that accompany this time of the year in the northern hemisphere? Certainly, these external realities can bring us a feeling of contentment and happiness. But when we celebrate the Joy of Easter, we know that there is even something more profound.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord • Year C
And then, how can that purification process assist us to present ourselves, liked newly polished or refined silver, to the invited guest of Christ. Where are those areas in our lives where tarnish has built up: The tarnish of pride, selfishness, unkind acts, broken relationships, prejudice, injustice? What needs a little more attention or what needs to be polished for our own presentation to be complete?