Easter Vigil • Gen 1:1-2:4a • Isa 55:1-11 • Wis 10:15-21, 11:1-5 • Rom 6:3-11 • Lk 24:1-12 • 4/19/25 I vividly remember standing by the bonfire here at Easter Vigil a few years ago. Bright flames reached up towards a full moon as Sister Lynne spoke the resounding words: “The beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega …” Under that moon, lit by those flames, feet on the earth, I felt rooted to the center of the world, as if we stood at the earth’s unchanging axis while cosmic seasons revolved around us… rooted in timelessness at the turning …
Faith and hope
How often the scripture and additional readings during the Liturgy of the Hours compliment each other and bring new light, new insights, new faith and hope. Today, as we honored and remembered Mary, Martha and Lazarus as companions of Jesus, we heard and prayed the following: From the writings of Louis Boyer: By his words “I am the resurrection and the life” Jesus condemns the mistake of faith without hope. He is its living refutation, because, in this incarnate person, he is the incursion of the invisible world. He is the resurrection and life. Faith is directed to him, to …