Last night at the Easter Vigil I noticed something. The first prayer that is said is about the new fire with which the Paschal Candle is lit. We re not here to debate the resurrection, but to burn with the desire for the Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven the best case scenario. No one explains the Resurrection. But many have found grace to practice it, together.
Resurrection is about hope, of course.
It s the hope with which many of us have laid our dearest ones to rest in the everlasting arms of our merciful Lord this past year. It s the hope that informs our waiting and watching as some of us prepare for that same sad day. It s the hope that keeps us going on the way. But that hope of the resurrection is not about individual survival. It is hope for the best case scenario the transformation of the world.