It was evening on that first day of the week when Jesus brought to His disciples the peace of loving forgiveness, breathed new life into them, and sent them, empowered by His Spirit, to bring the peace of forgiveness to a world that prefers vengeance. It is now the evening of our lives, and once more we are about to leave the Cross please God, not for the last time, but the number of our returns and our leavings is fast dwindling. May the evening of our lives not come to a close while any of those we trusted remain unforgiven for betraying our trust, or any of those we counted as friends remain unforgiven for letting us down in times of need. Let not the evening of our lives end with anyone unforgiven not even God. Let the evening of our lives not end before we have truly forgiven even God, who taught us how to forgive by forgiving us so often.
Today is the first day of the week.
For us, it is the evening the evening of our lives. And we are about to leave the Cross. Receive the Holy Spirit. As the Father sent Me, so I send you. Go spend the evening of your lives bringing the peace of loving forgiveness to your varied worlds.