As we savour the mystery and blessings of Jesus’ Resurrection may we turn our thoughts and attention to the words of Isaiah to discover the manner in which we as Easter People are called and challenged to live out the message of this good news.
Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes. Isaiah 54:2
More than ever in our current times we are challenged to enlarge our tent, symbolically to extend hospitality and refuge to one another.
Ironically, Robert Ingersoll, although nicknamed “the Great Agnostic” reminds us , as I presume Jesus, the Risen One would that we rise by lifting others up. In what ways are we being called to lift the spirits of one another?
This generosity of spirit is set as an example for us by Jesus as he washed the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper. He calls upon us to wash one another’s feet. (John 13:1-17)
As renewed Easter People let us be welcoming tent dwellers and warm-hearted foot washers for those we encounter.
-Sister Nancy Wales, CSJ