The resurrection has
made it possible for us to live, together, in God’s love, to overcome all
differences of language, ethnicity, station and culture and be united in the
body of the Church.
The resurrection has
made it possible to break the cycle of sin and violence, by enabling us to
resist responding to hatred with aggression, to turn the other cheek and even
offer a good word.
The resurrection has
made it possible to be holy, as our heavenly Father is holy, to love others as
God loves.
The resurrection has
made it possible for us discard the myths of individuality, independence and
self-sufficiency and to live with and for each other.
The resurrection has
made it possible for us to lead this impossible and unnatural life of ours in
the monastery- to love the brothers and the place, to prefer nothing to the
Work of God, to live to sing his praises and to cherish his Word always.
The challenges that all
this possibility represents might indeed inspire awe and fear, but let us remember and
rejoice that God has raised his Son from the dead, and given us the Spirit of
his Love, who casts out all fear, and who makes everything possible.
Photograph by Brother Brian. Meditation by Father William.
Photograph by Brother Brian. Meditation by Father William.