We too have seen him,
experienced his presence. Have we not? We can deny it, slip back into a cozy
darkness. It’s always a possibility. But Jesus has come near, very near and changed
everything. We have been anointed with the blood and water flowing from his
wounded side; we belong to him. There’s no going back. Once we all were darkness, but now we are light in the Lord.
Now at long last the
winter is over and past, the light is increasing, soon flowers will appear
on the earth; the voice of doves and little birds already fills the air, the
day of our redemption draws nearer and nearer. Now with great desire Jesus
desires that we become all light, all compassion in him. The powers of darkness
are always on our tail. We need his body and blood to help us to keep
choosing the light. So we keep coming back to the altar table day after day to
receive the Bread and Wine that is light, the light that he is, the light that we
are becoming.
