“Alleluia! Christ is risen! Alleluia!” This chant is joyfully acclaimed by Christians all over the world every Easter: It is a song of triumph. It celebrates the victory of Jesus Christ over Satan, sin, evil and even death itself.
For Christians, Easter — the resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus Christ — is the most important feast on the calendar.
But this year, Easter is different. This Easter isn’t about pictures and poses. This Easter is about answers to most pressing issues that have been swirling our lives since we felt it come apart twelve months ago. Answers to emotions that have been rising and have had unfettered sway in our lives.
Last summer we witnessed brutality, oppression and hatered all will burying loved ones and losing dreams and missing major moments which we dreamed of sharing.
While can see the light at the end of the tunnel. With vaccinations now on pace to reach more than a million a day, with the anticipation of reaching the goal of herd immunity and with the loosening of COVID-19 protocols.
This Easter we need answers, we need a gamer changer, because if the game keeps going on the way it has, the stands are going to empty, because we already know the out come.
While Easter has always been a celebration of new life, the resurrected life of Jesus, this year we can feel that we are all ready and excited to celebrate “new life” for ourselves. Post-COVID is approaching and we sense America is ready to make a serious go at racial/social justice stemming from last summers disturbances. A new normal is almost here, we can sense a rebirth in the air.
Like most of you I have missed being able to get together so much. I can’t wait to see familiar and smiling faces once again. I stand with the women at the empty tomb in bible and my joy is almost beyond words. All I can say is: “Alleluia! Christ is risen! Alleluia!”