What an awesome week! There is just something fantastic about celebrating the Paschal Mystery. The Resurrection grounds us and focuses us on the immense love and mercy that our Father in Heaven holds out for us. In a very real way the passion, death, and resurrection, reveals the level of God's faithfulness, and challenges us to respond with an outpouring of love for the Father. Jesus initiates us into the Kingdom of God.
The texts from scripture in the coming weeks are taken from the Acts of the Apostles. This is the story of the Church after the resurrection as the apostles go out to proclaim the Good News. We see in their message, and the response to the message, healing, conversion, and discipleship. The early Church grows on a daily basis as those who are unbelievers see and hear the love this early Church has amongst its members. The celebration of the Eucharist and the preaching of the Gospel become foundational in the lives of these men and women.
What has always drawn me to the early Church community is they continue to "do" theology. Jesus did not leave texts or rubrics with the apostles. Wherever the apostles, or the early Church is, they have to look at their pastoral situation through the lens of the Paschal Mystery. The question they end up asking themselves often is where the dying and rising of Christ fits into the current scenario. Moreso the early bishops and presbyters make a conscious effort to imitate the the Gospel and the sacraments.
The Resurrection renews the whole world, and renews our relationship with God, and each other. Where there was Sin and separation, the grace of the resurrection gathers us together into the Body of Christ. This is for us a great time to celebrate the mystery we have received.
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