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You just can't keep a good man down.
I am sure that when that Roman soldier thrust his lance into Jesus' side, and then when his body was taken down from the Cross and laid in the arms of his most Blessed Mother, and then when his body was wrapped up and placed in a tomb, and then when soldiers were posted as guards to make sure no one could steal the body, that "that was that" for one obscure and troublesome red-necked rabbi from the provinces.
But the story doesn't end there.
It's easy to get into a "that was that" attitude about justice issues, especially when there is so much injustice, when power becomes arrogant, and when the poor are oppressed. It's raining, the boat is filling up, and all I have is a teaspoon to bail with. Or you are in a swamp, and the alligators are stacking up about waist high.
But "all that is" is not just what you can see, hear, feel, taste, and
smell with your earthly senses. There is an entire spiritual reality
that is as "real" as anything you can bite and taste or feel and smell.
It is all around us, New Life -- Easter Life -- victory over death
and evil. The Reign of God is upon and among us.
Every moment we live in justice and peace, we experience the Reign of God. Chaos may rage and violence may come, but all of the powers of evil will not win against God.
We are truly an Easter people, washed in the waters of baptism, annointed with the oil of salvation, fed at the table of the Lord. To understand Easter, is to live this reality day by day, moment by moment. Thus, our eyes and ears and hearts become open to the ever-renewing Spirit of the Lord, who calls us to preach the good news of salvation from sin and liberation from all wicked oppression to the poor and powerless.
And, by the way, also to the rich and powerful.
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