Go Out and Play!

Today is gorgeous. The breeze is light; the sun is warm and the flowers are showing off their colors. Spring smells are vivid and the landscape is moving from winter’s harshness to the awakening called spring. The wonder of it all calls to me, “Come, let’s play. Dance. Go barefoot. Play.”

It is Wednesday and the minutia of the week is kicking in. I have appointments to keep, people to meet and tasks to complete. To be honest, I am tired. The semester is almost over, I have a host of things to do and everything in me wants to go out and play (barefooted, of course J). I want a hammock and a book, a breathtaking landmark and a journal…anything besides what I have to do now. The youth at church have an expression that fits well here “Are you feeling me?”

Life is an adventure. It is a journey with highs and lows. The rhythm of the seasons sets a pattern of ebb and flow that is more beautiful than an opus. Complacency gives birth to life and death becomes a vital part of a journey.

The Christian story speaks of a week that begins with a wild celebration. Folks enthralled in the passion of the moment, waving branches line the street gleefully shouting “Hosanna!” The week concludes with a trial and death. Shouts of praise turn to shouts of hate, as the crowd angrily shouts, “Crucify, him. Crucify him.” Three days later the story speaks of resurrection…and rebirth.

On campus there are several opportunities to engage this story. Thursday a service will be held which remembers the last time Jesus of Nazareth met with his disciples, a last supper. On Friday there will be an opportunity to walk the last steps of Jesus of Nazareth and remember his trial and death. Sunday at 7 a.m. in Friendship Circle there will be an Easter Sunrise Service and later at 4:30 p.m. Easter Mass will be held in the Chapel, followed by a meal.

The Center for Spiritual Life invites you to these services. Whether you come as a pilgrim desiring to remember or as one curious about this story, you are invited to come and engage this story. A story that remembers death is a vital part of life’s journey.

May your week be a holy one,

Katrina