Happy Resurrection!

   This time of the year may be my most favorite, I know we need incarnation as part of salvation, but something since my childhood has captured me every time about this season. In New England there used to be a sense of energy this time of year. The dark and snow finally melting away. This is the time when the animals all cooped up in the barn all winter long get to finally come out. I remember even our old milk cow would jump and buck the first time she came out the door. The sheep seemed to skip with all four feet off the ground! The freedom, sun, new green grass all seemed to excite everything! The parallels to Easter are noticeable. Well there is the food also, usually bagels for Easter breakfast with all the toppings bacon, cream cheese, olives, jellies, ham, and more.  Our swollen eyes with sleep still sticking in corners saw the colored eggs all the little ones had painted and dyed looking glorious on the table. We walk slowly our to the front yard to sing and watch the sun rise. Greeting everyone with, "He is Risen" and the replies, "He is Risen indeed."

 The focus is on Christ's action, He has ended the darkness. Conquered death and in the covenant of communion we are unified and remember this. The glory of the world echoes the glory of the Lord. Passion week, the week of suffering is culminated in triumph! He is Risen!

 This year in Bocachica, the earth is still waiting, we are waiting expectantly, creation is anxious. Look at the cereza trees, there are a few little cherries the little boys pick. The ciruelas are green and hard and shriveled. Some of the bushes are sprouting premature leaves. They know it is coming, we heard the little sprinkling of rain on the tin roof the other morning, there are thick clouds now. The fisherman say for sure though the rain comes in Semana Santa. The vegetation will become alive, the ciruelas will fatten and ripen, and new life will be seen across the island. This time we will be at the beach with colored eggs, and fruit, greeting each other with, " He is Risen", and replying, "He is Risen indeed!
   May the Lord Bless you, and may you, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever." (2 Peter 3:18)