“There’ll be Joy in the Morning on that Day!”
Those song lyrics from Joy in the Morning (sung HERE) have the opportunity to run through one’s mind while reading the post HERE by Brother Curtis Almquist.
Brother Almquist’s words are a reminder of the quote attributable to the Buddha: “Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional.” During this Lenten season in particular, the faithful get this. There will be joy, but a deep void was also the experience of the followers that Eastertide.
The hills and valleys of emotion are evident in the CAC weekly summary HERE. The summary contains a Matthew Fox commentary on Resurrection practice, including these compelling lines:
To be Resurrection for another I need to be Resurrection for myself. That means I cannot dwell in darkness and death and anger and oppression and submission and resentment and pain forever. I need to wake up, get up, rise up, put on life even when days are dark and my soul is down and shadows surround me everywhere…. I have to listen to the voice that says: “Be resurrection.”
Be resurrection!
Let us journey with joy, embracing Spirit’s strengthening and stirrings!
P.S. Perhaps the version of the song Now the Green Blade Riseth HERE provides a little example of the contrast of darkness and resurrection?
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, May 4, 2025:
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- share financial and/or food offerings with a local food pantry
- check with your faith community about upcoming opportunities to feed community members
- volunteer to help with a local mobile food pantry or community dinner
- find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items
- accept a Call to Action item from Season of Peace devotional posting
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