i thank You God for most this amazing day:

 for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any – lifted from the no
of all nothing – human merely being
doubt unimaginable You? 

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

                                              e e cummings

EASTER REFLECTION

Jesus helps us to see the daily resurrections

that can transform our world and ourselves.

This Easter we can catch a glimpse of the Risen Christ

and our Risen Selves by . . .

helping to transform another's hurt into forgiveness,

. . . transforming our dying planet

into a world of interdependence and beauty,

. . .  freeing ourselves from anything

which might hold us in the tomb.

Resurrection is about allowing ourselves and others

to live alleluias every day of our lives. 

It is believing we are all one. 

It is about hope and being set free. 

And, yes, it is about a cosmic leap of faith!

Reflect Joy in your own life !

Credits: "Ode to Spring" art by Mary Southard, CSJ;  Easter reflection excerpt by Marlene Schemmel, CSJ from "Springtime of the Soul, 2011.     Ministry of the Arts

Submitted by ~liz Sorensen Wessel    Happy Easter Transformations!