Philosophical Ramblings

Contemplating the Easter message one can perceive that it is all about giving- love. It is by the love of Christ that humanity is saved, for it is Christ’s love that conquers the darkness of death and the grave, and it is the truth of the depths of God’s love that liberates us from our slavery to sin.

Can we truly comprehend the depths of God’s love? How deep it goes into our very own souls, delightfully piercing the heart of our very being. The love of God runs incomprehensibly deep, into the very fiber of our innermost being, ever transforming and renewing life.

Truth liberates, freeing us from slavery to sin so that we may each become free children of God. Without such creative love there would be no creation. Through his act of supreme love, total self-giving, God unites all creation in himself in an intimate communion of love- that is what we celebrate this Easter- a communion of love with God who unites all creation through his own self-giving love. A love so powerful and infinitely deep that not even death itself can restrain it. A love so incomprehensibly deep that God willfully chooses to humble himself and enter the cosmos to be with us and to give us his message- pure truth itself- which he shows to us, through word and action, to be a giving love.

God gives us a choice, a choice between fear and love. And in the Resurrection, we can see that God’s love is so deep that it defeats even death, offering the opportunity for New Life.

In the heart of the Risen Christ we find refuge, shielded by his love, protected by his grace and liberated by his truth.