Sunday, April 5, 2026 – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
On this great solemnity of the Resurrection of Jesus, it is only proper for me to highlight this significant day of our faith. With that said, to address the significance of resurrection, in words, is not an easy task. How can one describe the experience from physical death to renewed life. Our vocabulary just falls short. So, in one sense, I am stuck.
In light of that introduction, I am going to throw the matter back on you for you to do the work. As I have said many times, my weekly writings attempt to mark intersections of daily events to God and spirituality. And I will repeat myself again, there are no secular moments. So, this is your task today and during the coming days of the octave of Easter. Maybe the best way for you to emotionally grasp, in some measure, the meaning and the joy of this day is to examine your life history. Attempt to recall an experience that you would consider a “miracle,” or a situation with a positive outcome you never would have dreamed of. Consider that situation where perceived ruin ended in great success? In these wonderful experiences, what were your emotions: relief, joy, excitement, wanting to celebrate—putting on your “happy feet” and dance? Maybe these can provide an inkling of resurrection which makes today the most meaningful. I feel we have all had a couple of these throughout the years.
Great and unexpected events are important for us. On this day of resurrection, reflecting on God’s ultimate goodness, we have new hope when it may be easy to vanish hope due to personal or social happenings. Remembering the miracles of life give us the consolation to move forward, confident of God’s presence and that great things are always possible—new beginnings!
Please follow this suggestion and remember and relive those miracles or those unexpected positive surprises in your life and relish them, believing that more are on your way. I close again—forgive me—with a song. They are a couple of lines from a lesser-known Whitney Houston song, Miracle. I think it connects with this column.
How could you throw away a miracle? There’s a miracle in store, oh, for you.