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The Minister's Study
Life back to normal?
BY REV. BONNIE LAMBLE
WALTON-BLUEVALE PASTORAL
CHARGE
Here we are a few days after
Easter. By now most of the Easter
ham has been used up in leftovers.
The chocolate bunnies and Easter
eggs are history. The cat has
chewed one of the fluffy yellow toy
chicks and it lies forgotten in the
dust under the fridge. So that’s
about it for Easter. We’re back to
normal.
After all, that one day of celebra
tion hasn’t changed much. The
burdens of life that we carry are not
appreciably lighter. Those who are
grieving continue to feel the loneli
ness and pain of loss, those who are
seriously ill haven’t been miracu
lously cured; those facing other
problems haven’t found their trou
bles suddenly resolved. Easter is
reality. Jesus Christ had burst the
bonds of death! And because of
that they suddenly had a new
purpose in life. This good news
must be shared!
For those women, Easter was not
a one day event, it was a life-chang
ing event. And so it is for us.
Resurrection and new life are
Christ’s gifts to us over and over as
we struggle with the many deaths,
losses and burdens in our own
lives.
Let’s face it, what are we like
when we experience life’s difficul
ties? Aren’t we often like the
women looking for the living
among the dead. When we have
problems, we get mired in hope
lessness and like the women, we
look for a body rather than a risen
Lord. We often know that the way
we are doing things is not working
but we won’t seek out creative and
new ways of doing things. We will
occupy our time thinking about the
past and wishing we could reclaim
that, rather than putting energy
into seeking a hopeful future.
The challenge for us at Easter is
to live Easter lives all the year
round - that is to live in the
freedom and new life of the risen
Christ. And that is not a superficial
saying “well things will work out”
or “things will be OK” but rather
an active claiming of new life in
Christ. Sure we have our problems.
We have the Good Fridays to
experience from time to time. But
that is not where we are to stay.
Christ is risen and he invites us to
enter into that new life in every
situation we encounter. Let us let
Christ lead us forward. Let us walk
in the light of his risen glory.
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over so let’s get on with life.
That’s what the women who
came to Jesus’ tomb were doing --
getting on with life and doing what
had to be done. They had experi
enced the death of a loved one and
they were doing what their customs
and rituals demanded. They arriv
ed at the tomb bearing the spices
with which they would annoint
Jesus’ body. I imagine that they
would have come quietly, still
shocked and disheartened by the
turn of events which took the life of
their friend and leader. But they
knew what must be done. Annoint-
ing the body was part of facing the
reality of death and grieving their
loss.
But suddenly their plans were
decisively interrupted. There was
no body. Instead the strange
question of two dazzling messen
gers, “Why do you seek the living
among the dead?” If Jesus’ death
had shocked them, his resurrection
must have been even more as
tounding. For suddenly everything
was changed. Their expectations
had been turned head over heels.
Death was no longer the final
Blyth CWL hears
about Bluewater
Centre
The regular monthly meeting of
St. Michael’s CWL was held at the
home of Dorothy Van Steelandt on
Monday, March 13.
Eleven members answered the
roll call.
A reading “The World is mine”,
was given by Theresa Egli. A guest
speaker, Barb Forbes, who is a
volunteer co-ordinator at the Blue
water Centre was present. She
showed slides and told what the
time served was like for the young
offenders.
The treasurer’s report was read.
For the Community Life committee
Joan sent out a baby card. Anna
did volunteer work for the Heart
and Stroke Foundation.
Several children will be making
their first Communion this year.
Gifts will be discussed later.
$35 will be sent to the Canadian
Jesuit missions.
Next meeting will be held Mon
day, April 10 at Joan Middegall’s.
The meeting was closed with
Dorothy leading in prayer. Fines
and pennies were collected. A
mystery prize, brought by Theresa
Elgi was won by Marie Heffron.
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