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Reflections from St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
THE EASTER SEASON*
During the Easter
season there is something within us that wants to be hopeful. And yet we are
afraid to let it out, particularly when we have seen so many hopes dashed.
Hope is a tender
feeling, easily bruised. When you hope, you are vulnerable. You could make a
fool of yourself especially when your hopes do not turn out. When the pessimist
turns out to be right, then you appear foolish, naïve. To have hoped and
lost often makes us more guarded.
In the Bible, even
those who suffer are able to hope because their hope is based upon what God can
do, not what they can do.
Perhaps this Easter
season, I should allow myself to hope. There was the reality of Good Friday,
which means that I accept the fact of suffering and failure.
But Easter is also a
reality -- it shows what God can do and offers me hope no matter the situation.
*Taken
from The Little White Book for Easter
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