Author: Lora Walsh

Good news for days when we have a hard time keeping it all together.

Some primal fears may be good for the health of our souls.

Our epistle invites us to approach our day with wide-eyed optimism, even if we know the world better than that.

When our lives are consumed with meeting our needs and journeying from place to place, we might miss the oases along our way.

We may not look or feel like prophets, but perhaps we can add a prophetic dimension to our daily life and work.

If it’s been a long week, or if you have a long day ahead, then today’s Psalm has just the refrain for you.

Today’s gospel gives us two examples of how to respond to fear: like the women who visit the tomb, or like the guards who try to protect it.

So many early stories of resurrection appearances have been lost. Today’s epistle gives us a hint as to what we’re missing . . . and inspires us to lose no time in seeking resurrection encounters of our own.

How far can we follow Jesus today? Perhaps not as far as we’d aspire to, but we can still offer Christ our presence and our patience at the foot of the cross.

As we move through Holy Week, will we approach Christ’s death on the cross as the payment of a debt owed to God, or as God’s extravagant gift and foolish gamble of love?