The resurrection does not solve our problems about dying and death. It is not the happy ending to our life’s struggle, nor is it the big surprise that God has kept in store for us. No, the resurrection is the expression of God’s faithfulness…. The resurrection is God’s way of revealing to us that nothing…
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours… Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good, and yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now. St Theresa of Avila 1515-1582
This is my body. I sit, I stand, I walk. I grasp my fingers, I curl my toes, I stretch my shoulders. The sun warms my face, The breeze cools my neck, The morning dew freshens my senses. What a feeling to feel alive! I blink, I breathe, My heart pulses With a quickened beat.…