"Resurrection is Possible Now!"

Today's Center for Action and Contemplation meditation is "Resurrection is Possible Now" and it has captured my full attention as I reflect on this Easter season.

Below is the opening Father Richard Rorh provides us: 

"We don’t need to wait for death to experience resurrection. We can begin resurrection today by living connected to God. Resurrection happens every time we love someone even though they were not very loving to us. At that moment we have been brought to new life. Every time we decide to trust and begin again, even after repeated failures, we are resurrected. Every time we refuse to become negative, cynical, or hopeless, we are experiencing the Risen Christ. We don’t have to wait for it later. Resurrection is always possible now.  

The resurrection is not Jesus’s private miracle; it’s the new shape of reality. It’s the new shape of the world. It’s filled with grace. It’s filled with possibility. It’s filled with newness.   

The resurrection is not a miracle story to prove the divinity of Christ, something that makes him the winner. It’s a storyline that allows us all to be winners. ALL! No exceptions! There’s no eternal death for anybody: All are invited to draw upon this infinite Source, this infinite Mystery, this infinite Love, this infinite Possibility. Spiritually speaking, we live in a world of abundance, of infinity, but most of us walk around operating in a world of scarcity."

How refreshing it is to know that resurrection needs not wait on our physical death. As I read and reflected on this wonderful meditation I found myself connected to God and the new life that comes from Jesus dying on the cross and rising into heaven.

If you would like to read the entire meditation, use the link below:

https://cac.org/daily-meditations/resurrection-is-possible-now/