…because of the narrative we know best,
we discover that in the rock where you had nestled us,
You have blown the rock open from the inside.
You have rolled the stone away,
You have surged out of a tomb-like womb, a womb-like tomb,
And are back surging in the world,
to Jerusalem and Galilee and to parts unknown,
life overriding death,
work overriding dormancy,
risk moving beyond solace…
all things new and we ponder our oldest mantra:
“Christ is risen…He is risen indeed.”

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