Happy, Blessed Easter!
Keep saying it, because the Easter season lasts all the way until June,
and as Catholics, we are an Easter people.
I was struck by a thought as I listened to our Easter
Triduum scripture readings this year, and I wonder how many others had the same
thought. I had always registered the
verse, “There was a great earthquake” at the moment of Jesus’ death on the
cross, but this year, that verse stood out to me. Yes, it is due to our recent events here in Utah
(and even more so with the aftershocks in the last few days), but it also
brings to mind a reality of what scripture is meant to do for us.
God speaks to us through scripture. Hopefully, He moves us through His Word. In the practice of Lectio Divina, we are
encouraged to spend time in silence, contemplating the passage we have read
and/or heard. We are encouraged to
listen for what God is saying to us in our current circumstances through the
passage. We then reflect on why He is
saying this to us here and now, and we respond to Him in prayer.
Prayer is a dialogue.
It can’t just be us talking all the time. If it is, how would we know when God responds
to our prayers? This year, the
earthquake verse shook me out of my routine (pun intended). Just as we continue to experience aftershocks
from our recent quake, allow God to move you with the aftershocks of His Word.
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