Day 209 Love Stronger than Death

 Risen Lord, light of the world, to you be all praise and glory! This day, so full of your presence, your joy, your peace, is indeed your day.
 

I just returned from a walk in woods. It was cool and windy, but everything spoke of you. Everything: the clouds, the trees, the grass, the sound of the wind. They all spoke of your resurrection; they all made me aware that everything is indeed good. In you all is created good, and by you all creation is renewed and brought to an even greater glory than it held at its beginning.

As I walked through the woods this day, I heard you call Mary Magdalene by her name and heard how you called from the shore of the lake to your friends to throw out their nets. I saw you entering the closed room where your disciples were gathered in fear. I saw you appearing on the mountain and at the outskirts of the village. How intimate these events really are.... They are like special favors to dear friends--they were not done to impress or overwhelm anyone, but simply to show that your love is stronger than death.

O Lord, I know that it is in silence, in a quiet moment, in a forgotten corner that you will meet me, call me by name and speak to me a word of peace. It is in my stillest hour that you become the risen Lord to me.

Dear Lord, I am so grateful for all you have given me this past week. Stay with me in the days to come. Bless all who suffer in this world and bring peace to your people, who you loved so much that you gave your life for them. Amen.