#easter thoughts

[an-admiring-bog]

at the convent I visited in march they have an elementary school they teach at in the city, and at the school they have a mini farm experience for the kids.

they have four sheep. Cosmos, Damian, Aggie, and Maggie.

they’re incredibly sweet and pettable and I miss the sheep BUT. what really got me is what one of the novices pointed out to me later.

the parable of the lost sheep is not about lambs, which are small and cute. it’s about SHEEP.

sheep, it turns out, are large and heavy and woolly and smelly. it takes a strong shepherd to pick one up, to carry one back to the herd.

and Christ is a strong shepherd. He can carry the sheep, no matter how sin-laden. He knew what he was talking about with sheep. He knew a sheep was no small thing.

also, sheep do not worry about being sheep. in fact they worry about very little. and they have an excellent time.

all this to say I would like to be a better sheep.

[queenie-004]

Lorde could walk on water but Jesus could never write “The Louvre”

[sweetorange0105]

Thinking of bb Joe in his little bunny onesie 😭🐇

[rachelleacomics]

Where’s that gift receipt???

[shallowtboy]

if T fucks my shit up bad at least i could sing the caiaphas parts from jesus christ superstar

[confessionsofcalling]

It's Sunday. He is risen. But He is risen doesn't mean:

You suddenly have it all figured out

Everything should feel happy and light

You should suddenly be absolutely ok

You have to be the most pious

You have to be greatful 24/7

That the world isn't still a fucked up place

That you're expected to be perfect because the mourning is over

But what it does mean, is that the story doesn't end here. You get to be whatever mess you are and Jesus still wants to scoop you up and take whatever time it needs to make it better. The world will be a fucked up place and we will not be perfect and we may still be mourning. But an empty tomb means amongst all that darkness, there is undeniable hope.

[jahaliel]

are we not all people? all worthy all deserving

of love of peace of respect of being who we are

regardless of gender of sexuality of religion of race

why is peace so far from us why do we oppress

those who are people just like we ourselves are people

[artemiscalled]

For Christians, the culmination of Easter is celebrating Jesus’ resurrection from death. In terms of mortality, it’s a pleasant surprise, but in terms of God, it is expected. From our place in time, we already know it happens. But how is a mystery, both ineffable and somehow, understood. Something miraculous and contrary to the laws of nature feels so natural. But how?

Because it isn’t contrary to the laws of nature. Not really. Last year’s leaves grow this year’s trees. Each year things pass away, only to live again in Spring. The natural world is built to grow life from decay, and to sow hope where there was none.

So view Jesus as your savior, another prophet, a metaphor, or even just a story. His resurrection imitates the cycles we experience on Earth, in nature and in life. To assume that this interwoven pattern of life, death, and rebirth is not divine is to ignore what divinity is.