The Resurrection...alleluia! O Joy!

[Dominican Nuns Menlo Park]

 

 

 

THE RESURRECTION

 

Alleluia!

O Joy!

 

He rises – He rises

But the surprise is

(O the blessedness of it!)

The surprise is

Yes, our Lord died

is now in glory.

But

that is not the whole story

 

My rejoicing in His rising

was in realizing

suffering for Him is no more

 

Oh, how wrong and

how far above our puny thoughts

are those of God.

 

Don’t you know

I was told

that Jesus would go through the whole Passion again

Just for you?

If he thought it were true

your rejoicing solely that

He’s now free from suffering and pain

He would blame you as He did Peter

“Get thee behind Me, Satan”

 

Christ’s rejoicing in His rising

is not freedom from pain

But rather that

for you

He has gained His Father’s favor

You can now be heir with Him

in His Father’s House

Through Him,

You can now be one

with Father, Holy Spirit, Son

His joy is that He has

gifted you

lifted you

So that now, you may say

“This is my resurrection

I have risen through my Savior’s rising

And through Baptizing,

I can now be one with Him.”

 

Let us indeed be glad and rejoice.

This is indeed

the day the Lord has made

His love shall never fade

Heaven and earth can never fathom it!

 

(Poem written by our Sister Mary of the Holy Spirit, O.P.)

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2014 by Dominican Nuns Menlo Park

[brandelynmarie]

Beautiful poem, Sister Mary! I thought I was reading a hymn! Thank you for sharing this... :)