Friday, April 29, 2011

Reflection for April 27, 2010







“…the angel spoke, and he said to the women, “Thee is no need for you to be afraid. I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen…..”


Mark 28:5-6

There must be always remaining in everyone’s life some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and, by an inherent prerogative, throws all the rest of life into a new and creative relatedness, something that gathers up in itself all the freshest of experience from drab and commonplace areas of living and glows in one bright white light of penetrating beauty and meaning – then passes. The commonplace is shot through with new glory; old burdens become lighter, deep and ancient wounds lose much of their old, old hurting. A crown is placed over our heads that for the rest of our lives we are trying to grow tall enough to wear. Despite all the crassness of life, despite all the hardness of life, despite all the harsh discords of life, life is saved by the singing of angels.


Deep is the Hunger by Howard Thurman