Our friend Scott Eagan speaks the poetry of life restored! In this holiest of seasons, may your hearts speak "the most beautiful word ever uttered in any language" to one another.
Happy Easter, friends!
“SUNDAY
Very early
on the first day of the week
when the sun had just risen…
in the darkness of a new tomb hewn out of rock
a naked man steps out of his burial linen
the Son of Man clothed in Light
marked with Passion
and places his foot upon the stony earth.
The Lamb who had been slain and shorn and silenced
Jesus the Christ arises, returning from death robed in glory.
He strides through the rolled-away-stone opening
startling the disbelievers
wiping away every Mary’s tears
encouraging all the disciples
and opening the radiant Flower of everlasting Life.
He greets those who wait
and those who had run away
with the most beautiful word
ever uttered in any language – Shalom
Peace.
He is Risen. Alleluia!”
Lithograph of the Risen Christ by Benton Spruance. Courtesy Sacred Art Pilgrim.