"We are all, I suspect, familiar with the famous expression from Julian
of Norwich, now an axiom in our language. She once famously wrote: In
the end all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of
being shall be well. To which Oscar Wilde is reported to have added: 'And if it isn't well, then it's still not the end.'
"Few words
better express what we celebrate in the resurrection of Jesus. Belief in
the resurrection, belief that God raised Jesus from the dead,
constitutes the very ground of our Christian faith. Everything else we
believe in as Christians is grounded on that truth and, as St. Paul
says, if that isn't true, if Jesus wasn't raised from the dead, we are
the most deluded of all people. But if God did raise Jesus, and we
believe that he did, then not only can the rest of Jesus' message be
trusted, we can then live with the ultimate consolation that the end of
our story has already been written and it is a happy, ecstatic ending.
We will in the end, live happily ever after. . . ."
In a recent commentary, Father Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I.
reflected on the Resurrection of Jesus and the victory it brings.
To access Father Ron's complete essay, please visit:
The Boston Pilot: Echoes: And all manner of being shall be well (17 APR 19
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