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Good morning,, Brian and everyone,
<div> Much gratitude for sharing this breathtaking Easter meditation</div>
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<div> Awakening to this is truly a gift.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Apr 13, 2024, at 08:22, Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:<br>
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in everything around us, "church" is all around us, "Christ is everywhere, and love will make us whole."</div>
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<p style="line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Ilia Delio invites us to find creative ways to “go to church” and celebrate new life and resurrection: </em></p>
<p style="line-height: inherit; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Where is this risen Christ? Everywhere and all around us—in you, your neighbor, the dogwood tree outside, the budding grape vine, the ants popping up through the cracks. The whole world
is filled with God, who is shining through even the darkest places of our lives. To “go to church” is to awaken to this divine presence in our midst and respond in love with a yes: Your life, O God, is my life and the life of the planet…. </p>
<p style="line-height: inherit; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px;">We have an invitation to go to church in a new way, by praying before the new leaves budding through dormant trees or the wobbly flowers by the side of the road pushing through the solid
earth…. [Like Francis of Assisi,] we too can sing with the air we breathe, the sun that shines upon us, the rain that pours down to water the earth. And we can cry with those who are mourning, with the forgotten, with those who are suffering from disease
or illness, with the weak, with the imprisoned. We can mourn in the solidarity of compassion but we must live in the hope of new life. For we are Easter people, and we are called to celebrate the whole earth as the body of Christ. Every act done in love gives
glory to God: a pause of thanksgiving, a laugh, a gaze at the sun, or just raising a toast to your friends at your virtual gathering. The good news? “He is not here!” Christ is everywhere, and love will make us whole. </p>
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<p style="line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="https://email.cac.org/t/d-l-egbjk-tlkrkiluf-h/" style="color: rgb(156, 94, 60); text-decoration-line: underline; line-height: inherit;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read this meditation
on cac.org.</a></p>
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