To say, I believe
in Jesus Christ… who rose from the dead
is to say… [that] I myself am ready to be transformed. Once the Christ-life rises in me, I rise to
new life as well… Until we find
ourselves with new hearts, more penetrating insights, fewer compulsions, less
need for the transient, greater awareness of the spiritual pulse of life,
resurrection has not really happened for us.
Jesus has risen but we have not.
Resurrection is about transfiguration.
Life as we once knew it, defined it, shaped it – if we really believe in
the Risen Christ – rises redefined.
Transformation in any of us calls the rest of us to transformation. Change changes everybody. Relationships shift. Expectations alter. Insight deepens. We begin to see as we have never seen before…
--Sr. Joan Chittister, In
Search of Belief
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