EASTER 2026
+ LET ME ADMIT IT, DEAR FRIENDS:
QUITE OFTEN, WHEN I SEE THE SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR POOR WORLD, I NEARLY DESPAIR. AND YET, SPRING BURSTING FORTH THESE DAYS WITH SUCH ELEMENTAL POWER, GIVES ME NEW COURAGE. A SINGLE FORSYTHIA BUSH AGAINST THE BLUE SKY IS ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME THAT LIFE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN DEATH. AND IN THE EASTER LITURGY WE CELEBRATE ON AN EVEN DEEPER LEVEL THAT SAME POWER STIRRING WITHIN EACH ONE OF US.
MAY WE LET IT FLOW THROUGH US INTO THE WHOLE WORLD. I TRUST THAT IT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO HEAL EVERY WOUND AND TO FILL ALL THAT IS DEAD WITH NEW LIFE.
Your Brother David Steindl-Rast
