Epiphanies of God’s Glory

“Indeed it does seem weird, at first sight, that the cross, an instrument of cruel execution, should be for us the emblem of life restored — but only insofar as we forget that that which died on the cross was death itself, while life was proved invincible. ‘Love is strong as death’, an ancient bard prophesied in the Song of Songs. His proposition was borne out on Calvary and, thereupon, within the grave of Joseph of Arimathea, where our lord rose from the dead.

It is this death-defying love we must invite into our lives, that it may break our alliances with sin, death’s enabler, and let whatever dead bones we carry stir and recompose themselves to make of us women and men fully, not just half alive, epiphanies by grace of God’s glory.” ~Bhp. Erik Varden, from his homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025

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