With spring and Easter come flowers and indicators of hope. Harvard sues. The Supreme Court docket asserts itself. A senator visits the person deported by mistake. Protests mount. Markets protest. Nonetheless, there’s bother throughout. “Resurrection occurs within the midst of darkness,” is the Easter message of Sister Kathlyn Mulcahy, OP, a member of the management workforce of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. Listed here are excerpts: “Ministering in a house for immigrant ladies, I’m witness to the ache of our new arrivals who’ve misplaced all the pieces – residence, household, language, tradition. Now they discover themselves threatened once more as they attempt to rebuild their lives. Guarantees that issues will get higher appear hole and as empty because the tomb.” She continues: “Daybreak comes step by step, a gradual transition from darkness to mild till, instantly, the solar breaks over the horizon. Weak hearts step by step open as soon as extra to prospects. One lady graduates from highschool. A baby struggling the results of trauma lastly sleeps via the evening. One other lady receives work authorization for 5 years – and all of us rejoice.” Sister Kathlyn concludes: “Resurrection is available in large and small methods after we’re open to see it. We are able to solely put together for it by being current within the darkness, standing with those that are struggling, able to rejoice with them when the sunshine dawns.” The complete message is out there on the Dominicans’ web site, springfieldop.org. – Fletcher Farrar, editor
