Resurrexit sicut dixit!
As we continue to enjoy the triumph of this Easter Season, we would like to share a message from our Abbot.
It is an odd thing to try to fix your gaze on eternity.
We are in the season of Easter, and since that first Easter Sunday nearly two thousand years ago, the central reality of this Holy Season has not shifted: Christ has risen, as He said, and in so doing He has redeemed mankind, conquered sin and death, and made real for us the promise of life with Him forever. Alleluia!
But, of course, this is not our first Easter. And as we change, so, too, does our appreciation for the significance of the sacred reality of Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
试图凝视永恒是一件奇怪的事情。
我们正处于复活节的季节，自从将近 2000 年前的第一个复活节主日以来，这个神圣季节的中心现实一直没有改变：基督已经复活，正如他所说的那样，在这样做的过程中，他救赎了人类，战胜了罪恶和死亡，并为我们实现了永远与他同在的承诺。阿肋路亚！
但是，当然，这不是我们的第一个复活节。随着我们的改变，我们对基督受难、死亡和复活这一神圣现实的重要性的认识也会随之改变。
As we grow to recognize the effects of sin more plainly — and, indeed, as we reflect more honestly on the weight of our own sins — perhaps we better experience the deep pain of Christ’s wounds.
As we see how starved our society is for reconciliation — and, indeed, as we reflect on our own want for forgiveness from those we have wronged —perhaps we better fathom the intense peace and relief of St. Dismas as the Crucified Lord promised him paradise.
As we see the despair of faithlessness consume our culture — and, indeed, as we struggle at times with our own unbelief — perhaps we see the desperation and hurt in poor “Doubting Thomas” with greater and greater sympathy.
随着我们越来越清楚地认识到罪的影响——事实上，当我们更诚实地反思自己罪的重量时——也许我们能更好地体验基督伤口的深深痛苦。
当我们看到我们的社会多么渴望和解时——事实上，当我们反思我们自己渴望得到我们所冤枉的人的宽恕时——也许我们更好地理解圣迪斯马斯的强烈和平与解脱，因为被钉在十字架上的主向他承诺了天堂.
当我们看到不信的绝望吞噬了我们的文化——事实上，当我们有时与自己的不信作斗争时——也许我们会以越来越大的同情心看到可怜的“多疑的多马”的绝望和伤害。
As we lose loved ones and feel the sting of death in our lives more acutely — and indeed, as we move inexorably toward our own final hour — we see more clearly the strength of Christ’s triumph over the tomb and understand how sweet the hope of the life of the world to come really is.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, the joy of Easter is not an abstraction. It is not a fruitless thought experiment or arcane philosophical trick. Christ’s Resurrection, His trump over death, is real, and it is ours, now. The Church celebrates this holy reality every year not out of hollow duty, but to remind us, anew, again and again, that Alleluia is an urgent and timely call.
当我们失去所爱的人并更加强烈地感受到死亡在我们生命中的刺痛时——事实上，当我们坚定不移地走向自己的最后时刻时——我们会更清楚地看到基督战胜坟墓的力量，并理解死亡的希望是多么甜蜜。来世的生活真的是.
我在基督里的兄弟姐妹们，复活节的喜乐不是抽象的。这不是毫无结果的思想实验或神秘的哲学把戏。基督的复活，他胜过死亡的王牌，是真实的，现在是我们的。教会每年都庆祝这个神圣的现实，不是出于空洞的职责，而是要一次又一次地提醒我们，哈利路亚是一个紧急而及时的召唤。
For our part, and by God’s infinite grace, the Norbertines of St. Michael’s Abbey will continue forward in this joyful task. We live this call in our daily prayer, the cornerstone of our community. We live this call in the work we do as chaplains, pastors, and teachers. We live this call through the art we create, the music we compose, and the scholarship we author. We live this call through our work with the Abbot’s Circle, and all our growing efforts that bring the joy of abbey life to millions of souls in the digital space.
Fixing your gaze on eternity does not unmoor you from the present; in fact, it grounds you more deeply in it. So, I ask you, how are you celebrating the Resurrection at this moment in your life? What are you doing during this Easter season to bear witness to the Gospel?
Let us continue, always, to remember each other in prayer.
就我们而言，在上帝的无限恩典下，圣迈克尔修道院的 Norbertines 将继续这项令人愉快的任务。我们在日常祈祷中践行这一呼召，这是我们社区的基石。作为牧师、牧师和教师，我们在工作中践行这一呼召。我们通过我们创造的艺术、我们创作的音乐和我们创作的奖学金来践行这一号召。我们通过与 Abbot’s Circle 的合作，以及我们不断努力为数字空间中的数百万灵魂带来修道院生活的乐趣，来践行这一号召。
凝视永恒并不能使你从现在中解脱出来；事实上，它会让你更深入地融入其中。所以，我问你，在你生命中的这个时刻，你是如何庆祝复活的？在这个复活节期间，你在做什么来见证福音？
让我们继续，永远，在祈祷中记住彼此。
In Christ,
Abbot Eugene J. Hayes, O.Praem.Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved.Our mailing address is:St. Michael’s Abbey
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