Reflection for April 15

Did you miss Easter? It happens.... Lots of people miss Easter. Indeed, some of the best people miss Easter.... The evidence suggests that very few people actually were around for the first Easter. There were the curiosity-seekers who lined the route to Golgotha, but then, who’s to say they were there for the sake of Jesus? He wasn’t the only one being executed and curiosity being what it is we dare not confuse it with conviction.... That we know of Easter at all is probably not because of those who were present. It’s not because they went to Easter, but rather because Easter came to them (Sam Portaro, “Missing Easter”, on his Blog, Veni).