Come to the altar, surrender

 

"Holy Week is the time of our great Passover:

the passage from darkness to light, from sadness to joy,

from time to eterntiy, from death to life.  And so we are drawn to

the Cross and the Cross is offered to us, in this and in every Eucharist.

The Eucharist is the place and the means and the price of our Passover

for the Eucharist is the Church held in the embrace of the Cross.

If you are weary, come to the altar, surrender to the embrace of the Cross.

If you are fearful and isolated, come to the altar, surrender to the embrace

of the Cross. If you are bitter, or bruised, or fragmented, come to the altar,

surrender to the embrace of the Cross. If you hunger and thirst for

holiness, come to the altar, surrender to the embrace of the Cross.

If you would ascend with Christ to the Father, if you would make of

your life a fragrant offering, come to the altar, surrender to the embrace

of the Cross. If you would leave behind the darkness of the cold tomb,

if you would know the joy of resurrection, come to the altar, surrender

to the embrace of the Cross.

Together let us surrender to the mystery of the Cross.  Together let us

receive from the altar the mystery of the Cross, and so enter into the

silence and into the song of the great and glorious Pasch of the Lord.

In a week's time, having passed over from death to life, from the seven days of measured time into the mystic Eighth day, we will hail the

festival day of Him who triumphs over hell and holds the stars of heaven

in His hand (cf. Salve, Festa Dies, Easter Processional Hymn)."

Reflection:  Fr Mark Kirby

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