Easter occurs again and again

Easter means coming to the memory of Jesus
looking for consolation and finding instead a
memory that hurts and judges, that sets a
distance—even an alienation—between me
and my hope, my Saviour. Easter occurs again
and again in this opening up of a void, in the
absence that questions our egocentric
aspirations and longing for a “tidy drama.” It
occurs when we find in Jesus not a dead
friend, but a living stranger... So the void of
the tomb and the unrecognizable face of the
risen Lord both speak of the challenge of
Easter to a God who is not primarily “the
God of our conditions.” The Lordship of
Jesus is not constructed from a recollection,
but is experienced in the encounter with one
who evades our surface desires and needs, and will not subserve the requirements of our private dramas.

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– from Resurrection, by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury

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