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Easter is Here: Encountering the Risen Christ

Easter is here! The start of the Easter Season always makes me pause to reflect on the Risen Christ. I hope that this piece, originally published on IgnatianSpirituality.com’s DotMagis Blog, helps to nudge in you that calling to remember where it all began, when you first encountered the Risen Christ. 

I took a long sip of my hot coffee to give me a minute to process his question. Sitting across from me was a man in his late twenties who had just asked me, “When did you first encounter the Risen Christ?”

His question made me pause. Not only was I thrown off by the depth of his question within minutes of meeting each other, but I was not prepared to be the one asked this type of question. When he asked to meet, I assumed I would be in the role of spiritual director offering questions to let him reflect on his own faith journey.

It was a challenging question, not because I had not reflected on it before, but because of how badly I needed to be reminded of the beginning of my journey: the early moments when my eyes were opened and my heart burned within me. The moments when I was drawn inexplicably to God by a restlessness and desire to learn more. The moments when I was almost giddy with joy as I became aware of God’s presence in my life.

As the coffee warmed my throat, I realized I saw in the young man the same inquisitive nature that I possess—the part of me that loves to hear people’s faith stories and the part of me that loves to hear when God got people’s attention. I could feel his question hitting me deep in my core, a nudge from God to remember where it all began. Continue reading this post on IgnatianSpirituality.com.

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Becky Eldredge
April 23, 2019
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