Across the mountains,
beyond the seas,
the Cosmic Christ appears
on this Easter day.

We remember the great story
in our hearts,
a story of wisdom,
of depth and amazement.

We give thanks for this day
for sunshine and flowers and friends.
We ponder the meaning of Easter
on this trembling pandemic day.

We are grateful for each other,
surrounded by so much illness and death.
The presence of the Cosmic One
wraps us in memories of another time.

My mind goes back
to Good Fridays as a child.
In our Canadian village, it always rained
as my father planted potatoes.

My parents brought us inside
to pray the rosary.
I imagined how Earth shook
the moment Jesus died.

Today at Springbank
we hear the Passion journey,
the way of the cross
now nourished by the Eucharist.

We sink into the solitude of the forest,
dispel the darkness,
celebrate the presence of the Cosmic Christ,
the one who is both glorious and wounded.

As the sun sets
on this palmetto place,
we go outside into darkness
and light the Paschal candle.

We share the fire,
dispel the dark of the world.
Then we join the procession, enter the chapel and
proclaim the church’s greatest hymn, the Exsultet.

We say yes to the cosmos,
feel empowered to face the challenges of tomorrow,
to once again encounter
what is dying and what is being born

Through this sacred celebration,
the Great Story is told,
a story of beauty,
brokenness and Easter love.

Today the Cosmic Christ
transcends the confines of space and time.
The whole universe is filled with divine creative energy,
every place is a place to find God.

This morning, we don’t go to church to find God;
Rather, we celebrate God in all things and all things in God.
We proclaim a joyful chorus
and remember the wounds of virus and death.

We offer gratitude to those who toil to save lives,
who risk their own future to tend to the afflicted.
This Easter Sunday, we member our journey
of seder, Stations of the Cross, the Exsultet and vigil.

We realize God is not just here,
God is everywhere,
as this sacred moment,
we burst into song!