HE
IS RISEN AS HE PROMISED.
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA
Very Early in the Morning
“This [Great Alleluia] rises with a slow movement;
it rises above the grave of Adam, and it has the blood of Christ on its wings.
It is the marriage song of the Paschal night, which will grow slowly brighter
as it meets the day of resurrection. But these are only words. The first
alleluia of the Paschal night is a mystery, unutterable like all mysteries. As
this alleluia is, so is the whole life of Christians: A gentle, quiet song of
joy which meets the rise of day in the midst of the suffering of night time.” Sister Aemiliana Löhr, OSB
Images from Benton Spruance
(see previous Blog for Holy Week)