Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! Christ is risen! And yet, what does that mean on a Monday morning? After the Easter flowers have wilted and the Easter shouts of alleluia’s have quieted, how does resurrection shape the way we live?
Today’s readings offer an answer: resurrection is not only something we believe in—it is a way of life we are called to practice. Resurrection is not a doctrine we confess once a year—it is a daily invitation to live differently, to love courageously, and to hope defiantly.
In Acts 9, Saul encounters the risen Christ in blinding light and hears the call to turn from violence to witness. His life is interrupted and transformed. In Revelation 5, all creation joins in worship of the Lamb who was slain, proclaiming that love and sacrifice—not power and control—are worthy of honour. In John 21, we see Peter—who had denied Jesus—restored not through condemnation, but through calling. “Feed my sheep,” Jesus says. Love is not just given; it is now Peter’s mission. And so it is with us. The resurrection is not just something we believe in—it’s something we live.
To practice resurrection is to cast our nets again even when we are tired. It is to nourish life in the face of despair. It is to tend the hungry, the hurting, and the forgotten, trusting that Jesus still calls us—again and again—to follow, to love, and to begin anew. So, friends, let us not just believe in the resurrection. Practice it. Live it. Trust it. Let the risen Christ meet you in the ordinary, restore you in your brokenness, and send you out to embody love in a weary world. Christ is risen—and so may we rise, again and again.