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April 24, 2012
Birds chirp
Returning home.
Forsythias yellow.
Timid crocuses peek out.
Bold daffodils
Swirl their yellow skirts.
Its spring!Coats become windbreakers.Gardeners trowel the moist soilBarbecues replace fireplaces.Baseball returns.Winter’s lazy musclesAre stretched.It’s spring!Jesus died and was buried;Planted like a bulb in the earth.Then, like the first spring crocusHe bursts forthFrom earth’s tomb,Alive again!“Death has no power over Him.”Easter is His spring,Easter springtimeJesus is risen!Alleluia!The winter of DeathIs at an endOur Baptismal bulbs bloomBursting into Resurrection life,After death’s dark winter.Father John McKenna, C.Ss.R.