Writer’s Block // Happy Easter For Everyone Out There! And Despite The Terri Schiavo Case, There Still Is Hope Out There!

I haven’t written anything here in a while. I’ve been quite busy with a few personal matters such as completing the FAFSA and Profile forms for my 2 teenagers getting ready for their college year next year.

For those of you who have children out there applying for college next year, you know of what I speak. Nevertheless, between this activity and working on our taxes and teaching and consulting, time has been filled quickly and has also been moving along at a quick pace. And so here it is, Easter 2005!

As I get older, I actually look forward to Lent as an opportunity to do some reflecting. This Lent has proven to be a Godsend! What with my Father passing away last August, I actually looked forward to spending some special time with our Creator and nurturing the spiritual roots within me. And this Lent has truly provided that opportunity for me to do exactly that!

As a Catholic, we observe one of the Holiest days of the year in what is referred to as the Holy Triduum, which consists of Holy Thursday, Good Friday (the suffering, death and burial of Our Lord Jesus Christ) and Holy Saturday, concluding with the Easter Vigil, which is the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ! As a Catholic (which means that I am a Christian) this means that we celebrate and commemorate the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which means that he Died For Our Sins, Rose In 3 Days to Conquer Death, Give Us All A New Life and Complete Our Redemption. This is a belief that all Christians accept but for me, with each Lenten season and Triduum, I come closer to understanding these truths even more and yet the Mystery grows even deeper! It is a joyous occasion to celebrate. And so I wish everyone a Happy Easter! Whether you believe in the aforementioned or not, I still wish you a Blessed and Joyous Easter because whether you know it or not, this event that happened some 2,000 years ago is still having a positive effect on everyone!

At the same time, we are in a temporal world, a world with limitations and imperfections. And one of the greatest imperfections that have been demonstrated is the whole debacle with Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers, Terry Schiavo’s parents. While I’m writing this entry, it has been noted that Terry Schiavo is probably at the point of “no return” based on the fact that this is her 9th day without any food or water. In other words, she is reaching the ultimate in starvation.

I know, the so called experts are saying that Terry isn’t feeling any pain. Well, how do we know that? How can these so called experts be so sure? How can they know what Terry feels? By making a statement like that, these so called scientific experts are placing limitations on our knowledge of life.

These experts are saying that they know it all! It’s the same with buying into Darwin’s theories, lock, stock and barrel! No questions asked! And yet, I thought that the scientific method allowed questioning and setting up hypotheses and developing conclusions from these hypotheses. Evidently, the secularists don’t think so. It really makes life difficult, all of this uncertainty. The awareness that these secularists are not in control of life causes them to become totally discombobulated!

Yet amidst this all, after the long haul of a fight and calling our congressmen and senators to do something about Terry, and then the un-elected judges making final decisions, leaving Terry without any hope in this life, we can still hold hope for Terry in the next life! Yes, there is a Next Life! The secularists are only thinking of some mass of cells and flesh coming together and now it’s over, but for the rest of us, we know that Terry has a Soul! And because of that, there still is Hope for Terry as we commemorate our Lord’s Resurrection this Easter Week!

All we can do for now is pray that this “cup passes” for Terri and that she will enter into God’s glory in the next life. At the same time, I think Michael will need some prayers also in making a good examination of his conscience and hopefully realize the error of his ways.

In the meantime, we have to believe in the Hope of what this whole Easter Celebration is all about! There is Hope for one and All! Happy Easter Everyone!