Happy Easter

 Why is it that when you walk into a church, especially a Catholic one, you might notice flowers, plants, maybe trees around the front door if not the church grounds?  Because it is all about a Garden.  Creation began for us in a garden, Eden.  We were supposed to be gardeners. We messed up.  Gardening tends to get us out of ourself and into the things we are planting.  We won’t have control, power or esteem because we cannot control the growing and blooming process.  And we must have patience.  Maybe even gardening prayers.  Well, that was not Adam and Eve or most of us for that matter.  The fruit does not fall far from the tree.  So another re-creation had to be done.  This one would model selflessness and love for others.  Jesus came along and was killed.  So much for love.  He was buried in a garden as part of this new creation.  When we enter the church we are reminded of those gardens.  He is Risen!  And which garden will we be in and attend?  And if in the selfish, ME garden, the mass gives us help in the Eucharist.  God never gives up on us.