EASTER IS THE DAWN OF A NEW CREATION,
Homily for Easter Vigil, Year A Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch There is an old tale about a sculptor who bought a disfigured, rejected block of marble. While others saw only its brokenness, he saw beauty. Day after day, he worked patiently, chipping away, refining, reshaping. When asked what he was doing, he said: “I see an angel in the stone, and I’m setting it free.” This is what God does at Easter. In Christ’s Resurrection, God takes the disfigured, sin-stained creation and begins again - this time, never to be marred. Easter is the dawn of a new creation. The Liturgy of the Word of Easter Vigil begins with the story of creation (Genesis 1). “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…” - and it was good. But sin introduced chaos, suffering, and death. Creation was fractured. The whole of salvation history which we will hear in the readings tonight - from Abraham’s covenant (Gen 22), through the Exodus (Ex 14), the Prophets (Isaiah, Baruch, Ezekiel) - is the story of a God ...
