Spring Cleaning

 17/04/23

Spring Cleaning

Forty days of lent, that long, penitential, pilgrimage, 

 brought us to Holy Week.

Holy Week , when, hopefully we were  more closely united to Our Lord in His sufferings.

Then the climax, the three days of the Easter Triduum, including Holy Thursday with Jesus washing

 the feet of the Apostles, with the betrayer leaving, with the Command, Love one another as I have

 loved you, with the institution of the Priesthood. And then  Good Friday, where we accompany Jesus

 as He carries His cross to Calvary, as we stand with , and accompany  Mary and the Apostle John as

 He takes His last breath.   

Finally, after all the beautiful liturgies, that are completely draining,

 both  spiritually and emotionally  we  reach the climax,  the Easter Vigil and Wow,

 now the Joyous season of Easter begins. 

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia  

This joy, this hopeful  tone,

 this feeling of a new beginning, 

spills over into other areas of  life. 

 For instance, there's  something, isn't there, 

 about the warm spring air 

that makes us ( it can't be only me !)

 want to clean, to clear out, 

to declutter  and to reorganise.  

The new light shows up the dust,

the grime, the messy corners. 

Under the bed, those cobwebs, 

where did they come from? 

Out you go.

That pile of books, can it be

culled?

OK! 

I'm not going that far

How long have those sticky

 fingers prints been on the glass doors?

I'm coming for you.