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Reflection on Easter Readings
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The second reading for this Easter Sunday, from 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8, speaks about the activity of yeast. A small amount can affect all the dough. I remember my mother preparing bread dough and how she would let the dough rise to a certain point and knead it so that it had the consistency she wanted. This can be a good image for the work of the Holy Spirt in our lives. We don’t actually see the Spirit anymore than we actually see the yeast at work. When left to do what the Spirit wants, we, too, can rise to new levels of how we experience personally the love of God in our lives. At times, we realize, too, that the Holy Spirit may need to knead us so that we can respond as effectively as possible in being instruments of transformation for one another and for our world.
