Our days are blessed a bit more with song

by Adam Storey | April 12, 2024

Easter is the one major holiday when my family does not travel to be with extended family.

This means we are able to celebrate the Triduum at our own parish and celebrate the whole octave at home.

After the Easter weekend, our days don’t seem all that unique.

Our time remains filled with soccer practices, swim lessons, and helping the kids with homework. Yet, there are still marks of the Easter season: more flowers in the home, more singing, and even a few leftover Peeps.

Our days haven’t changed; they feel ordinary, and yet the grace of the season has caught my eye and reminded me how family life truly is extraordinary.

These days make me think of the prophecy in Isaiah, “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19a) Easter is a season when God’s grace breaks into the ordinary circumstances of life, when God transforms our lives, not by removing us from the context of our lives but by transforming it.

We are all invited into this new life, not just on Easter Sunday but throughout the Easter season, which extends through Pentecost on May 19.

Right now, the proximity of Easter makes it easier to appreciate this grace, but the challenge is to continue to see God’s hand in daily life throughout the Easter season and at all times.

Perhaps the Easter season provides a model for how to do this. We don’t have to abandon our daily obligations, or try to live as monks.

Instead, we need to become a bit more attentive, slow down where we can, and bless our days with a bit more song.