The Divine Comedy

"The Cross is the ground-plan of the universe: it stretches from nebula to nebula, linking the furthest limits of the worlds, holding out to them the wounded hands of love." -  John Cordelier

I thought today would be a good day to talk about divine comedy since it is April fool's day.  Our comedy for this day is to tell fibs to one another and see if others will believe them and then say with a grin, "I got you."  Or more, play an elaborate prank on someone and then say just at the right moment, "April fool!" 

This is holy week and the biggest prank of history is the resurrection.  The cruelest joke of all is the crucifixion.  The greatest irony of all is how the resurrection made a fool of the Devil.  But then none of us can laugh too long since we are either fools for Christ or fools of the world which means we are the Devil's fools.  We don't like to think about it but we are either a slave to sin and Satan or we are a slave to righteousness and a bond-slave to Christ.

The mysteries of the Christian faith are all divine comedies.  The great passion play of Jesus last week is played out in our own lives in countless ways every week.  Scientists can find on the marking of every human hand to the smallest molecules that hold this universe together called "laminin," are all in the shape of a cross.  The cross is the bridge for all who dare to enter into the Divine Comedy.
The cross is where our pain, struggles, and sacrifices intersect with God's perfection.  It is through the cross our failures, disabilities, and darkness connect to the light of incarnation and divinity.  Suffering is the door we must all walk through and embrace as we embrace the One who suffered for us.