What is our gift to God this Easter?

No other death in history has had the everlasting impact of Jesus. This moment in time forever shapes our world.

This act. This sacrifice. This moment we remember brings us the gift of hope. A gift we wake up to every day.

Gift is such a common word. Who doesn’t love a gift? But we tend to think of gifts as material things. The gift we receive from that first Easter is the gift of Salvation. The promise that there is more to life than basic existence. That we can fall down and fail – but we can get back up –because we have the hope that there exists the possibility that tomorrow will be better, that no matter our imperfections and flaws we are loved. We are loved infinitely.

We look at images of Jesus on the cross and it is a suffering that is beyond our own comprehension. It’s the sort of gift that takes your breath away because it is something you would never ask for because it is so much. It cost so much.

As people we are called to give and receive so we should consider – what is our gift to God?

If we think about the gift of Salvation – we can never give something of equal value – we do not have the capacity. So, we need to ask what gift would be meaningful?

Possibly the greatest gift a person can give is time. So let us make this our gift to God – this moment in time. That we will take these minutes out here and gift it to God – be present to God – present to the rituals of the passion that will be presented throughout the Easter liturgies and present to the prayer within our hearts to the God who loves us with no limit.