And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here.

We live and die; Christ died and lived!

Easter so longed for is gone in a day. ~

O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost when utterance clear To all men shall be given, When all shall say My Brother here, And hear My Son in heaven! Author: James Russell Lowell

Once more to new creation Awake, and death gainsay, For death is swallowed up of life, And Christ is risen today!

Every parting is a foretaste of death, and every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.