The phrase "while it was still dark," is highly imaginative. That’s part of the today’s gospel from John. These recent mornings also accent the darkness. We have recently gone to Daylight Savings Times, springing forward one hour of time. The mornings help us experience this darkness that John writes about in his gospel. But the darkness can have other meanings as well. Not only does darkness describe the morning at its earliest, it can also describe people without a firm belief in the Resurrection of Christ. Today, we celebrate Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord. It is the Good News in its fulfillment. The best news of all the world and all the years is from that garden graveyard outside Jerusalem, with a tomb that was empty, and one who had lain there standing before all humanity for all time with the assurance: "I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Easter is the Good News about the universe and about Almighty God and about us. It proclaims that the world is a home. It is the heart. It is the heart of someone. It is the breathtaking news that the love of God given to us in a Risen and Living Lord is the Ultimate power in this universe! We prepared for this event for six weeks of our Lenten season. But we celebrate seven weeks of Easter this important event in our lives and in our faith. Easter is not just the one day on a Sunday. It is all the days of the Easter Season. It is all the days that are yet to be. Each day reminds us of the new life our God is every ready to give us. He invites us to participate with him in the daily living of this abundant life that stands before us all. How will you celebrate this Easter joy as the season unfolds and as each day comes?