I'm in the process of installing an under-ground electric fence for Dug. Until now, I have been keeping him on a long cord tied to an old clothes line when he wanted to stay outside for an hour or so. He never did get very tangled up, but he didn't seem to like being confined to the chain's reach. At times I (and the neighbors) would hear him begging to be freed from his bondage. Lately, when I go out to free him, he grabs the cable and plays with it instead of coming inside. Many times when he chooses not come in, I go back and re-attach him. Soon he won't have to be confined by the chain... he'll just have an electric fence to contend with.

Somtimes we can be the same with God's gift of freedom. We proclaim at Easter that Jesus is risen and has freed us from the bondage of sin! Yet, perhaps we have befriended our habits of sin so much that we forget about freedom and turn back to the enslavements. It is easy to become comfortable with sin.

So, how is your Easter going? Let us not turn back to anything that we left behind during our Lenten journey. Let us enjoy the freedom of being God's children.

Love,

Fr. Ted