This year, we as a nation have been summoned to a new beginning in our relationships with the first people of our land. We have been asked for reconciliation – a very powerful and very Christian idea. Apology on the one part, forgiveness on the other and a determination to make this ”˜new day’ work. The death and resurrection of Jesus is the moment of reconciliation. God summons us to give up our old wrong attitudes to him, to say sorry and to entrust ourselves to Jesus. He brings forgiveness from God and he has conquered death. When we understand what God has done for us, we find it easier to ask for forgiveness and easier to give it. The message of Easter is one of the most powerful things for good in this world ”“ and it shows us that death is not permanent!
