“My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.” -Song of Solomon 2:10-12 Spring is well underway, and flowers are blooming. It’s a time of life and rebirth; a time of joy and singing. Likewise in light of Christ’s resurrection, our Lord, our beloved, calls us to leave the world and the flesh and come into fellowship with Him, free from sin and death. This Gospel warms that which was cold, makes that fruitful which before was dead and barren; when it comes to any place it puts a beauty and glory upon that place and furnishes occasion for joy. When we join in with Christ, what we behold is that much more; for we experience it with the Creator, we see His glory revealed in the tiniest of details. What once seemed small or ordinary is no longer overlooked, but filled with purpo...