THE INTERVIEW
ND: Bearing all that in mind, do you have any wisdom as to how we can look to be renewed and transformed?
Laura Kelly Fanucci: I have never been so convinced of our need for the Resurrection. We need the hope that God is always at work, always renewing the face of the earth, that there is life beyond whatever the form of death is before our eyes. Tere’s so much hope for us in the Gospel—saying that this is not the end. I find so much hope that God has still seen fit to have the sun keep rising every morning. We’re still here, and there’s still work to be done. If we believe that what we profess about the Resurrection is real, God is
always calling us to a deep and transformative hope that says, whenever we look at what looks like death— whether it’s the death of a loved one or the death of things that we care for in our society—that this is not the end. God is working to raise us up to new life. I find so much hope in the Resurrection, even in this time. I love the stories of the disciples going to the tomb. Sometimes, that’s us. We’re out there in the dark, at the dawn, asking, “Have you abandoned us, God? Is there any good left?” And that moment when we’re closest to despair is when God is already at work to resurrect what has died. I have thought a lot about resurrection in the last few years, thinking that if this is really what I
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