Even as we celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection and the reawakening of the earth in spring, there may be among us people who are experiencing a wintry form of spirituality — one in which the absence of God and the absence of loved ones is felt sharply and desperately. In preparing his disciples for his own absence, Jesus speaks a commandment to love one another and to cling to that love. youtu.be/zn7SBpULZNM