The greatest act of God’s Creation is the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, what we call the Paschal Mystery.  This is because by it the whole of the old creation is renewed, literally made new, by this great act.  In the book of the Apocalypse there is a vision of Christ sitting on His throne, proclaiming, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’  For Jesus did not come to destroy the world, but to save it, to recreate it, to make it new again.

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The prophet Isaiah announces what this new world will look like:

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‘Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed, then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy; for water gushes in the desert, streams in the wasteland, the scorched earth becomes a lake, the parched land springs of water.’

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All things will be made new.

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But this is not a reality that lies only in the future.  No, it arrives with Jesus Himself.  In healing the deaf and dumb man, Jesus recreates him, He makes him new again, not only in his body but in his soul.  This same power is at work even today.  God is recreating this world, beginning with human hearts.  By the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, this creative power has been unleashed through the Church, the Body of Christ.  Our experience of it is like the dawn of the new world coming into being.

 

That is why every time we come to Mass, we participate in God’s greatest act of Creation.  Our ears are opened to hear the Word of God, and our tongues are loosened to sing His praise.  The light of Christ is poured into our hearts, giving us the strength to walk (even leap) in His way.  We stand before that throne, with Christ present before us, proclaiming, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’