If you follow college basketball and March Madness, then you know that tonight was the Final 4. I bought a HoopsMania ticket, which is a "bracket for dummies". I was assigned 8 teams, 2 from each area. I didn't know what teams they were for all I had were what seed. I had to wait for Selection Sunday. I had to have a little faith that whatever teams I got would perform well!
Well, I had 2 teams out in round 1 and 5 teams out in round 2...that's right...I had 1 team make it to the Sweet Sixteen! Then, that one team made it to the Elite Eight. Oh, look at that they made it to Final Four!
Again, tonight both Final Four games happened. I went to the Easter Vigil mass so I did not watch or know how the games were going. If my team lost, my card would be dead. (Not that it really matters, I have no shot at winning since all my other teams were out so early)
Now, how does this ticket tie into Jesus's Resurrection?
As I said, I was at mass tonight. It's one of my favorite masses. We sit and wait for the resurrection of Jesus. People believed him to be dead. His followers were gone, hiding in the upper room. Many thought He was gone, not to return. There was no sense to check on Him.
I thought my ticket was gone and not worth my time to check it. But, it lives! Just as Jesus lives!
Okay, I know it was a bit of a stretch and my thoughts seem a bit scattered. But did you follow? I gave up hope that my team would continue, but they did. Just when you give up hope, we find out that Jesus has risen!
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