This is the culmination of the Gospel, it is the Good News par excellence: Jesus, who was crucified, is risen! This event is the basis of our faith and our hope. If Christ were not raised, Christianity would lose its very meaning; the whole mission of the Church would lose its impulse, for this is the point from which it first set out and continues to set out ever anew. The message which Christians bring to the world is this: Jesus, Love incarnate, died on the cross for our sins, but God the Father raised him and made him the Lord of life and death. In Jesus, love has triumphed over hatred, mercy over sinfulness, goodness over evil, truth over falsehood, life over death.
- Pope Francis, Urbi Orbi Easter 2014
Most people, all people are searching for something. Some may not know what they are looking for, but we do. Like Mary Magdalen at the tomb, we are looking for the Lord. We will and we have found him. we have found the Lord and we celebrate with him from one Sunday to the next. This Sunday is a special day of joy. So are all the Sundays we celebrate, when we listen to God’s Word and break bread with one another, the risen Lord is with us. The joy of our celebration helps us to be rooted in joy, even in the moments of trial. We have joy because we have hope.
- Pope Francis, Urbi Orbi Easter 2014
Most people, all people are searching for something. Some may not know what they are looking for, but we do. Like Mary Magdalen at the tomb, we are looking for the Lord. We will and we have found him. we have found the Lord and we celebrate with him from one Sunday to the next. This Sunday is a special day of joy. So are all the Sundays we celebrate, when we listen to God’s Word and break bread with one another, the risen Lord is with us. The joy of our celebration helps us to be rooted in joy, even in the moments of trial. We have joy because we have hope.