Today’s Thoughts – Easter Sunday
"The Lord is risen, Alleluia! Happy Easter everyone! I have chosen some words from Pope Francis to give us a little food for thought as we celebrate this Easter morning “If we think that things are not going to change, we need to recall that Jesus Christ has triumphed over sin and death and is now almighty. Jesus Christ truly lives…. Christ, risen and glorified, is the wellspring of our hope, and he will not deprive us of the help we need to carry out the mission which he has entrusted to us. Christ’s resurrection is not an event of the past; it contains a vital power which has permeated this world. Where all seems to be dead, signs of the resurrection suddenly spring up. It is an irresistible force. Often it seems that God does not exist all around us we see persistent injustice, evil, indifference and cruelty. But it is also true that in the midst of darkness something new always springs to life and sooner or later produces fruit. On razed land life breaks through, stubbornly yet invincibly. However dark things are, goodness always re-emerges and spreads. Each day in our world beauty is born anew, it rises transformed through the storms of history. Values always tend to reappear under new guises, and human beings have arisen time after time from situations that seemed doomed. Such is the power of the resurrection, and all who evangelize are instruments of that power.” (Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel) These words of resurrection today from Pope Francis remind us of what Easter is all about. He challenges us to believe in the empty tomb and like Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, we are to believe and proclaim the risen Christ to all we meet. There is goodness and newness of life today and the question before us is do we believe? The Messiah is among us, the Messiah is one of us. Are we willing to bring the risen Christ to the world? This Easter Sunday hopefully we take the opportunity to celebrate with Easter Sunday Mass and a family gathering. And within these celebrations we take up the challenge to be like Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and believe in the Risen Christ and proclaim that belief in the living of our lives. We believe in the mystery of Easter and that it is about relationship it is about friendship with God so that when we encounter the empty tombs of life we too will believe, proclaim and live! Easter Sunday blessings to all! Have a blessed, holy, and joyous Easter Sunday!
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