Christ indeed from
death is risen, our new life obtaining,
Have mercy, victor King,
ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
Victimae paschali
laudes
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“What
a joy it is to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go
out to every house and every family, especially where the suffering is
greatest, in hospitals, in prisons… Most of all, I would like it to enter every
heart, for it is there that God wants to sow this Good News: Jesus is risen,
there is hope for you, you are no longer in the power of sin or of evil! Love
has triumphed! Mercy has been victorious! God's mercy always triumphs!
We
too, like the women who were Jesus’ disciples, who went to the tomb and found
it empty, may wonder what this event means (cf. Lk 24:4). What does it mean
that Jesus is risen? It means that the love of God is stronger than evil and
death itself; it means that the love of God can transform our lives and let
those desert places in our hearts bloom. God's love can do this….”
“Dear
brothers and sisters, Christ died and rose once for all time and for everyone,
but the power of the Resurrection, this passing from the slavery to evil to the
freedom of goodness, must be accomplished in every age, in our concrete
existence, in our everyday lives. How many deserts, even today, do human beings
need to cross! Above all, the desert within, when are lacking love for God and
neighbour, when we fail to realize that we are guardians of all that the
Creator has given us and continues to give us. God’s mercy can make even the
driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones (cf. Ez 37:1-14).
So
this is the invitation that I address to everyone: Let us accept the grace of
Christ’s Resurrection! Let us be renewed by God’s mercy! Let us be loved by Jesus!
Let us enable the power of his love to transform our lives too and let us
become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth,
protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish….”
His Holiness Pope
Francis
Easter Message 2013 excerpt
For the complete
text, please visit:
http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-gods-mercy-can-make-even-the-driest-l
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What does Jesus’ resurrection mean to me?
How is Jesus “loving me” to transform my life and become an agent of His mercy?
May God’s mercy make my life into a beautiful garden which proclaims His glory.
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