Christ Resurrects Us
Easter Sunday
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”Ps. 118
In Christ we have been shown God’s love to the end, not only in his death but even more amazingly, in his resurrection.
The cross is the human expression of a love that would give even its life for you, whom he loves so much. But in his resurrection, he divinely manifests the extent of how much he loves you that he wants to take you forever with Him, save you, and give you eternal life.
That is the mystery of passion and resurrection, which are inseparably united, as the source of our salvation, which we know as the Paschal Mystery. Christ makes us part of this mystery in baptism: buried with Christ in death, we are resurrected to a new life, as children of God; we call it divine because it is of God, Christian because it is of Christ, spiritual because it comes from the Spirit, it is abundant and eternal life that Christ puts at our fingertips.
But man, in his blindness, can belittle these undeserved and immense gifts that God in his infinite love wants to give us. The world, the devil, and ego can blind our understanding and our faith and lead us to reject these gifts of God, to continue living in the flesh and not in the spirit, that is, only surviving, but without the divine Life in the soul.
Today we are called to the new life in Christ, to live our baptism, to be truly children of God, to open ourselves to Him by faith.
“Since you have risen with Christ, look for the things above, where Christ is seated to the right of God. Focus your attention on the things above, not on those of the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”Colossians 3:1
Let us not miss the opportunity to live the values that Christ always lived and taught, those who live like the saints, and we will live eternally in heaven. We are called to preach the feast of the Kingdom that is already here in this world, to know the true happiness that comes from God, fruit of the Holy Spirit, always inseparably linked to the charity and peace that only He can give.
HAPPY EASTER.
MAY THESE 50 DAYS OF EASTER BE OF GREAT BLESSING IN OUR LEARNING TO LIVE THE VALUES OF HEAVEN ON THIS EARTH.
LET’S LOOK FOR THE VALUES ABOVE. GOD BLESSES US.
Readings for the Week
Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15
Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18
Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35
Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48
Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14
Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15
Sunday: Acts 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31