The dawn of a new creation...
Sunday, April 5 - Easter 2026
Dear brothers and sisters, Pope Francis has repeatedly reminded us that the Resurrection of Jesus is not a myth, a fantasy, a mirage, a magic formula that makes problems vanish; it is not the happy ending of a beautiful fairy tale, nor the happy ending of a movie; it is a historical event that truly occurred. A fact, a simple fact that occurred in the lives of some people. Christianity was born from here. It is not an ideology, it is not a philosophical system, but a journey of faith that begins with an event, witnessed by Jesus' first disciples. Saint Paul summarizes it this way: Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and on the third day he rose again and appeared to Peter and the Twelve (see 1 Cor 15:3-5). This is the fact: he died, he was buried, he was resurrected, in his true glorified body, and he appeared. That is, Jesus is alive! This is the core of the Christian message. This is the good news that the Church has been proclaiming for two thousand years.
Dear brothers and sisters, Christ's victory over evil and death illuminates the world with joy and hope. Indeed, if Christ is risen, no evil is invincible. If Christ is risen, death is not the last word. If Christ is risen, life is not an insoluble enigma... there is meaning, there is direction, there is a plan, there is purpose, there is eternal life, there is the Father's embrace of light that awaits us...