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April 8, 2007
He is Risen! A meditation by Pope John Paul the Great
Celebrate! Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. From Pope John Paul II:
[I]t is clearly evident that Christ's resurrection is the greatest event in the history of salvation, and indeed, we can say in the history of humanity, since it gives definitive meaning to the world. The whole world revolves around the cross, but only in the resurrection does the cross reach its full significance of salvific event. The cross and resurrection constitute the one pascal mystery in which the history of the world is centered. Therefore Easter is the Church's greatest solemnity. Every year she celebrates and renews this event. It is fraught with all the prophecies of the Old Testament, beginning with the "protoevangelium" of the redemption, and of all the eschatological hopes and expectations projected toward the "fullness of time," which was realized when the kingdom of God definitively entered human history and the universal order of salvation. - - General audience of March 1, 1989
We can't ever understand the entire significance of Easter Sunday, but we can celebrate the parts we do understand.
God bless,
Jay
Posted by jay at April 8, 2007 8:54 AM
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