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Resurrection is the covenant that all the Christians In these hours of darkness, when humanity is
who passed away will unite during Christ's second grappling with the pandemic and many
coming. Theologically speaking, the passion, death, socio-economic problems, we must heed the
and resurrection of Jesus are the preeminent angel’s Easter message not to be afraid, have the
events, the bedrock of Christian faith, as celebrated assurance that in Galilee, where the Lord precedes
in Easter. them, fulfill their expectations, will dry their tears,
and Hope will replace their fears.
St. Paul teaches: " if Christ has not been raised, then
our proclamation has been in vain and your faith Happy Easter to all of you; May the Risen Lord fill
has been in vain" (1 Corinthians 15:14). In the Acts of our hearts with new joy, hope, pride, love, and
the Apostles, we see that " This Jesus God raised Grace. Amen! Alleluia!
up, and of that all of us are witnesses!" (Acts of the
Apostle 2:32). The Resurrection of Jesus is the
crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith that the
first Christian community believed and lived as the
core truth, passed down as fundamental by
Tradition, founded by the documents of the New
Testament, and preached as an integral part of the
Paschal mystery alongside the cross.