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He is Risen! ~ Happy Easter!

Yes, we believe in God, the Creator of heaven and earth. And we celebrate the God who was made man, who suffered, died, was buried and rose again.

We celebrate the definitive victory of the Creator and of his creation.

We celebrate this day as the origin and the goal of our existence.

We celebrate it because now, thanks to the risen Lord, it is definitively established that reason is stronger than unreason, truth stronger than lies, love stronger than death.

We celebrate the first day because we know that the black line drawn across creation does not last for ever.

We celebrate it because we know that those words from the end of the creation account have now been definitively fulfilled: “God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good” (Gen 1:31). Amen.

Easter Vigil: Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI
St. Peter’s Basilica. 23 April 2011.

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Sunday, April 24, AD 2011 2:01am

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Don the Kiwi
Sunday, April 24, AD 2011 2:37am

HE is Risen Indeed.

Let me be the first to wish everyone the Love and Grace and Peace of the Risen Lord, in communion with the Father and Holy Spirit.
( I do have a time advantage after all 🙂 – its 7.30 pm. Sunday evening here. And Chris jumped the gun to get in first too. 😉 )

Donald R. McClarey
Admin
Sunday, April 24, AD 2011 4:52am

You Kiwis are always early birds Don! Happy Easter to you and to Christopher and to all our contributors, commenters and readers at The American Catholic.

Lawrence
Lawrence
Sunday, May 1, AD 2011 8:17am

May the hope of Easter live in your lives long beyond that special Sunday.

Indeed we are an Easter People!

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