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The Resurrection
 


The Risen One repeats to us today, as to these women who stayed by Jesus during the Passion, not to be afraid to become messengers of the proclamation of his Resurrection. Those who encounter the Risen Jesus and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear. This is the message that Christians are called to spread to the very ends of the earth.

 
Regina Caeli
Castel Gandolfo
9 April 2007

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


The Risen One repeats to us today, as to these women who stayed by Jesus during the Passion, not to be afraid to become messengers of the proclamation of his Resurrection. Those who encounter the Risen Jesus and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear. This is the message that Christians are called to spread to the very ends of the earth.

 
Regina Caeli
Castel Gandolfo
9 April 2007

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


The Lord’s Resurrection marks the renewal of our human condition. Christ triumphed over death, caused by our sin, and restores us to immortal life. This event gave rise to the whole of the Church’s life and to the very existence of Christians.

 
Regina Caeli
Castel Gandolfo
25 April 2011

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


Christ’s Resurrection is a landing place on the way to a life no longer subjected to the transience of time, a life steeped in God’s eternity. In the Resurrection of Jesus a new condition of being human begins, which illumines and transforms our daily routine and opens a qualitatively different and new future to humanity as a whole.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
27 April 2011

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


"The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone". Jesus gives the assurance that his death will not mean God's defeat. After being killed, he will not remain in the tomb; on the contrary, precisely what seems to be a total defeat will mark the beginning of a definitive victory. His painful Passion and death on the Cross will be followed by the glory of his Resurrection.

 
Homily
Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls
5 October 2008

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


Faith in the Risen Christ transforms life, bringing about within us a continuous resurrection, as St Paul wrote to the first believers: ‘For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light, for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true.’ (Eph 5:8-9).

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
27 April 2011

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


In the resurrection Jesus has broken down the wall of death for all of us. He has opened up to man the dimension of eternal life in fellowship with God.

 
Homily
Mass of the Night
Nativity of the Lord
St. Peter's Basilica
25 December 2010

 
 
 
The Resurrection
 


Communion with Christ in this life prepares us to overcome the barrier of death, so that we may live eternally with him. Faith in the resurrection of the dead and hope in eternal life open our eyes to the ultimate meaning of our existence: God created men and women for resurrection and life, and this truth gives an authentic and definitive meaning to human history, to the personal and social lives of men and women, to culture, politics and the economy. Without the light of faith, the entire universe finishes shut within a tomb devoid of any future, any hope.

 
Message
for Lent 2011

 

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