Homily of Pope Francis at Easter Vigil
"Sin is looking for life among the dead, for the meaning of life in things that pass away." Homily given at the Easter Vigil ceremony on 20 April 2019...
Easter Octave – Tuesday: “Christ is alive in his Church”
Stir up that fire of faith. Christ is not a figure that has passed. He is not a memory that is lost in history. He lives! 'Jesus Christus heri et hodie, ipse et in saecula', says Saint Paul.--'Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and as he will be for ever'. (The Way, 584)
Christ is alive in his Church. “I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you." That was what God planned: Jesus, dying on the cross, gave us the Spirit of truth ...
