3rd Sunday of Easter

by Fr. Sergio Areila  |  04/23/2023  |  From the Clergy

After having traveled the "Lenten Path" with its message and invitation to "conversion and believe in the Gospel", in addition to receiving every Sunday the proposal of the gospels (Temptation, Transfiguration, Samaritan, Blind from birth, Resurrection of Lazarus and Palm Sunday) we begin Easter time, which goes hand in hand with Lent.

Our faith is sustained in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, as Pope Francis said in his homily at the Easter Vigil on April 8: "This is what the Lord's Easter accomplishes: it encourages us to go forward, to overcome the feeling of defeat, to remove the stone from the tombs in which we often enclose hope, to look to the future with confidence, because Christ rose and changed the course of history.”

We cannot ignore the reflection of the Bishop of Rome, every disciple of the Lord Jesus discovers in the Risen One the Great Miracle of Life. Nor do we stay contemplating an empty tomb; the call to life and the fight against all forms of death must be a constant in the baptized.

The Easter of the Lord Jesus is the renewing and "healing" "step" in our history and life project. Today more than ever there are many obstacles that we have to face to find meaning in our existence. We are responsible for the future and our own destiny, the "Paschal Light" must serve us to face our fears and insecurities. Just as Jesus overcame all forms of death and oppression; you and I are called and invited to be like him.

Father Sergio Arcila