I HAVE SEEN THE LORD!
Blessed Easter to all, for, truly, He has risen!
The promise has been fulfilled, wrapped in the silence and peace of a Holy Night.
Now we know with certainty that God will never fail us. We have been rescued and saved by Christ and with Christ, in response to His total surrender out of love.
Death, pain, suffering, anguish, and loneliness will never again have the last word. At least, not for us. Let us cry out loud, like Mary Magdalene, “I have seen the Lord!” for His encounter cannot leave us indifferent. This is the guarantee that we have truly been with Him.
Easter awakens our deepest desires to look into His eyes, to touch him, to place our fingers in His wounds, to hear His voice, to feel His presence. But it is enough for us to know, to be certain that the tomb is empty. He lives.
He will come to meet us again and again, for He gives himself without limit and completely. We will be able to perceive Him like the disciples of Emmaus, walking beside us, to give us strength in moments of weakness, confidence when fear assails us, to illuminate our darkness, to bear the pain and anguish that make us suffer and prevent us from enjoying the gift of life and love. Even though the winds may rage and the foundations of the earth shake, He lives, and has the power to stop the storms, because He alone is the Lord of History.
PLW International Team