Pope:
Jesus is risen, He has conquered death
(Vatican
Radio) “Do we believe that Jesus can heal us and can wake us from death?” That,
said Pope Francis, is the message of Sunday’s Gospel, which tells how Jesus
healed a woman suffering from haemorrhages, and raised a young girl from the
dead. In his address to the faithful at the Sunday Angelus, the Pope said these
two episodes “have a single centre: the faith.” In fact, he continued, “the
whole of the Gospel is written in the light of this faith: Jesus is risen, He
has conquered death, and through His victory, we too shall rise.”
But
this faith, which for the early Christians was absolutely sure, can sometimes
become “tarnished” and uncertain. Sunday’s Gospel, the Pope said, “invites us
to live in the certainty of the Resurrection: Jesus is the Lord, he has power
over evil and death, and He wants to bring us to the house of the Father, where
life reigns.”
Pope
Francis said Jesus’ Resurrection is “the principle of renewal and hope” in
history. Anyone who feels hopeless or “tired to the point of death, if they
entrust themselves to Jesus and His love, can begin again to live.” Those who
believe in Christ, he said, should be able to be recognized as believers
precisely because “they always promote life in every situation” so that
everyone, and especially the weakest among us, can experience the love of God
“which frees and saves.”
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