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April 14, 2004
"Christ is alive"
"'Christ is alive.' This is the great truth which fills our faith with meaning. Jesus, who died on the cross, has risen. He has triumphed over death; he has overcome sorrow, anguish and the power of darkness. "Do not be terrified" was how the angels greeted the women who came to the tomb. 'Do not be terrified. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here.'" (Christ Is Passing By 102, 1). April 12, 2004
"Christ ... our companion and friend"
We must seek Christ in the word and in the bread, in the Eucharist and in prayer. And we must treat him as a friend, as the real, living person he is - for he is risen. ... Christ, the risen Christ, is our companion and friend. He is a companion whom we can see only in the shadows - but the fact that he is really there fills our whole life and makes us yearn to be with him forever. ... (Christ Is Passing By, 116). April 10, 1999
Easter Octave - Saturday: “Jesus came to reveal the love of God to us”
Christ ascended the Cross with his arms wide open, with the all embracing gesture of the Eternal Priest. Now he counts on us - who are nothing! - to bring the fruits of his Redemption to all men. (The Forge, 4). April 09, 1999
Easter Octave - Friday: “The risen Christ is our companion”
The Master passes very close to us, again and again. He looks at us... And if you look at him, if you listen to him, if you don’t reject him, He will teach you how to give a supernatural meaning to everything you do... Then you too, wherever you may be, will sow consolation and peace and joy. (The Way of the Cross, Eighth Station, 4). April 08, 1999
Easter Octave – Thursday: “I will draw all things to myself”
A secret, an open secret: these world crises are crises of saints. God wants a handful of men 'of his own' in every human activity. And then... 'pax Christi in regno Christi--the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ'. (The Way, 301). April 07, 1999
Easter Octave – Wednesday: “Everything is already there, in Christ”
You live in the midst of the world and you are just another citizen living in contact with men who say they are good or bad. You must always want to give other people the happiness you enjoy as a Christian. (Furrow, 321). April 06, 1999
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). April 05, 1999
Easter Octave - Monday: “He has triumphed over death”
The risen Christ, Christ in glory, has divested himself of the things of this earth, so that we men, his brothers, should ask ourselves what things we need to get rid of. (The Forge, 526). April 04, 1999
Easter Sunday: “The Lord's triumph”
The Lord's triumph, on the day of the Resurrection, is final. Where are the soldiers the rulers posted there? Where are the seals that were fixed to the stone of the tomb? Where are those who condemned the Master? Where are those who crucified Jesus? He is victorious, and faced with his victory those poor wretches have all taken flight. Be filled with hope: Jesus Christ is always victorious. (The Forge, 660). 
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