MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR EASTER VIGIL MASS 30th March 2024
MEDITATION/HOMILY FOR EASTER VIGIL MASS 30th March 2024 Romans 6:3-11; Ps.118; Mark 16:1-7 The Dawn of Victory! Today we come to the point of victory, unprecedented and irrevocable victory. Today, the shame that was associated with following Jesus is taken away, never to return. Today, after death has struck its worst, it was overcome with everlasting life. Today, Jesus answers the question Pilate asked during his passion: “what is truth”, not with words but with the glory of the resurrection. The truth is that which has the capacity to bear all the humiliation and still proceed to glorification. Today, the humiliation of Christ that started since the incarnation is finally brought to an end with the glory of the resurrection. Today, hope is instituted, not as a wishful thinking but the endurance of a night that must come to an end. Today, it has become crystal clear who is truly powerful and who is the weakling. The one who was called weak for not being able to save himself and p...