Risen Christ—Light of the World
At this hour, the Risen Jesus Christ is the light of the world and the light of your life, dear friend.
Wake up! Do not sleep! The time has come to be reborn to a new life.
Let no one weep anymore! Let our lips sing a song of joy and hope!
Let us walk driven by the wind of faith, sowing hope
on the paths and living from the love that is being engendered in every heart!
Let us fear no more! For Christ has saved us, death no longer strikes his friends.
Jesus is risen! Hallelujah!
Dear friend, there is no statement so categorically reiterated in the New Testament, both in the Gospels and in the apostolic documents, as this: “Christ has risen from the dead.”
So, from death came life. The risen Jesus Christ is the one who has come; but the most wonderful thing is that he continues to come! Both aspects,
far from contradicting each other, complement each other; they walk in unison toward “fullness.” As Saint Paul says in Colossians 1:15-19
“Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
for in Him all things were created: heavenly and earthly, visible and invisible, thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, all things were created by Him and for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
He is also the head of the body of the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, and thus He is first in all things.
For in Him God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell.”
Therefore, Jesus Christ, being perfect and complete in Himself, is always,
for us, incomplete and inexhaustible, until we reach that “fullness.”
Dear friend, that fullness consists in adhering to this salvific plan, work and project of God for humankind, which started in the beginning; when only the saying “Thy will be done”, existed.
The entire salvific plan is a “THY WILL BE DONE”—creation, faith, the incarnation, the gift of Jesus Christ… Everything is a “Thy will be done,” in which we are all included, and everything culminates and will culminate in a resurrection, a rebirth, a rising again…
This entire process culminates in the Risen Jesus Christ, the Man for men, human and divine, who brings joy and hope to all who follow him. This is the salvific plan! Hallelujah!
So, dear friend, with this good news, we can only give thanks and sing with joy to the One who is All Power, Greatness, Beauty, and Omnipotence. But above all, infinite goodness, for all creation.
Therefore, now I invite you to glorify God for the wonders he has done in that temple that is Creation. A cosmos with a
grand and marvelous nature, the work of his hands, with this hymn that sets us in a morning serenity, in which one can feel not only the awakening of dawn, but the awakening of all creation, whose final destiny is humankind, in collaboration with the Creator, the Great Potter.
Potter of man, working hand, from the deepest initial mud, you summon the birds, the dawn and the animals to the pastures.
In the morning, I seek you, made of concrete light, of pure space, of dawned earth.
In the morning, I find you, Vigor, Origin, Goal, in the sonorous rivers of life.
The tree takes shape, and the water takes on a melody. Your hands are fresh in the rose, the world’s abundance thickens at midday; and you are wholeheartedly in everything…
There is no breeze if you do not breathe, nor mountain if you are not within; nor solitude in which you do not grow strong. All is presence and grace! To live is this encounter: You for the light, man for death.
Let sin end! See how untrue it is to leave so much beauty in the hands of so much war! May man not force you, Lord, to repent of having once given him the keys to the Earth.
May your life, dear friend, be a song of joy and hope, as our lives have a happy ending.
Maran Hatha! Come, Lord Jesus!