God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones (cf. Ez 37:1-14)
“Urbi et Orbi”
At noon, from the central loggia of the Vatican Basilica, the Holy Father Francis addressed the over 250,000 people overflowing St. Peter's Square and those who were following the celebration by radio or television. He delivered his Easter proclamation—“God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden!”—and made a strong appeal for peace throughout the world. He then imparted the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing.
"...Dear brothers and sisters, Christ died and rose once for all, and for everyone, but the power of the Resurrection, this passover from slavery to evil to the freedom of goodness, must be accomplished in every age, in our concrete existence, in our everyday lives.
"How many deserts, even today, do human beings need to cross!
Above all, the desert within, when we have no love for God or neighbour, when we fail to realize that we are guardians of all that the Creator has given us and continues to give us.
God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones (cf. Ez 37:1-14).
"So this is the invitation which I address to everyone:
Let us accept the grace of Christ’s Resurrection!
Let us be renewed by God’s mercy,
let us be loved by Jesus,
let us enable the power of his love to transform our lives too;
and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.
"And so we ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace.
Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him we implore peace for all the world..."
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