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“The Supreme and Insuperable Act of the Power of God”
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 13, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave April 7 at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The traditional Wednesday General Audience is inundated today by the luminous joy of Easter. In these days, in fact, the Church celebrates the mystery of the Resurrection and experiences the great joy that stems from the Good News of Christ’s victory over evil and death. A joy that is prolonged not only in the Octave of Easter, but is extended for 50 days until Pentecost. After the mourning and consternation of Good Friday, and after the silence charged with expectation of Holy Saturday, here is the stupendous announcement: “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” (Luke 24:34). In the whole history of the world, this is the “Good News” par excellence, it is the Gospel proclaimed and passed over the centuries, from generation to generation.
The Lord’s Easter is the supreme and insuperable act of the power of God. It is an absolutely extraordinary event, the most beautiful and mature fruit of the “mystery of God.” It is so extraordinary that it cannot be recounted in its dimensions which escape our human capacity of knowledge and research. And yet, this is also an “historical” event, real, witnessed and documented. It is the event that founds the whole of our faith. It is the central content in which we believe and the principal content of why we believe.
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VATICAN CITY, APRIL 13, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave April 7 at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The traditional Wednesday General Audience is inundated today by the luminous joy of Easter. In these days, in fact, the Church celebrates the mystery of the Resurrection and experiences the great joy that stems from the Good News of Christ’s victory over evil and death. A joy that is prolonged not only in the Octave of Easter, but is extended for 50 days until Pentecost. After the mourning and consternation of Good Friday, and after the silence charged with expectation of Holy Saturday, here is the stupendous announcement: “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” (Luke 24:34). In the whole history of the world, this is the “Good News” par excellence, it is the Gospel proclaimed and passed over the centuries, from generation to generation.
The Lord’s Easter is the supreme and insuperable act of the power of God. It is an absolutely extraordinary event, the most beautiful and mature fruit of the “mystery of God.” It is so extraordinary that it cannot be recounted in its dimensions which escape our human capacity of knowledge and research. And yet, this is also an “historical” event, real, witnessed and documented. It is the event that founds the whole of our faith. It is the central content in which we believe and the principal content of why we believe.
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