Vatican City, 3 November 2014 (VIS) –
Following tradition, this morning the Holy Fther celebrated Mass in
the Vatican Basilica in memory of all the cardinals and bishops
deceased during the last twelve months, whom he remembered with
gratitude, and recalling their service to the Church. “This
celebration, thanks to the Word of God, is completely illuminated by
faith in the Resurrection”, he affirmed.
“All divine revelation is the fruit
of the dialogue between God and His people, and also faith in the
Resurrection is linked to this dialogue, which accompanies the people
of God in history. It is not surprising that such a mystery as great,
decisive and superhuman as the Resurrection had to come all the way
up to Jesus Christ. He was able to say “I am the resurrection and
the life”, as in Him this mystery is not only fully revealed, but
also put into effect, becoming reality for the first time and
definitively. … Every one of us is invited to enter into this
event. We are called first to stay before Jesus' cross, to hear the
cry of Jesus, his last breath, and finally that silence that lasts
the whole of Holy Saturday. And then we are called to His tomb, to
see that the great stone has been set aside, to hear the
announcement: 'He has risen! He is not here'. And herein lies the
answer. Here there is the foundation, the rock. Not in 'persuasive
and knowing discourse, but in the living word of the Cross and of
Jesus' resurrection.
“This is what the apostle Paul
preached: Jesus Christ, crucified and resurrected. If He had not
risen again, our faith would be empty and inconsistent. But since He
rose again, or rather, He is the Resurrection, our faith is full of
truth and eternal life”.
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