Today’s message proclaims the turning point of the Christian faith. After weeks of listening to songs sung in darkness and waiting through silence, Easter announces what fear could not stop and death could not hold. God has acted decisively. The tomb is empty. Christ lives. In the Gospel reading the risen Lord calls Mary by name, turning grief into faith and sending her with the first Easter proclamation: “I have seen the Lord.” This sermon celebrates resurrection victory with power, confidence, and joy, declaring that the night is truly over.