“We do not pretend that life is all beauty. We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. But we know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through his own pain to the glory of the Resurrection. And we live in the light of his Paschal Mystery - the mystery of his Death and Resurrection. “We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!”. We are not looking for a shallow joy but rather a joy that comes from faith, that grows through unselfish love, that respects the “fundamental duty of love of neighbor, without which it would be unbecoming to speak of Joy”. We realize that joy is demanding; it demands unselfishness; it demands a readiness to say with Mary: “Be it done unto me according to thy word”.”

• John Paul II

“We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!”

This quote is often attributed to John Paul II who was in fact quoting St. Augustine when he said it. I love looking at how John Paul II used it. Reading a larger piece that he said brings more depth to how he is using it

It is true - we are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song! 

But it is also true that it was at great cost that we are able to be Easter people. It is at great cost to others and to ourselves. It is demanding to get and stay there

Does that make it too distant for us? It shouldn’t. We are an Easter people, we must stand tall in that truth

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