On Easter Sunday, the empty tomb is not just an event from the past — it is the answer to every longing God has placed in the human heart. This reflection draws on the Mass propers, Paul's declaration that "Christ our Pasch is sacrificed," the testimony of Mary Magdalen in the ancient Victimae Paschali sequence, and the preaching of Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus to explore what it means that the Resurrection is both Christ's feast and ours — restoring our innocence, confirming our hope, and sending us forward into a life that cannot end.

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