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THE AUDACITY OF EASTER
Apr
Our recent 26th General Chapter invites us to be “rooted in Christ and audacious in mission!” We dream of a pilgrim Congregation rooted in faith in Jesus Christ and in Claretian spirituality (QC 43).
Easter reminds us of the foundation of our faith, on which our vocation and mission are also built: “The Lord of life was dead; but now, alive, he triumphs.” This hope that He is alive compels us to change direction. The tomb with a corps could also be a point of entry. The empty tomb is necessarily a point of departure.
Fr. Primo Mazzolari wrote: “The dead need pity, the living need audacity“. If Easter began with the funeral mood of Mary of Magdala, it could only continue with our boldness in witnessing to a distracted world – of which we are part – not the corruption of the tomb, but the glory of the Resurrection.