The Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32 & 40-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 (Year C)
Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world. The very first words, then, that I would say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive.”
With these words, Pope Francis began his response to the Church and its youth following the recent synod in Rome. His plea expresses what is at the heart of our Easter celebration. Through the mystery of his Resurrection, Christ is alive in his Church, in the heart of every believer, every congregation and every family. Such life brings joy, an infectious joy that attracts others to itself. At the same time it stirs opposition from a world hostile to the values proclaimed in the Gospel.
