That Which Makes Sense of It All

HOMILY
Easter Sunday – 4 April 2010

Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; I Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9


The resurrection of Christ, which we celebrate today, is more than just the fulfillment of the prophecies of Jesus and the prophets of old. The resurrection is the one event that makes sense of it all.

St. Paul says in 1 Cor 15,14: “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching