Will You Follow the Risen Christ?: A Franciscan Easter Reflection

Christ is Risen. The Crucified One lives. How evident is that reality in how you live? What kind of life is now possible?

A life with death behind you.

A life freed from fear and despair.

A life opened to wonder, courage, and expansive love.

The Risen Christ changes how we see everything. Wounds become places of grace. Ordinary moments become signs of new life.

We begin again, seeing with new eyes, loving beyond what we thought possible. This is the path of holy newness.

Let us rejoice and say to the triumphant Christ:

“You are our certain hope,
you are the glory of our race,
because you have overcome all adversaries.”
(St. Bonaventure's Easter Sunday Sermone)

The Good News of the Resurrection must be lived. How is the Risen Christ inviting you to begin again? Where is He calling you to become a sign of new life for others this week?

“Do not be afraid …
He has been raised…
Go quickly and tell…
He is going before you…” (Matthew 28:5-7)

Will you follow the footprints of the Risen Christ?