March 23, 2008
On behalf of the Canadian Martyrs Prayer Community, I would like to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter. As I mentioned in one of my previous blog entries, Easter is perhaps the most important feast in the Catholic Church, and in Christianity in general. St. Paul explains it best, with the following words taken from the Bible:
Well then, if Christ is preached as risen from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is empty and our belief comes to nothing. And we become false witnesses of God, attesting that He raised Christ, whereas He could not raise Him if indeed the dead are not raised. If the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith gives you nothing, and you are still in sin. Also those who fall asleep in Christ are lost. If it is only for this life that we hope in Christ, we are the most unfortunate of all people. But no, Christ has been raised from the dead and He comes before all those who have fallen asleep. - 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Author: Frolin S. Ocariza, Jr.
