From The Plaza de San Pedro, in the sermon that Cardinal Angelo Komasteri read, the Pope remembers that Easter is not the story of the past. It is an invitation to go out and search for Jesus in daily life, brotherhood and hope.
Sebastian Samson Ferrari – Vatican City
San Pedro Square It was full of flowers And joy to welcome the most beautiful declaration in history: Christ truly led to a revival!
More than 35,000 believers met this Sunday, April 20, 2025, to celebrate the Easter Mass, which he headed this year by the Cardinal Angelo Komasteri, and Arcipreste Fakhri in Basilica Saint Pedro and the general deputy of the Vatican city. In the desire of Pope Francis, who was still a recovery in Casa Santa Marta, it was the one who clarified the celebration.
The mass started with the opening of the icon of the blessed Savior and the song “Glory be to God”, which resonated again after its absence during the great fast. One of the developments of Easter was to read the sermon, which Pope Francis prepared in particular for this occasion.
The Holy Liturgy of Easter in Plaza de San Pedro, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
Since this eastern and western year, they celebrate Easter on the same date, after the Bible in Latin and Greek, and songs Stechi Y It will be up to From the Byzantine Mass, which was previously interpreted before the Roman Pope.
Christ lives: You have to search for him
In his sermon, Bergolio confirmed two main aspects of the Easter Declaration. The first: Christ has risen, he is alive. Therefore, we should not search for it in the grave. It is not a beautiful history of the past or a hero to remember or a statue to enjoy it.
On the contrary: You have to look for it. Looking for her in daily life, in the face of brotherhood, in daily life, unexpected. Find it everywhere, except in the grave.
“Always look for him,” Pope Francis insisted on preaching. Because if you have risen, you are present everywhere. We live in, it is revealed – and also – in the people we find every day, in the simplest and unpredictable moments of life.
He added: “He is alive and remains with us, and he is crying with those who suffer and multiply the beauty of life in the gestures of love for each one.”
Cardinal Angelo Comsri, the Holy Liturgy, presided over the mandate of Pope Francis. (Image of the Vatican Media Department)
Iman pushes the movement
Therefore, Easter faith is not a fixed solution, nor comfortable religious security. On the contrary, it puts us in movement. He calls us to open our eyes and see what is beyond, and to get to know Jesus as the living: God who reveals himself, who walks alongside our side, who speaks to us, precedes us and surprises us.
Let’s hurry to meet Christ
“This is the greatest hope in our lives: we can live our existence – forward, fragile and wound – clinging to Christ, because he defeated death, overcoming our darkness and leading us to live with him in joy, forever.”
Finally, the Pope recalls that the jubilee is an opportunity to renew hope. It is not an abstract or superficial hope, but a living force is embodied in the midst of our suffering, our fears and fatigue. We are invited to allow ourselves to transform them, look at the world with new eyes, and spread this hope for those around us.
We cannot allow the heart to be closed in delusions or sadness. We must run, full of joy, to meet Jesus.
Flower ornaments in Plaza de San Pedro, Domingo de Estre, April 20, 2025.
At the end of the Pope’s reading, Cardinal Komastri added automatically:
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