He is Risen! ~ Happy Easter!

"Yes, we believe in God, the Creator of heaven and earth.
And we celebrate the God who was made man,
who suffered, died, was buried
and rose again.

We celebrate the definitive victory of the Creator and of his creation.

We celebrate this day as the origin and the goal of our existence.

We celebrate it because now, thanks to the risen Lord, it is definitively established that
reason is stronger than unreason,
truth stronger than lies,
love stronger than death.

We celebrate the first day because we know that
the black line drawn across creation does not last for ever.

We celebrate it because we know that
those words from the end of the creation account have now been definitively fulfilled:

“God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good”
(Gen 1:31).

Amen!"

Easter Vigil: Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI
St. Peter's Basilica. 23 April 2011.