Being an Easter People #230

Allison Gingras and Maria Morera Johnson unpack St. John Paul II's 1986 Angelus address in Australia, encouraging the faithful to be Easter People.

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ON Nov 30, 1986, Pope St. JOHN PAUL II during the Angelus in Adelaide, Australia offered the following words of encouragement, inspiration, and catechesis, “

“We do not pretend that life is all beauty. We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. But we know Jesus has conquered sin and passed through his own pain to the glory of the Resurrection. And we live in the light of his Paschal Mystery - the mystery of his Death and Resurrection. “We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!”. We are not looking for a shallow joy but rather a joy that comes from faith, that grows through unselfish love, that respects the “fundamental duty of love of neighbour, without which it would be unbecoming to speak of Joy”. We realize that joy is demanding; it demands unselfishness; it demands a readiness to say with Mary: “Be it done unto me according to thy word”.

Link in the Show:

Entire Angelus Address

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