As the
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God’s throne!
Jesus Christ, our King, is risen!...
Let this place
resound with joy.
Jesus’ rising from the dead shatters the bonds of death, and opens us to a new horizon of hope. The resurrection dismantles what had seemed to be the dimensions of human life, where darkness held sway and death had the inevitable last word. Jesus Christ’s undoing of the ultimate power of death loosens the human spirit and imagination, allowing us to truly trust that God has the last word, and that word is