Christ is in our midst, my beloved readers!
At present, it’s as if all of nature holds its breath. The birds sing extra softly; the timber whisper faintly with their leaves. All creation stands nonetheless, awaiting one thing wondrous. The world pauses, caught between sorrow and hope.
Whereas Christ’s disciples wept and mourned, believing all was misplaced—pondering themselves deceived, having hoped that Jesus was the Messiah— he Savior Himself descended into Hades. But He entered not as earlier than, humbly into Jerusalem, however as mighty Conqueror, the Destroyer of Hell. The guardians of the abyss scattered; the iron gates had been shattered; and within the depths of hopelessness, Gentle blazed forth.
When a soul dwells lengthy in darkness, sudden gentle wounds the eyes. Thus did the Gentle of Christ pierce those that, all their lives, had walked in riot in opposition to love, in opposition to fact, in opposition to righteousness—those that had lived for nothing however their very own acquire. Hades was laid waste. But the divine Gentle continues to convey torment to those that, on earth, sowed evil—and this torment shall be everlasting, for God is everlasting, and His identify is Love.
However with what unspeakable pleasure did those that awaited Him greet the Christ—those that had borne witness to Him by phrase and by deed! The prophets, the righteous—all who, whether or not on this life or past it, had longed for His coming—now beheld their hope fulfilled and had been stuffed with gladness on the arrival of the Savior.
The Lord has damaged the bonds of Hades. But nonetheless, the darkness clings to human hearts. There, within the secret chambers of the soul, lurk the shadows of despair, cowardice, sorrow, anger, and each harmful ardour. However there isn’t any abyss so deep that the Gentle of Christ can not attain it.
So, allow us to on this Nice and Holy Saturday, open vast the doorways of our souls to Divine Love. Let its heat soften the ice of our hearts, and grant us the good hope of our personal resurrection.
