Auxiliary Bishop Robert Casey, archdiocesan vicar general, celebrates Easter Mass with some of the Sisters of St. Joseph at their motherhouse in LaGrange Park on April 4, 2021. The Mass was offered for the National Guard members administering COVID-19 vaccines in Illinois.
On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone "has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life" and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said.
Pope prays people will experience, share Easter joy Like the women disciples who discovered Jesus had risen from the dead and ran to tell the others, Christians should be filled with such joy at Easter that they cannot help sharing it with others, Pope Francis said.
Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ's resurrection to be "the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped."