“Jesus Is Alive!” With this joyful message, Pope Francis has started in celebrations of Easter Sunday. On Twitter, head of Catholic Church wrote: “Our faith is born on Easter morning: Jesus Is alive! This experience is at heart of Christian message. “
Our faith is born on Easter morning: Jesus Lives! This experience is at heart of Christian message!
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex_de) April 1, 2018
In morning annual Easter Fair began – culmination of liturgies of past days. On square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican, tens of thousands of Christians from Italy and around world gared to celebrate Feast of Resurrection of Jesus Christ with Pope. Nearly 50,000 tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and or flowers adorned altar and stairs in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. They were donated and delivered by flower growers from Nerlands.
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God’s messages are always good for surprises, pope said in his short, free sermon. This was especially true of Easter message: Christ was resurrected. This has put people in a hurry to report to ors immediately. The question is, what does this mean for Christians today: “What do I do, what are you doing today, on Easter Sunday 2018?” asked Francis.
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In his Easter message, Pope Francis asked for an end to conflicts of this world. “So today we ask for fruits of peace, from beloved and tormented Syria, whose population is exhausted from a seemingly endless war,” he said in St. Peter’s Square. He also asked for “Reconciliation for Holy Land that is haunted by open conflicts se days”. He also went to Yemen and whole of Middle East. He requested hope for a dignified life for parts of African continent haunted by hunger and conflict. The leaders of Korean peninsula asked him to “act wisely and wisely.” Likewise, he reiterated Ukraine and sufferings of Venezuelan people, which “lives in ir own country and abroad,” pope said.
The choice of language for Fürbittengespräch can be understood in this context alsökumenische and political gesture. It was held in languages Russian, English, Chinese UndItalienisch. The request “for Pope and all Bishops DerKirche” was spoken in Russian, which for priests-undOrdensberufungen in Chinese, to poor, suffering and victims of hatred finally in Arabic.
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Following speech, pope donated from balcony of St traditional Blessing “Urbi et Orbi” – “The City of Rome and area of circle”.
The Easter ceremonies of Vatican had begun already on Thursday with a service and a rite of Catholic Church, which was revived only by Pope Francis: for washing of wash, which reminds that even Jesus, according to tradition, his twelve Younger ones should have cleaned ir feet with water, pope had chosen Rome’s largest prison Regina Coeli this year. There he washed twelve prisoners ‘ feet.
On evening of Good Friday, pope prayed in glow of thousands of candles and torches with around 20,000 believers around Colosseum in Rome traditional crossroads. This year, meditation texts on individual stations, which redraw way of Jesus to Cross, had written students of a Roman high school. It describes feelings and thoughts of young people in face of suffering of Jesus. At same time, y wanted to remind m of indifference in face of everyday injustice, suffering of mors because of ir children’s needs, but also ridicule and hatred in social networks.
