This is the night of nights! Instead of a mysterious reality, from which space, time and light emerged, in the first creation we have a dark tomb from which comes the new Creation and the new Man - Jesus of Nazareth, thought to be son of the carpenter and son of Mary, risen from the dead! The angels say to the women, similar to the words to be addressed to the apostles at the Ascension (Acts 1: 11): "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen." (Lk 24: 5) This is the fulfilment of prophecy and indeed of the whole Old Testament let alone the whole of human history from "Abel the just to the last of the elect" (Lumen gentium, 2). Anna, Simeon and all those who looked forward to the vindication of Israel rejoice. Their faith and hope in God are vindicated: "Through him (Jesus) you have come to trust God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God." (1 Pet 1: 21) Let us, too, also have our faith and hope in God renewed and reinforced through the liturgical mysteries that re-present for us this great moment in Creation.
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