Christ is risen indeed! Are we?

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The Risen Lord invites us to look at our reality of Corona pandemic with the eyes of faith. As we ‘read the signs of the time’, we realize that this global crisis is a challenging opportunity for humankind to experience a global conversion and renewal. The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus in a world gripped by a global pandemic is an invitation to revision our lives beyond our own wants and needs, to foster a new approach to our sisters and brothers across the globe beyond our own borders and egos, to heal our Mother Earth and human family, towards building a more equitable, just, peaceful and sustainable world. It is a call for a renewed relationship with God, self, others, and creation. It is a new way of thinking, living, relating and planning in order that everyone's food and health become the responsibility of all.

‘There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed’ (Gandhiji). This is the call of the Time for a new global solidarity. This global pandemic is a wake-up call for whole humanity indeed! 

“The Lord asks us and, in the midst of our tempest, invites us to reawaken and put into practice that solidarity and hope capable of giving strength, support, and meaning to these hours when everything seems to be floundering. The Lord awakens so as to reawaken and revive our Easter faith” (Pope Francis, Urbi et Orbi, 27/03/2020).

§  What plans you make in order to put into practice the renewed sense of solidarity with the distressed people and the ailing Mother Earth.

§  What are your interior movements at this Easter time: joy, sadness, hope, anxiety?   
(Source: LIFELINE an online Retreat 2020 by JCSA)

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