The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone: this is the work of the Lord, the wonder before our eyes. (Ps 117, 22-23)

[…] making himself a companion of our sufferings so that we become companions of his glory. By this abundant, superabundant, magnificent, excessive redemption he showed us the riches of his goodness. (TLG II, 4) SFDS

Christ is truly resurrected! Alleluia

“Peace be with you!”
Christ is risen! Hallelujah!

From a Sermon by St. Francis de Sales. April 12, 1594. Works VII, 167

There was no doubt great joy in Noah’s ark, when the dove, which had gone out a short time before, as if to spy on the state of the world, returned at last bearing in its beak the olive branch, a sure signal of the cessation of the waters, and that God had restored to the world the happiness of his peace. But, O God, with what joy, with what feast, with what gladness was the company of the Apostles, when they saw the holy humanity of the Redeemer return among themselves after the resurrection, bearing in his mouth the olive of a holy and agreeable peace: Pax vobis, and showing them the unmistakable marks and signs of the reconciliation of men with God: Et ostendit eis manus et pédes.

No doubt their souls were then fully drenched in consolation: Gavisi sunt discipuli viso Domino. But this joy was not the chief fruit of this holy sight; for their wavering faith was strengthened, their frightened hope was secured, and their almost extinguished charity was kindled. This is the discourse which I have undertaken, but which I cannot do well, nor can you, listen well, unless the Holy Spirit assists us. Let us, therefore, invoke Him, and in order to invoke Him better, let us employ the intermediary of the Blessed Virgin. Ave Maria.

Now these three things remain, faith, hope, and charity; but the greatest of these is charity. Cor, 13. Faith for the understanding, hope for memory, charity for the will. Faith honors the Father, because it is based on omnipotence; hope honors the Son, for it is founded on his redemption; charity honors the Holy Spirit, for it embraces and cherishes goodness. Faith shows us happiness, hope makes us aspire to it, charity puts us in possession. They are necessary, but now; for in Heaven there remains only charity. Faith does not enter into it, for it is seen in everything; hope still less, for there is everything in it; but there is only charity to love our God in everything, everywhere, and with everything.
Our Lord does nothing else than teach us these three lessons: how to believe, how to hope, and how to love; but especially in those forty days in which he conversed with his apostles after his resurrection, and more particularly in the apparition recited today.