{"id":7403,"date":"2024-04-02T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:58:29","slug":"resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death.<\/p>\n

Many centuries ago, the first Easter Sunday began with profound grief and silence.\u00a0 While still dark, the women got up very early, with their hearts quiet and heavy fully aware of the task they had to undertake that day.\u00a0 They prepared the various ointments, and set off to the tomb where Jesus\u2019 body had been placed two days before.\u00a0 Grief and silence hovered over them, but they knew what they had to do.<\/p>\n

Their sadness turned into confusion and anger when they saw the stone rolled away: \u201cThey have taken his body away, and we don\u2019t know where they\u2019ve put it!\u201d<\/p>\n

But then their confusion turned into an indescribable amazement at the announcement of the angels, \u201cwhy do you seek the living among the dead?\u201d\u00a0 The women\u2019s sadness and anger quickly turned into indescribable joy.<\/p>\n

As the darkness of the early morning had given way to the light of the day as the sun rose, the darkness in the women\u2019s hearts had been cast out with a light that never ends, the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

This movement from darkness into light is the heart of what we call in the Church the Pascal Mystery: that after suffering and death, always comes newness of life.\u00a0 No matter how dark the night may be, there is always a new hope which comes from a new day.<\/p>\n

We have all personally experienced in our lives the presence of pain, suffering, and loss.\u00a0 We are also painfully aware that oftentimes these come unsolicited or through no fault of our own\u2026 life, at times, can appear to be quite unfair.<\/p>\n

For the past few days, I\u2019ve had in my heart the men who died on the bridge at the entrance into Baltimore Harbor, as well as their families.\u00a0 Here you have men who were doing honest work; working hard for their families and for a better future.\u00a0 They had done no wrong, yet here came a ship that slammed into the bridge, and they lost their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would God allow something like this?\u201d some may ask.\u00a0 It is only natural to wonder this way when difficult moments come our way.\u00a0 Our hearts would have to be made of stone not to feel pain and anguish.<\/p>\n

I will never forget a family I met years ago, a mother whose baby was very, very ill.\u00a0 For months, the baby was in and out of the intensive care unit in Augusta, and the baby just got worse as time went by.\u00a0 Eventually, the baby died.\u00a0 There were no words to console the grieving parents.\u00a0 Where could light be found, when the darkness appeared to have taken over completely?<\/p>\n

Hope was found in the Pascal Mystery of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 He who did no wrong, was nailed to the cross.\u00a0 He embraced pain and darkness, only to three days later, shatter it with the light of the Resurrection.<\/p>\n

I remember pointing to the crucifix in the room as I sat with that mother and father, as they found hope in knowing that Jesus had suffered as they were suffering, and that it was possible to move into the light with confidence, even after the most difficult life experiences.<\/p>\n

The fact that Jesus rose from the dead is the reason we can face tomorrow with hope, even when things are difficult.\u00a0 The resurrection of Jesus teaches us that there is always a path forward, and that we can be given a new opportunity to get things right with God.<\/p>\n

Our sins, or the difficulties of our lives, all find redemption in Jesus.<\/p>\n

Every Easter we renew our baptismal promises where we reject Satan and sin, along with all the works of darkness, so that we can be filled with the light of Christ.\u00a0 The Pascal Candle blessed during the Vigil stands as a reminder that the light of Christ always triumphs, and that we are called to follow it as we move forward in life, even through the challenges and the reality of our own sin.<\/p>\n

We rejoice with the whole Church today, confident that after death comes life.\u00a0 That the light always wins.<\/p>\n

May Jesus give us the grace and strength to remain united to him, so we may find confidence and hope in Him each day, and that He will lead us to eternal life where we will live under His light forever.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the first Easter Sunday began with profound grief and silence.\u00a0 While still dark, the women got up very early, with their hearts quiet and heavy fully aware of the task […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2533,"featured_media":7406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[55,335,238],"class_list":["post-7403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homily","tag-easter","tag-easter-vigil","tag-resurrection"],"yoast_head":"\nResurrection: Movement from darkness to light<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Labyrinthine Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2024\/04\/CCCC-VM-5-copy-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"582\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Father Pablo Migone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html\",\"name\":\"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\"},\"description\":\"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/\",\"name\":\"Labyrinthine Mind\",\"description\":\"Seeking God in the labyrinth\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b\",\"name\":\"Father Pablo Migone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Father Pablo Migone\"},\"description\":\"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light","description":"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light","og_description":"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html","og_site_name":"Labyrinthine Mind","article_published_time":"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":582,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/613\/2024\/04\/CCCC-VM-5-copy-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Father Pablo Migone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Father Pablo Migone","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html","name":"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-02T15:58:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b"},"description":"Today we celebrate the victory of the light over darkness.\u00a0 The victory of hope over despair.\u00a0 The victory of life over death. Many centuries ago, the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2024\/04\/resurrection-movement-from-darkness-to-light.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resurrection: Movement from darkness to light"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/","name":"Labyrinthine Mind","description":"Seeking God in the labyrinth","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/35ce8464416a4368561caf8ed8c2ba1b","name":"Father Pablo Migone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/305296c2dd82f71369f8808eb07ace26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Father Pablo Migone"},"description":"Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Augusta, Georgia, Father Pablo Migone was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 2009 after studying at the Pontifical North American College and earning a Masters in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Vicar for Mission Advancement of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and Corpus Christi Parish in the Savannah, Georgia area. The views expressed in this blog are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his bishop or the Diocese of Savannah.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/author\/pmigone"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}