The Resurrection of Jesus Christ has the power to free us from the anxiety that death provokes within us. The Resurrection has the power not only to lead us into new life after our death, but it also has the power to renew the lives we are now living.

If we allow belief in Jesus' resurrection and our future resurrection to take deep root in our hearts, then we will gain the power to live our present life in a much fuller way. St. Paul says, "Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God." Paul is not telling us to ignore our earthly life. Far from it. He is urging us to allow our lives to be surrounded and bathed in the light of Jesus'
resurrection.

We all know that when a person is consumed by a
passion such as the love of the poor, or the pursuit of