Cardinal's Easter Sunday Homily 2023

On a day of celebration, when we come together to share the light of Jesus Christ risen from the dead, Cardinal Vincent Nichols urges us to find an image of Easter that strengthens our faith: “It might be the image of the light of Christ coming like the dawn and slowly dispersing the darkness of our nights and showing us a new horizon – a new thing to aim for. It might be the image of water pouring from a solid rock face as we experience life as harsh. Yet we know that in that rock face, Christ has created a fissure through which light and water pour, giving us hope and strength. “It might be the image of a desert suddenly covered with a bloom of flowers – new promise in what seemed to be a barren way of life. Whatever the image, the proclamation is simple. Christ is Risen. Death has no power anymore.”