Easter reminds us that the risen Christ offers hope to all
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This Easter, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we remember and pray for our brothers and sisters around the world who are facing violence, hunger, and pain.
A woman collects wooden planks in a street destroyed by shellings in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. ( (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)) Tetiana Oleksiienko cries standing at the gate of her house in the village of Andriivka, Ukraine, heavily affected by fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Several buildings in the village were reduced to mounds of bricks and corrugated metal and residents struggle without heat, electricity or cooking gas. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)) Families wait to board a train at Kramatorsk central station as they flee the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region, on Wednesday. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images) Family and friends attend the funeral of 37-year-old sergeant Kostiv Andrew, who was killed in action, at the Lychakiv cemetery, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) This Easter is sadly marred by the tragic inhumanity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we also mourn the killing of innocent children, the brutalization of women, and the destruction of entire cities.
Easter is a time of joy and hope. It is through Jesus Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection that we are saved from sin and have hope for eternal life with God in Heaven. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life."