Easter Sunday AD 2026

“Thank you for the question. Since Christ’s resurrection, we are doing very well!” This was a bishop’s reply when he was asked how he and the Church were doing. On the one hand, this might seem like an evasion of the question; on the other hand, this is exactly so: despite everything that may trouble us and cause confusion—of which there is an abundance in today’s world—we are well, because Christ has risen from the dead.

When, just before His death, Jesus said, “It is finished!”, it was not a cry of despair. It was a cry of victory: not that all was over and ended, but that all had been brought to completion and fulfilled. The only begotten Son of God gave everything of Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even death on the cross, so that our guilt may be forgiven and we might be reconciled to God.

Christ’s resurrection from the dead shows that this is not merely wishful thinking, but that life truly triumphs over death, goodness over evil, love over indifference and hatred. The fact that Christ has risen from the dead assures us that there are no hopeless situations. It assures us that everything is in God’s hands—and since all things are possible with God, we have no reason to doubt that indeed all is very well.

This was the mindset of the ancient prophets: amid everything that ought to drive a person to complete despair, they proclaim hope and a new beginning. Thus says the prophet Habakkuk: “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

Indeed, since the resurrection of Christ, we are doing very well!