There is so much that seems overwhelming in the news these days.
War, violence, suffering. So many people. In so many places. 
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mk 15:34)

In our battered land and in our desolate hearts
there is nothing left but silence. 
"Into your hands I commend my spirit" (Lk 23:46)

However, in the depths of darkness and hell, life is not extinguished. 
« Look, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43,19)

Christ is risen, is truly risen!
“Death no longer has mastery over him” (Rm 6:9).

The Jesuit Conference of European Provincials, 
wishes you an Easter season 
filled with the peace and hope of the Risen One.