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The fruit of redemption

Apr 9, 2023

Jesus is risen. Happy Easter! Beginning with the Gospel account, Igino Giordani reveals to us the fraternal dimension of the resurrection.

Jesus is risen. Happy Easter! Beginning with the Gospel account, Igino Giordani reveals to us the fraternal dimension of the resurrection. Jesus, rising from the dead, appeared to the women who had come to the tomb; and he said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and proclaim to my brothers…’ And, thus, in those concluding moments, he gave the disciples their definitive name: that of being brothers and sisters. Coming out of death, into glory, he thus defined his relationship with humankind. As he presented himself then, he still presents himself now, as a brother: the firstborn. By rising again, he had conquered death and reclaimed fraternity. He had come to earth to restore the Father’s fatherhood; he had descended into hell to overcome the enemy of humankind; now he was declaring the re-established fraternity of children, in the family of God. All of us are included in redemption and therefore all of us are brothers and sisters. If we do not act as such, we are outside of redemption.

Igino Giordani

Igino Giordani, Il fratello, [Our brother] (I edition Città Nuova 2011 – III edizione, Figlie della Chiesa 1954).

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