Nanawagan si Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle sa mga Katoliko na pangunahan ang pagpapakalat ng pagmamahal at pag-asa kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng muling pagkabuhay ni Hesukristo bukas, Easter Sunday.
Sa kanyang Easter message, hinimok ni Tagle ang mga mananampalataya “[to] seize the power of love unleashed by the risen Christ this Easter”.
“Love is not just a word, it's a lifestyle of seeing, encountering, and understanding other people. It is the lifestyle of Jesus, crucified and risen. It is the lifestyle of being with and living for others in the belief that light will always overcome darkness,” sabi ni Tagle.
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Hinikayat ni Tagle ang mga Katoliko na unawain ang sitwasyon ng kapwa tao nang may malasakit at pakikiisa.
“We are called as Christians to encounter others and walk with them humbly, without judgment, or pretensions of having the answer to all their problems. It is through these encounters that our hearts are opened and presented with a new horizon and a renewed energy to move forward,” ani Tagle.
“It is through these encounters of love and caring that persons, families, and communities are transformed from prisoners of despair into bearers of hope,” dagdag niya.
Hinimok din ng Cardinal na hindi dapat na mawalan ng pag-asa, dahil ang anumang mahirap na pinagdadaanan ay garantisadong mapagtatagumpayan.
“Sometimes we find ourselves in dark place, like Jesus on the cross, and our lives can seem loveless. When hunger, unemployment, addictions, indignities, abuse, hate speech, false accusations, killing, corruption, human trafficking run wild and seem to reign, our world appears dark,” ani Tagle.
“But if we look more carefully, more intently at people and situations, it is then that we see love revealing itself.”
Sa huli, iginiit ng Manila Archbishop ang kahit ang mumunting kabutihang magagawa para sa kapwa ay may malaking epekto “in the face of unrelenting evil”.
“It can make all the difference in ways we can't even imagine how because these small acts of care and love are crowned by the total self-giving of Christ crucified on the cross,” sabi ni Tagle.
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