BENEDICT XVI: AUDIENCE, "WITHOUT FAITH IN RESURRECTION, EVERYTHING WILL STOP" (2)

That’s why, according to the Holy Father, "it is important to repeat this fundamental truth of our faith, whose historical truthfulness is widely documented, even if nowadays, as in the past, there are always some who somehow question or even deny it".” “"We must constantly renew our adhesion to the Christ dead and resurrected for us", is the Pope’s invitation: "His Easter is also our Easter, because in the Christ Resurrected we are given the certainty of our final resurrection". "The news of His resurrection from the dead – ensured the Pontiff – will not age and Jesus is always alive; and alive is His Gospel". Then a quotation from Saint Augustine: "The faith of Christians is the Resurrection of Christ" and one from the Acts of the Apostles: "God has given to all men a sure proof about Jesus by resurrecting Him from His death". "During the course of history – exclaimed Benedict XVI –, how many people have consecrated their life to a cause they deemed just and died! The death of the Lord proves the immense love with which He loved us to the extent of sacrificing Himself for us; but only His resurrection is a ‘sure proof’, it is the certainty that what He states is the truth".” “