Without the war with evil in its hour, there will never be the day of peace.
Unless there is a Good Friday in our lives, there will never be an Easter Sunday.
Unless there is the crown of thorns, there will never be the halo of light.
Unless there is the scourged body, there will never be the glorified body.
And there is the answer to the question of Easter.
—Fulton Sheen
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
—Matthew 28:6
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
—Isaiah 43: 18-19