The risen Lord comes to “bring peace,” Cardinal Tobin says in Easter message

In his Easter message to the faithful, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, said that though war, conflict, and other serious challenges in our world weigh down our hearts, Easter “does not hide from these realities.”

Rather, the risen Lord comes “not to judge or condemn, but to bring peace.”

“The promise of Easter is not distant,” Cardinal Tobin said. “It touches our lives here and now. In our families, in our parishes, and in the gut-gripping struggles we carry, the risen Christ walks with us. He meets us patiently and calls us to be people who do not surrender to fear but choose compassion, mercy, and hope because Christ is risen, as he said!”

CLICK HERE to view Cardinal Tobin’s message.

The message is also available in Spanish.