Looking at the headlines, one has to ask: Can entrenched beliefs, self-interest, fear, yield through peaceful means to the claims of divine justice and divine Love? Can systems that institutionalize racial prejudice and discrimination be changed without a resort to violence? Is it wrong to hope against hope in today's world?
No, it's not wrong. It's essential. It's not too late. It will never be too late. The history of mankind shows that the darkest hour can be the birthing hour of humanity's greatest hope, of our deliverance from evil. Doesn't the resurrection of our Master, Christ Jesus, have this significance for us?
Jesus of Nazareth, the long-promised Messiah, the Son of God, had been crucified; hatred had pierced the side of the representative of divine Love; human law had been perverted to destroy the mouthpiece of divine law; disciples had despaired and deserted; the sky had literally turned black. But the demonstration of divine Love went ahead unimpeded and without faltering. Enemies were forgiven. Love rolled back the gravestone and gave to humanity a transfiguring hope and proof of the power of divine Love. The light of this transcendent proof of the unquenchable love of God shines on our world even now. It cannot be darkened or obliterated. No one who glories in the resurrection of our Lord can believe that any human situation is beyond hope.
