By Prior Beharry
NEVER give up searching for joy.
This is the message of President Christine Kangaloo on the occasion of Easter 2023.
She said that among Christians, Easter evoked feelings of tremendous joy at Christ’s victory over death.
She said, “It also evokes an unshakeable hope in the promise of new and everlasting life.
“However, Easter is not just for Christians. Joy and hope are universal feelings. All human beings, regardless of their religious persuasion, are in need of joy and of hope.
“The messages of Easter are therefore not Christian messages alone. Like the messages of all the other wonderful religious observances that grace our national calendar each year, the messages of Easter are messages for all of us.
“They call us to a deeper participation in the universal project by which we are all united – the human project of finding joy and hope in our daily lives.”
She said as for joy – Easter, with its enlivening cry, “He is not here, He is risen” reminds us to search for joy even in the darkest of circumstances, much like the women looking for Jesus’ body in the tomb on that first Easter morning, only to be told by the angels there, the glorious news of his resurrection.
President Kangaloo said, “Easter reminds us to never give up searching for joy, even when all seems lost.
“As for hope – Easter reminds us that, in the end, life triumphs over death and that love triumphs over indifference and enmity.”
She said, “This year, let us see the messages of Easter as our individual invitations to renew our minds and transform our lives. Let us commit to being a more joyful and a more hopeful people – to becoming people who sacrifice more readily, forgive more easily and work in greater universal harmony to achieve our goals.”
President Kangaloo is recovering at her home after injuring herself while exercising on Thursday.
A release from the Office of the President had stated, “After being examined by a doctor, Her Excellency is now recovering at home.
“While injured, the President is not totally incapacitated and, on the advice of her doctor, will be working from home for at least the next fortnight while she recovers from her injury.”
