Let us rejoice

21Let us rejoice on this day of the Resurrection

For Christ, who was mocked, crowned with thorns, hung on the cross yesterday

Today rises from the tomb

Let us rejoice as Christ brings into his light

those who were held captive by the darkness of hell

Let us rejoice in this spring of life

As hope pours out among the victims of wars,

Among those afflicted in body and in spirit

Let us rejoice, for by the cross all sadness is taken away

And joy floods the world

Let us rejoice, because the Lord has descended deeply

into the hearts of humans where anguish lies;

He visits them, He illuminates them

And torments, anguish, hell are vanquished

Engulfed in the depths of the open love from the Lord’s pierced sides

Let us rejoice, for he is risen, the Christ, the eternal joy