Italian
Why Easter is holy for everyone and not just for Christians.
In an era that deliberately renounces the spirit, abolishing in the name of secularism every sense and religious symbol of the celebration we are about to hold, I feel it is my ethical duty — not just an act of faith — to remind especially the young and those who are called to educate them of the extraordinary strength of the spirit.
The gods are immortal and invisible. Perhaps this is the secret of their eternity: only what escapes the eye escapes time. In contrast, we, beings of flesh and history, are governed by chronology, condemned to disappear, that is, to become invisible ourselves.
Yet, our mind has a singular architecture, capable of simultaneously conceiving two realities: the visible and the invisible. It is this duality that allows us to imagine a “before” and an “after,” projecting ourselves beyond our finiteness.
But this awareness comes at a price: the inability to fully inhabit the present. This permanent vanishing point often leaves us dissatisfied, inhabited by a form of existential melancholy.
From primitive totems to ancient temples, up to our modern cathedrals, humanity has never ceased to seek to represent that invisible reality that makes us, in some way, immortal. It is here that the profound and indispensable meaning of Latin pietas and religious faith resides.
In this Easter time, feeling God’s presence does not mean isolating oneself from the world, but rather appreciating it more intensely. It means learning to decipher in others and in nature the signs of the invisible.
As the ancients believed — and as we still intuit — these signs must not be overlooked. They constitute a necessary communication, a dialogue between heaven and earth that we cannot, and must not, do without.
Encountering the divine is not a simple intellectual decision or an act of will. It is an automatic vital impulse, a natural drive that pushes us to access what makes us fully human.
In this celebration of the Resurrection, which is essentially the passage from the visible to the victorious invisible, we are invited to rediscover this sacred communication. Being human means accepting to be the bridge between two worlds, finding in the message of the invisible the strength to transform our present.
