A future which we bring about solely by our own power and in which the human person makes himself the sole measure of what is human can only be an inhuman future. In this sense it should be clear to us that only a future which we receive from God can be a "human" future. Consequently, we should regard Easter as being, among other things, a time for reflection on our own history and on the redemption and enslavement that history signifies for us. We may well celebrate Easter as a day of hope in the future. But as soon as we ask what man's hope should rightly be, we cannot look solely to man himself for the answer, since man represents a danger as well as a hope to himself.... Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered. Through Jesus we do know "the room where exiled love lays down its victory." He himself is this place, and he calls us to be with him and in dependence on him. He calls us to keep this place open within the world so that he, the exiled love, may reappear over and over in the world; only its surface is of the crucified Christ, and our knowledge that this world is capable of inflicting deadly wounds even on its God. On the other hand, neither is the world the meaningless plaything of voracious death. It provides a place for exiled love, because through the mortal wounds of Jesus Christ God has entered this world.

Pope Benedict XVI

Please remember in prayer the monks of Saint Anselm Abbey and the faculty, staff and students at Saint Anselm College on their patronal feast day.