We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. Consequently, you, too, must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus. Taken from the sixth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, the concept of being "dead to sin and alive in Christ" is a central teaching in Christian theology, rooted in the idea that through faith in Jesus Christ, believers are freed from the power of sin and empowered to live a new life in relationship with God. This is what Easter is all about. Because God so loved the world, he sent his only Son to suffer and die that we might live. The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth is not the end but the beginning of a justified hope in the merciful and saving love of God. During these Easter...