Christ died and rose once for all, and for everyone, but the power of the Resurrection, this passover from slavery to evil to the freedom of goodness, must be accomplished in every age, in our concrete existence, in our everyday lives. How many deserts, even today, do human beings need to cross! Above all, the desert within, when we have no love for God or neighbour, when we fail to realise that we are guardians of all that the Creator has given us and continues to give to us. God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones.Pope Francis   Thoughts and Words for the Soul,edited by Giuseppe Costa (White Star Publishers, 2014) Know that you alone are God,That Jesus Christ is your child,And that we are your people, the sheep of your flo