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Dresden bishop: Easter is not a happy celebration of the perfect world
Heinrich Timmerevers, bishop of the Dresden-Meißen diocese, stands in front of the altar during the sermon as part of a Vespers in the Dresden Cathedral. photo
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The bishop of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen, Heinrich Timmerevers, gives hope in his Easter message 2023 despite various crises. “We feel the wounds of our time very concretely as people in Saxony and East Thuringia,” he stated in a statement on Wednesday. Easter does not hide the aftermath of the corona pandemic and the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Easter is not a happy celebration of the perfect world.” Rather, it is a festival “where wounds are accepted and transformed.” Timmerevers referred to the wounds of the crucified Jesus, which were his “trademark” and testified to his devotion and love. “They encourage us to discover potential places of love in the wounds of time and life.” And it is precisely here that attention, empathy and compassion can be experienced.
The bishop of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen, Heinrich Timmerevers, gives hope in his Easter message 2023 despite various crises. “We feel the wounds of our time very concretely as people in Saxony and East Thuringia,” he stated in a statement on Wednesday. Easter does not hide the aftermath of the corona pandemic and the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Easter is not a happy celebration of the perfect world.” Rather, it is a festival “where wounds are accepted and transformed.” Timmerevers referred to the wounds of the crucified Jesus, which were his “trademark” and testified to his devotion and love. “They encourage us to discover potential places of love in the wounds of time and life.” And it is precisely here that attention, empathy and compassion can be experienced.
