We can encounter this Risen Christ in our lives, and we can know the power of his resurrection. Our lives can be changed. I don't know. It's a mystery. But I know it does happen because it's a mystery that I've watched occur over and over and over again.
People go from death to life, from despair to hope.
Their whole life is transformed. They go not back to what used to be, but gain a new abundance of life that I know not how to explain other than to say they have encountered the Risen Christ in their life and their life was changed. That's the hope of which we speak today. Resurrection always happens on the third day. It is always the third day.