And while these folks believed that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead, not one saw Jesus raised from the dead. But not one saw Jesus Christ raised from the dead. And neither did you. But you come to Church because you believe and wish to give thanks to God the Father who made that new life possible. As the lifeless body of Jesus was taken down from the cross three short days before and sealed in a dark, cold toumb, so is the caterpillar, at the end of its life, sealed in its cocoon.
Time passes, and then the miracle happens.
Quite independent from human action and outside mortal vision, a butterfly, more beautiful and glorious than ever could have been imagined, breaks forth into the morning light. St. Paul tells us that as Jesus shared our humanity we share His divinity. As He died with us, so we rise with Him. The butterfly is free to soar to new heights, virtually defying the laws of nature and gravity as Jesus defied them in the Resurrection and His subsequent ascension into Heaven. Then the good news of Easter for you is that death has no hold on you.