I ask myself the question, why did mom want to call all five of her boys early Sunday and proclaim, “He is risen”? I believe it’s because mom had experienced the same renaming that Mary experienced early Sunday morning. This is the beauty of Easter resurrection! Christ renames us.

Through the incarnation of Christ, he became one of us; “he too shared in their humanity” and, “For this reason he had to be made like them.” Christ became like a brother and sister to us. Because Christ has incarnated himself into humanity, he fully feels the pain of what we’re feeling through the curse of sin.