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The article discusses the speech titled 'exuding Easter love" delivered by Father Ronald Patrick Raab, CSC, Pastor of the Sacred Heart Church (Tri-Community) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during Easter Season, 2017 in which he discussed several aspects including the resurrection of Christ, gospel message, and his ministerial experiences detailing his attempts to reach people beyond his parish.

The article focuses on when one prepares for confessional by reliving God's mercy, God multiplies grace of confession in form of gift of mercy into blessing. Topics discussed include how glory of resurrection propelled sinful apostles from tomb, frailty which serves to heighten divinity of God, and mercy that God has granted to sinful priests.

The article examines the encounter between the apostle Thomas and Our Lord, just after the Resurrection. It mention artwork by Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand, one of Denmark's must celebrated painters of the 19th century and speaks about the resurrection of Jesus Christ where he appears to the apostles and one of the apostle Saint Thomas not believing that Jesus has risen but later Thomas approaches near Jesus on his knees in a gesture of humility.

The author discusses how in Acts, Saint Peter explains of his Jewish audience that Jesus Christ was selected servant of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and mentions that the God of their ancestors had brought to fulfillment that prophets foretold. Topics include tragedy of suffering and death of Jesus and his resurrection, passageway to final glory in God's mysterious plan and compassionate love and forgiveness of God.

The author focuses on resurrection accounts in the New Testament which has made clear that powerful had happened to Jesus Christ on the first morning of Easter and mentions the Gospel reading which shows that Jesus begins to reveal his friend his resurrection. Topics discussed include failure to understand the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead, exemption from suffering and pain exemption from suffering and pain and transformation of Jesus.