13 fulness of salvation found in the mystery of His Passover. However, this Passover is not merely a singular event, a historical fact now in the past; it is foremost an eschatological reality of salvation that exists in the Crucified and Risen Christ, who, as the Paschal Lamb, will never die again. Death no longer has dominion over Him, and as the Risen One, He lives eternally within the mystery of His redemptive death. The Cross on which the Crucified One hangs, present in every Christian home, symbolizes this profound mystery. The Resurrection is beyond the reach of physical sight. We only see the Crucified One. Yet, faith enables us to go beyond the barrier of death and to experience the true presence of the Risen One. Therefore, one can meet Him in this Mystery of His Passover within the Church, particularly through the Sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist. A genuine encounter with Him results in a transformation of the heart and lifestyle. This is known as conversion ( metanoia), which allows Christ to become our Passover (cf. 1 Cor 5:7), and our new way of living becomes our Passover with Christ. Before the 4th century, when some Christian communities began to distinguish between the various salvific events14 that 14 “At the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries a historical perspective on the events associated with Christ began to emerge. As a result,
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