Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed!
So you can be sure it is worth it to live for Him, in a day when so many are dying for Him:
On Friday, during the Via Crucis procession at Rome’s Colosseum, Francis denounced the “complicit silence” of the international community before the massacres of Christians in many parts of the world by Islamic extremists. The latest was the Kenya university attack by al-Qaida-affiliated Somali militants that left nearly 150 people dead, many of them Christians.
(source: Pope presides over Easter Vigil service amid martyr concerns – Yahoo News)
Worth it:
V. Do you renounce sin, so as to live in the freedom of the children of God?
R. I do.V. Do you renounce the lure of evil, so that sin may have no mastery over you?
R. I do.V. Do you renounce Satan, the author and prince of sin?
R. I do.V. Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth?
R. I do.V. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered death and was buried, rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the Father?
R. I do.V. Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?
R. I do.V. And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins, keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life.
R. Amen.
(source: Liturgical Year : Activities : Renewal of Baptismal Promises – Catholic Culture)