Saluti di Pasqua del presidente Zelenskyy: “Il male potrebbe avere le sue ore, ma Dio avrà la sua giornata”.

***Dear Ukrainians!***

*Today is a truly special day that we always look forward to, celebrated by millions of people. Easter. A day that is a ray of light – particularly radiant and powerful in times when dark clouds seek to cover our skies. A day that gives hope and reminds us all: Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day. This is one of the meanings enshrined in the story of Christ. Of His earthly suffering and death – and of His resurrection, and the truth that sooner or later, yet inevitably, evil will retreat, and life will triumph.*

*Today, these words resonate in every Ukrainian heart. And they strengthen our faith, which, in spite of everything, has not faded for 1,152 days of full-scale war.*

*Each of us has lived through moments like this. When it hurts deeply, when it is unbearably hard, and when you ask: “God, why is this happening to us? The strikes, the explosions, the gunfire – all this evil, all this grief. How can dozens be killed in Sumy on Palm Sunday? Don’t you see this, God? How they struck a children’s playground in Kryvyi Rih. How Kharkiv, Dnipro, our Odesa – dozens of our other cities – burn every day. When will it all end? And our land, our people, our children will hear the silence. How can we not lose faith after everything we are going through?”*

*And when your mind can’t find answers to these questions, you begin to listen to your heart. And something unseen, yet so strong, inside you, keeps you from giving up. It shows you where to find the light, so you don’t lose your way.*

*And then you see the people around you. You look into the eyes of your family, the faces of your loved ones, feel their embrace, feel the support of both those you know and those you don’t. Support of Ukrainians. And you realize that you share the same values with them. And it is those very values that united us all, most certainly not by coincidence, that brought us together on the first day of this war and continue to unite us still. They are will and endurance. Compassion and humanity. That is what God is. That is His presence. He is in our people. And that is why – there is light in people. That is why there is strength in people.*

*In every action, in every little step along a hard road, and in every word of support, in every word: “How are you?” “What can I do to help?” “Take care of yourself.”*

*We know what we’re defending. We know what we are fighting for. For whom – and for whose sake. And that is why, every time, no matter how hard it gets – we still do not lose faith. Because this faith is the faith in each other. In those who stand beside you. In Ukrainians. Faith that evil may have its hour, but God will have His day.*

Bless President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine, their courage and grace will be one of the reasons they will be victorious.