JRS Malta Easter message | Life is Stronger

Apr 19, 2025

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“Life is stronger”. These were the words Ms Ingal Dul, JRS Ukraine Director, used in a recent meeting of JRS directors, to describe her reaction when she saw children playing in Bucha, Ukraine. In 2021, hundreds of people in Bucha were massacred, tortured and raped by Russian invading forces.

Refugees and asylum seekers know the price of life. And they know how tenuous and fragile it can be. And yet, they keep on thirsting for a full and dignified life. Every time they stand up – despite the many attempts to put them down and keep them down – they bear witness to the indefectible hope that life is indeed stronger.

Stronger than the concerted political efforts to deny them rights which belong to all human beings and are not dependent on your protection status or passport.

Stronger than a culture of indifference which means that the death of thousands of migrants in our search and rescue area is barely a blip on our busy radars.

Stronger than a bureaucratic obstacle race faced by refugees and asylum seekers to access essential services such as health care they are entitled to.

In this Easter season, we are invited by our Christian tradition to look out for signs – often inconspicuous and discreet – of a life which is stronger. We are invited to walk alongside the refugees and displaced people who are witnesses to this hope.

It is however, not enough to be just passive bystanders. Being an Easter people means actively nurturing and cultivating the fragile seedlings of life. It means doing whatever is in our power to remove those oppressive barriers and obstacles which make life so difficult to emerge and flourish. And let us not be surprised if such actions do not win the popularity contest. After all, “a church that doesn’t provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin…what gospel is that?” (Oscar Romero)

This article was penned by Mark Cachia, Operations Manager for JRS Malta. 

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