Jesus Christ’s victory over death has many a significance.

The Church tells us that Jesus’s Resurrection from the Dead, which is being celebrated this weekend, is the basis of the Catholic religion. There is life after death, and the physical death is only the beginning of another life beyond.

It is a matter of faith. It is something that can never be explained. It is the belief that we are on this earth on our way to another life.

But there is another meaning for the Resurrection of Our Lord, and this is perhaps more tangible, more understandable, and within a better grasp of our human mind.

It is the way we react to the many small deaths we all experience from time to time. It is the way we try to get up from each and every fall. It is the way we overcome the difficult moments in our life.

Each and every one of us has had a bad time. Some take a few days to recover, others take a bit longer. There are occasions when we think that we have the whole world on our shoulders. There are times when we believe that we will never see light at the end of the tunnel.

It may be the end of a relationship. It may be a dismissal from work. It may be a friend who turns his back on you when you need him the most. It may be the death of a person who is close to us. It may be an unusual problem at the office. It may be a physical ailment that is not a normal occurrence.

These, and other experiences, are all small deaths. They are all the end of a chapter. Yet, what we must understand is that if a chapter is closing, another one is beginning.

Each and every one of these experiences should enable us to grow stronger. What we are today is what we went through in the past. We would be different people if we “missed” one, just one, of the experiences we had in our lives.

Unfortunately, not everyone learns from a small death. Many succumb to its weight, never to recover. Many find the obstacle too high to surmount, and give up. Many believe that the end of this chapter is the end of the book.

It should not be like this. Life as we know it is not easy. It is an obstacle course and it is up to us to try our best to overcome the challenges that we face on a daily basis. And it is these obstacles that enable us to enrich ourselves and become stronger people.

For the Catholic Church, the meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ’s victory over death. It is his Resurrection after he was tortured and crucified. It is a new beginning after what had seemed to be the end.

And this teaches us that, in our own human way, we should make that effort to get back on our feet each time we stumble and fall. We may have bruised our knees or twisted our ankles, but sooner or later we could start walking properly again. And maybe run too.

A Happy Easter to all our readers.