“He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said.”
There are moments in the life of a nation when it must decide whether it will remember or forget.
On Easter, that question is placed not before governments, but before the people. It is not asked loudly nor demand an answer in public. It rests, instead, in the conscience.
The account of the Resurrection has endured not because it was convenient or ego-satisfying, but because it spoke to something enduring in the human condition. It is the recognition that suffering does not erase meaning, and that what is tested may yet stand. Across centuries, this understanding has shaped the character of civilizations that chose to hold to it.
Canada was not built in comfort. It was formed in the wake of the American Revolution, partly by the 40,000 United Empire Loyalists who, following the 1783 Treaty of Paris, chose the frozen wilds of the North over the comfort of their former homes. Dedication and perseverance, strength through power, and the iron resolve to choose principle and tradition; their labour and their restraint left behind more than settlements. They left behind a standard.
That standard does not preserve itself. It depends on whether it is remembered and lived out in ordinary conduct. A people does not lose its identity in a single moment. It does so gradually, when conviction gives way to indifference and when what is true is treated as optional.
Easter presents the image of endurance rewarded, not in comfort, but in restoration. It asks whether such an idea still has a place in the life of a nation that has grown accustomed to ease.
There is no instruction given, only a reminder. A country remains steady when its people remain steady. It weakens when they forget what guided those who came before them.
The day passes as all days do. What remains is the question it leaves behind. The question and choice is ours: will we honour and live by the standards that built this nation, or let them slip away in the sake of ease.
From all of us at The Canadian Loyalist, we wish our readers a solemn and faithful Easter.
Happy Easter, and may God bless Canada.
In Honour of Those Who Serve
We dedicate this Easter message to all actively serving and veteran members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms and way of life. We honour the fallen — those members of our Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts across the globe, paying with their lives so that we might live in peace and liberty. Their courage, their service, and their sacrifice will never be forgotten. To them, and to their families, we owe a debt that can never be fully repaid.