Since Eastertide (the 50 days after Triduum - the three days from the evening of Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday), I have been reading/singing this particular hymn nearly everyday:
Love’s redeeming work is done,
fought the fight, the battle won.
Lo, our Sun’s eclipse is o’er!
Lo, he sets in blood no more!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids him rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our victor King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise,
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given:
thee we greet triumphant now;
hail, the Resurrection thou!
Love's redeeming work is done - Charles Wesley (1707-1788) t. Savannah - Herrnhut c 1740
Video by The Choir of St. Edmunsbury Cathedral (all verses)
Or a modern rendition by High Street Hymns https://youtu.be/qzmjFmXZVo8
Despite the doom and gloom of the state of our world, it is really important to be reminded of the significance of Easter and its message to the world. It is a custom among Christians to greet each other on Easter Sunday "He is risen" and the response "He is risen, indeed" (known as the “Paschal greeting”). GotQuestions.org has this to say:
"Using this address should be more than an empty tradition. The words “He is risen!” remind us of the joyous news we celebrate at Easter, that Jesus’ death was not in vain, and that He has the power to overcome death. Saying “He is risen!” allows us to share this incredible truth with each other. The resurrection of Christ gives us hope for salvation and for our own resurrection and eternal life."
In the above hymn, the fourth stanza speaks to me the most, especially through this difficult time:
Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise,
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
So I pray each day for a Good and Holy death (see The Divine Gift of “Shalom” in a Good Death). Here is God's promise to a righteous man Abraham, made possible by the death of my Lord Jesus Christ, who declared "Love’s redeeming work is done" (at 3pm everyday, my watch sends me an alarm to remind me of what Jesus said on the cross at that time "It is Finished!"):
"As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age."
(Genesis 15:15 NRSVCE)
