Do you see that by obtaining the power of the  resurrection through baptism you are empowered to live a whole new life, for you  have been recreated into the likeness of God through Christ ?It is through  living by this risen power of the Holy Spirit that you are daily being  transformed .  Our Christian life is  one of continual progress .  Yes,  you may still struggle  & even sin , but we can be assured that 'he who is in you is greater than he  who is in the world' [John  4:  4]  Ultimately the power of the  risen Jesus allows us to conquer all sin . In daily beholding the glory of the  risen Jesus , we ourselves' are being changed into his likeness from one degree  of glory to another ; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit '  [2  Cor.  3:18]

Our natural life here on earth is daily swallowed up by  the supernatural life of the risen Jesus , & this risen life is the divine  life of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us .  We are being transformed into the  likeness of the risen Christ & thereby being fashioned into being the  children of the Father .This ' swallowing up ' is the joy & excitement of  being a Christian . In the Easter season ,  the risen Jesus wants us to experience  the risen power of his Holy Spirit .  He wants us to remind us of the transforming work of the Holy Spirit that  took place at our baptism, & he wants us to experience the power of his  resurrection when we receive him in the Eucharist .  Lastly , he wants us to live by the  power of the Holy Spirit so that we can give glory to God his Father in our  deeds of love to one another.