Pope Francis is shown celebrating the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on Sun., April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (The Associated Press)

After that, "God told Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you’ (Joshua 5:9)."

These instructions, said Rodriguez, "shared a clear message to the younger generations: These newly circumcised men were getting another chance, a fresh start. They were now accomplishing what their ancestors did not."

"It is as if the calendar is reset to begin a new year, a fresh beginning, a reboot of the spiritual system we have been running in the hard drive of the soul."

He said this is why "Easter celebrations provide us an emotional Gilgal — God’s way of allowing us to come IDN Slot clean before Him and start anew. It is as if the calendar is reset to begin a new year, a fresh beginning, a reboot of the spiritual system we have been running in the hard drive of the soul."