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Notice how he carefully avoids saying that he and Laura believe in Christ or in the Resurrection, but only that they believe that "joy comes in the morning," etc. This is appropriate for a Presidential message. Note, however, that the Resurrection is mentioned as something that actually happened, rather than as something that "Christians believe" happened.

Actually, no Bush did not hide his faith here. He is proud to include his faith. Sometimes he just says "for Christians" and avoids directly making a statement about what he believes to be true.

This time, he did say that wording in describing what the holiday means for Christians, but also put in this in the beginning: "Easter is the most important event of the Christian faith, when people around the world join together with family and friends to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, THE Son of God and THE hope of life to come."

This is not ambiguous at all. Sure, he says it is the most important event in the Christian faith, but he does not beat around the bush when he says Jesus is THE Son of God.

Bush includes his faith in these messages in a tasteful way though so it doesn't come out and hit you in the stomach.

This holiday comforts us as we remember that suffering will pass and goodness will prevail.

Only a Christian, someone who believes in Christ and his crucifixion and resurrection as our Savior, would find comfort from this holiday or understand that it represents the victory of good over evil.