"Mary
Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent
over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at
the head and one at the feet where the Body of Jesus had been. And
they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to
them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid
him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus
there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman,
why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" She thought it
was the gardener and said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away,
tell me where you laid him, and I will take him." Jesus said to
her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni,"
which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and
tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and
your God.'" Mary went and announced to the disciples, "I
have seen the Lord," and then reported what he had told
her." (Jn
20:11-18)
Alleluia ~ Jesus Christ
the Prince of Peace is risen ~ Alleluia
"The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of
our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by
the first Christian community; handed on as fundamental by tradition;
established by the documents of the New Testament and preached as an
essential part of the Paschal Mystery along with the Cross." (Catechism
of the Catholic Church 638)
Do not
seek the Living among the dead, He is risen and He precedes you in
Galilee!
“Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of
those who have fallen asleep. For just as in Adam all die, so in
Christ shall all be brought to life.” (1 Co
15; 20-22)
THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED, ALLELUIA!
In these holy days, the Risen Christ repeats His call to each one of
us:
“Come and follow me! I am the Way, the Truth and the
Life. I have overcome death!”
To follow
Jesus Christ means to rise from the tomb of our sins and to allow the
beauty of life, given to us by Christ through His Resurrection, to
come to shine again in us. This Easter, let us then bury our sins once
more… May
good, peace, truth, love … rise within us. May Christ rise within
us!
Alleluia ~ He is risen that we may rise with Him ~ Alleluia
To all parishioners,
visitors, friends, Christian brothers and sisters and people of
goodwill, a Blessed and Happy Easter!
May you have: The gladness of Easter which is hope; The spirit
of Easter which is joy; The heart of Easter which is love.
Khrystos Voskres! (Christ is Risen!) ~ Voistyno Voskres! (He is
Truly Risen!) (Ukrainian)
May
this Easter morn bring new birth, new joy, and "knowing"
that God holds YOU, lovingly, gently, "in the palm of His
hand". May this day be the beginning of a life lived in Him,
through Him, for His glory. (Lisa Anton)
May the Light of the resurrection accompany each one of
us.
May the sanctifying grace of the Risen Christ bring you and your
families peace, joy and holiness.
Medjugorje
past message of April 25, 2006 "Dear children! Also today I call
you to have more trust in me and my Son. He has conquered by His death
and resurrection and, through me, calls you to be a part of His joy. You
do not see God, little children, but if you pray you will feel His
nearness. I am with you and intercede before God for each of you. Thank
you for having responded to my call."
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Pope Benedict XVI's (2009) Easter Vigil Homily
"The Church Sings the Song of Thanksgiving of the Saved"
(2009) Easter
Sunday Homily Christ "Is Our Hope, He Is the True
Peace of the World"
(2009) Easter Message
"The Resurrection Is Not a Theory, but a Historical
Reality"
Bishop Christopher's series of
Reflections for Easter, 12th April to 31st May 2009
The Reflections cover Easter Sunday, the other Sundays of the Easter
Season, the Ascension of the Lord and Pentecost.
To download
the full text of the Reflections in word format from The Diocese
website, please click the file > Easter
Reflections 2009.doc 784.5 KB
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Pope John Paul II's Easter message 2005 ~
"Jesus, Crucified and Risen, Stay With Us!"
Here
is a translation of the message John Paul II wrote for Easter 2005,
which was read on his behalf by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican
secretary of state, at the end of Easter Sunday Mass. The Mass was
celebrated in St. Peter's Square. [Original text: Italian - Translation
issued by the Holy See]
1. "Mane nobiscum, Domine!" Stay with us, Lord! (cf. Luke
24:29). With these words, the disciples on the road to Emmaus invited
the mysterious Wayfarer to stay with them, as the sun was setting on
that first day of the week when the incredible had occurred. According
to his promise, Christ had risen; but they did not yet know this.
Nevertheless, the words spoken by the Wayfarer along the road made their
hearts burn within them. So they said to him: "Stay with us."
Seated around the supper table, they recognized him in the
"breaking of bread" -- and suddenly he vanished. There
remained in front of them the broken bread. There echoed in their hearts
the gentle sound of his words.
2. Dear brothers and sisters, the Word and the Bread of the Eucharist,
the mystery and the gift of Easter, remain down the centuries as a
constant memorial of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ! On
this Easter Day, together with all Christians throughout the world, we
too repeat those words: Jesus, crucified and risen, stay with us! Stay
with us, faithful friend and sure support for humanity on its journey
through history! Living Word of the Father, give hope and trust to all
who are searching for the true meaning of their lives. Bread of eternal
life, nourish those who hunger for truth, freedom, justice and peace.
3. Stay with us, Living Word of the Father, and teach us words and deeds
of peace: peace for our world consecrated by your blood and drenched in
the blood of so many innocent victims: peace for the countries of the
Middle East and Africa, where so much blood continues to be shed; peace
for all of humanity, still threatened by fratricidal wars. Stay with us,
Bread of eternal life, broken and distributed to those at table: give
also to us the strength to show generous solidarity towards the
multitudes who are even today suffering and dying from poverty and
hunger, decimated by fatal epidemics or devastated by immense natural
disasters. By the power of your Resurrection, may they too become
sharers in new life.
4. We, the men and women of the third millennium, we too need you, Risen
Lord! Stay with us now, and until the end of time. Grant that the
material progress of peoples may never obscure the spiritual values
which are the soul of their civilization. Sustain us, we pray, on our
journey. In you do we believe, in you do we hope, for you alone have the
words of eternal life (cf. John 6:68). "Mane nobiscum, Domine!"
Alleluia!
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During
Easter Season, the Regina Caeli link#2| link#3
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morning, noon, and evening.
Queen of Heaven rejoice, alleluia: For He whom you merited to bear,
alleluia, Has risen as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. R.
Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray: O God, who by the Resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ, granted joy to the whole world: grant we beseech Thee, that
through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may lay hold
of the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. R.
Amen.
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