'Tis Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord: Easter-link & Wikipedia-link Easter; Wikipedia-link Octave & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
Quoth Joyfully Living the Gospel Day by Day:
After the tragic death of Jesus, sadness covered the Holy Land. It lasted until th crack of dawn on Easter Sunday. Then a shout was heard around all of Jerusalem: He is risen! Jesus is risen from the dead!Scripture of the Week
To this very day the same cry of joy is heard around the world. ALLELUIA!
Mass Readings—Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter ten, verses thirty-four(a) & thirty-seven thru forty-three;
Psalm One Hundred Eighteen (R/. twenty-four; or, "Alleluia"), verses one & two, sixteen & seventeen, & twenty-two & twenty-three;
The Letter to the Colossians, chapter three, verses one thru four;
or, the First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter five, verses six(b), seven, & eight;
Sequence Victimae paschali laudes;
The Gospel according to John, chapter twenty, verses one thru nine;
or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty-four, verses thirteen thru thirty-five.
Commentary: Easter Readings.
Friends, our Easter Gospel contains St. John’s magnificent account of the Resurrection.Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M. (U.S.C.C.B.): Easter Reflection.
There are three key lessons that follow from the disquieting fact of the Resurrection. First, this world is not all there is. The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead shows as definitively as possible that God is up to something greater than we had imagined.We don’t have to live as though death were our master and as though nihilism were the only coherent point of view. We can, in fact, begin to see this world as a place of gestation toward something higher, more permanent, more splendid.
Second, the tyrants know that their time is up. Remember that the cross was Rome’s way of asserting its authority. But when Jesus was raised from the dead through the power of the Holy Spirit, the first Christians knew that Caesar’s days were, in point of fact, numbered. The faculty lounge interpretation of the Resurrection as a subjective event or a mere symbol is exactly what the tyrants of the world want, for it poses no real threat to them.
Third, the path of salvation has been opened to everyone. Jesus went all the way down, journeying into pain, despair, alienation, even godforsakenness. He went as far as you can go away from the Father. Why? In order to reach all those who had wandered from God. In light of the Resurrection, the first Christians came to know that, even as we run as fast as we can away from the Father, we are running into the arms of the Son.
Let us not domesticate these still-stunning lessons of the Resurrection. Rather, let us allow them to unnerve us, change us, and set us on fire.
Video reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire): Sunday Sermon.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Easter Reflection.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people & hallelujah is our song."
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"How can we not sing? How can we not express the fullness of those feelings accumulated during our long Lenten journey & during the dramatic ritual of the Paschal Triduum?"Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint Paul VI (1897-1978, r. 1963-1978; feast: 29 May)
"O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first fruits of those who fallen asleep. To Him be glory & dominion unto ages of ages."
—Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church (347-407, feast: 13 September)
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