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'Tis the Monday within the Octave of Easter (Latin: Pascha, meaning "Passover"): Pascha-link & Wikipedia-link Paschaltide.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings—Monday within the Octave of Easter
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter two, verses fourteen & twenty-two thru thirty-three;
Psalm Sixteen (R/. one; or, "Alleluia"), verses one, two(a), & five; seven & eight; nine & ten; & eleven;
Sequence Victimae paschali laudes;
The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter twenty-eight, verses eight thru fifteen.
Commentary: Easter Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary encounter the risen Jesus. I know that I have harped often on this theme, but I do so only because the Bible harps on it—and also because the culture tends so thoroughly to miss the point. I’m talking about the meaning of Easter. Many people agree with David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, who once said that the message of Easter is “kindness, compassion, hard work, and responsibility.”Video reflection by Monsignor James Vlaun (U.S.C.C.B.): Easter Reflection.
Now don’t get me wrong: I’m for all of those things. But so is, I would guess, any decent person from any religious or non-religious background. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, fair-minded atheists and agnostics would all sign on for those values.
None of it is getting anywhere near the heart of what Easter really means. What Easter means is that Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed throughout his public life to be speaking and acting in the very person of God, and who was brutally put to death by Roman executioners, rose bodily from the dead. That’s what it’s all about.
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): Letters from Home.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"Pray for the many spiritual & material needs of your families, your communities, the whole Church, & all of humanity. Inded prayer is the first & greatest work of charity that we must do for our brothers & sisters."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"Our goal must be infinite, not the finite. The infinite is our homeland. Heaven has been waiting for us forever."Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Blessed Carlo Acutis (1991-2006, feast: 12 October)
"God has not called me to be sucessful, He has called me to be faithful. When we stand before God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what matters."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Our blessed Lord was hopeful about humanity. He always saw men the way He originally designed them. He saw through the surface, grime, & dirt to the real man underneath. He never identified a person with sin. He saw sin as something alien & foreign which did not belong to man. Sin had mastered man but he could be freed from it to be his real self. Just as every mother sees her own image & likeness on her child's face, so God always saw the divine image & likeness beneath us."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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