Gospel: Easter Sunday
Alleluia! Christ is risen. Alleluia!
Easter Sunday marks the greatest feast of the year, which commemorates the passover of Jesus from death to life through His resurrection. Part of the liturgy is the renewal of the congregation of their baptismal vows as a way of partaking with the resurrection as a renewed or born again person.
The Gospel reading is taken from St John. On the first day, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put Him."
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial clothes there, and the cloth that covered His head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that He had to rise from the dead.
The Easter promises represents the pinnacle of the Christian faith, our belief of being resurrected from death. As Easter is considered a passover from death to life, the celebration of this great feast carries with it a lot of symbolism. Sin is the result of death, and by the sacrificial offering of Jesus on the cross, He allowed us to passover from death to life with Him. He defeated sin by overcoming it through His passion.
This Easter season, let us also examine our lives and try to determine which part in our lives are still bringing death to us and then pray to God that we overcome this sin by looking at Jesus' example. By trying to defeat this sin, we honor what Jesus finished on the cross. The path to the resurrection, to a renewed life, is never easy. And sometimes, this path is full of trials and hardships. Let us pray to the Lord to guide us and strengthen us as we try to live up to the promises of Easter. And by doing so, may other people see the Light of Christ in us as we embrace the paschal mystery of Christ.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
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Easter Sunday marks the greatest feast of the year, which commemorates the passover of Jesus from death to life through His resurrection. Part of the liturgy is the renewal of the congregation of their baptismal vows as a way of partaking with the resurrection as a renewed or born again person.
The Gospel reading is taken from St John. On the first day, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put Him."
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial clothes there, and the cloth that covered His head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that He had to rise from the dead.
The Easter promises represents the pinnacle of the Christian faith, our belief of being resurrected from death. As Easter is considered a passover from death to life, the celebration of this great feast carries with it a lot of symbolism. Sin is the result of death, and by the sacrificial offering of Jesus on the cross, He allowed us to passover from death to life with Him. He defeated sin by overcoming it through His passion.
This Easter season, let us also examine our lives and try to determine which part in our lives are still bringing death to us and then pray to God that we overcome this sin by looking at Jesus' example. By trying to defeat this sin, we honor what Jesus finished on the cross. The path to the resurrection, to a renewed life, is never easy. And sometimes, this path is full of trials and hardships. Let us pray to the Lord to guide us and strengthen us as we try to live up to the promises of Easter. And by doing so, may other people see the Light of Christ in us as we embrace the paschal mystery of Christ.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
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Picture from Pixabay.
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