Reflection : John 20:1-9 The Easter event unfolds while it is still dark (Jn 20:1) and we are told Mary of Magdala and other women approached the tomb. However, in Mark’s Gospel, this visit happens “very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen.” John’s Gospel uses the words “dark” […]
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION The Victory Of Life It is very inspiring to meet people wounded in their love and their life, whom we expect to be disgruntled and discouraged, yet who keep believing in love and the goodness of God and of the people around them. Today we meet in the […]
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION The Victory Of Life A Risen People Called To Life With Christ The Victory Of Life Greeting (See alternative Second Reading) Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed and he is risen from the dead. Let us celebrate the feast by getting rid of all that is […]
Reflection: The Liturgy of the Church wanted to make this day a time of silence, of meditation, of welcoming into our hearts the mystery of Jesus who died and who would rise again. Hence there is no celebration of the Eucharist today nor there is a Gospel for reflection! What we have is the Easter […]
THE EASTER VIGIL Liberated and Living in the Covenant of Love Tonight we celebrate the capital central event for Christianity: the liberation of God’s people from the slavery of sin, so that they can enter into the new and everlasting covenant whereby God, at his own initiative, binds his people to himself in a […]
THE EASTER VIGIL I Was There Liberated and Living in the Covenant of Love Structure of the Rite. The Easter Vigil rite harmoniously integrates everything in one continuous celebration that follows the normal structure of the Eucharistic celebration. The Liturgy of the Light is the opening rite of the Mass. The […]