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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “[‘Their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him’]/Homily 23 on the Gospel” – DailyGospel/ Saint Gregory the Great

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“… the Lord appeared to two disciples while they were walking on the road. They were talking about him, even though they did not believe. He did not show them an appearance which they could recognize, but the Lord behaved before the eyes of their bodies in accord with what was going on inwardly before the eyes of their hearts.

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Praying and Living the Easter Octave” – Catholic Exchange/ Br. Reginald Hoefer, OP

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“Pope Benedict XVI describes the Resurrection of Jesus as an ‘evolutionary leap’ in which a new dimension of human existence emerges.  This new dimension ‘affects all of us and opens up for us a new space of life, a new space of being in union with God.’  That means we’re all capable of undergoing this evolutionary leap. How’s that possible?

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Be men and women of life, Pope Francis says Easter Monday” – CNA

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“On Easter Monday, Pope Francis stressed that Christ’s resurrection calls each of us to bring the message of Easter – a message of hope and life – to the world. ‘There is life!’ the Pope said April 17. Now, following the Resurrection, “we will be resurrection men and women, men and women of life.’ …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Saint Peter Chrysologus: Sermon 80/[“Do not be afraid!”] – DailyGospel

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“‘I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here.’ This was how the angel spoke to the women; for that very reason he had opened the tomb. It wasn’t so as to let out the Christ, who was already no longer there, but to make it known that Christ was no longer there. ‘He has been

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