by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings] Your browser does not support iframes. [featured image is file photo]
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“The Gospels of the Easter Octave describe not just an event but even more so a journey. It is tempting to think that the Disciples and Apostles, having seen the Risen Lord, were immediately confirmed in their faith, stripped of all doubt. …”
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“On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. … she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other Disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them … So Peter and the other disciple went out and
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Easter Sunday, the antiphon is “The Lord is Risen, Alleluia.”] [Prior to the Psalm is an introductory phrase taken from Psalm 51 and
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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“… We are the children of the apostolic witnesses. That is why we still gather early in the morning on the first day of every week to celebrate this feast of the empty tomb, give thanks for ‘Christ our life,’ as today’s Epistle calls Him. Baptized into His death and Resurrection, we live the heavenly life of the risen Christ,
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Catholic News Agency reports: “At least 200 people were killed in explosions Easter morning, detonated in churches [and] other sites across Sri Lanka. Hundreds more are reportedly injured. … explosions were detonated during Easter Mass at churches in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, and in Negombo, a city 20 miles to its north. At the same time, a bomb exploded
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“At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. … behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared
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The Divine Mercy Chaplet in song, produced by Trish Short, and featuring scenes from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. Following below, how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The primary prayers of the Divine Mercy Chaplet include: Opening Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, The Apostles Creed … Utilizing a Rosary, on each large bead starting
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Stabat Mater dolorosa Juxta Crucem lacrimosa, Dum pendebat Filius.Cujus animam gementem, Contristatam et dolentem, Pertransivit gladius. FAITHLINK: Catholic Prayer: Stabat Mater (At the Cross Her Station Keeping) – CatholicCulture O quam tristis et afflicta Fuit illa benedicta Mater Unigeniti! Quem maerebat, et dolebat, Pia Mater, dum videbat Nati paenas inclyti. Quis est homo, qui non fleret, Matrem Christi si videret
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