by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus said: ‘Amen, amen, I say to you … whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. … the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them … * * * ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, I AM the Gate for the sheep. … Whoever enters through Me will be saved … I came so that they might have Life and have it more abundantly.'”
“Jesus said: ‘I AM the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. … I AM the Good Shepherd,
and I know Mine and Mine know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I will lay down My Life for the sheep ….”
“… He stood in their midst and said … ‘Peace be with you.’ … He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. … He said to them, ‘Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and Rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in His Name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. …”
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the Disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ … He showed them His Hands and His Side. … ‘… As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ … He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’ Thomas … was not with them … Jesus said ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’ …”
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the Disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ … He showed them His Hands and His Side. … ‘… As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ … He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’ Thomas … was not with them … Jesus said ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’ …”
“The Disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how they had come to recognize Him in the breaking of bread. While they were still speaking about this, He stood in their midst and said to them,
‘Peace be with you. … Look at My Hands and My Feet, that it is I Myself. …’ …”
“… two of Jesus’ Disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus … Jesus Himself drew near and walked with them… He said to them, ‘… Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His Glory?’ … while He was with them at table, He took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized Him … the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.”
“Mary Magdalene … bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white … she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. … Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni,’ which means Teacher. … Mary went and announced to the Disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’ …”
Catholic TV Mass for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, April 1, 2018, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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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. … Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. …”