CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Emmaus and Us: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday of Easter” – St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology 4.24.17

Christ Breaking Bread, Photograph of Painting, adapted from image at loc.gov with credit to Detroit Publishing Co.

“How does #Jesus make himself known at #Emmaus? First, He interprets ‘all the Scriptures’ as referring to Him. In today’s First Reading and Epistle, Peter also opens the Scriptures to proclaim the meaning of Christ’s death according to the Father’s ‘set plan’ — foreknown before the foundation of the world. … In every Eucharist, we reenact that Easter Sunday at

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “The First Apology; [The first historical testimony of Christian baptism, in Rome in the middle of the second century]” – Saint Justin, Martyr/ DailyGospel

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“I will also relate the manner in which we dedicate ourselves to #God when we have been made new through #Christ … Those who believe that what we teach and say is true, and who undertake to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and entreat God with fasting for the remission of their past sins, we also praying and fasting

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CATHOLIC PRAYER & MUSIC VIDEO: Divine Mercy Chaplet in Song

File Photo of Sunrise at Joshua Tree National Park

The Divine Mercy Chaplet in song, produced by Trish Short, and featuring scenes from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. More details follow below the video. 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 a decade: “Eternal

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “From Fear to Faith – A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter”

Sacred Heart: Jesus Christ with Right Hand Raised in Blessing

“… Some people want Jesus without the Church. No can do. Jesus is found in His Church, among those who have gathered. There is surely joy to be found in a personal relationship with Jesus, but the Lord also announced a special presence whenever two or three are gathered in His name. It is essential for us to discover how

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

Christ Breaking Bread, Photograph of Painting, adapted from image at loc.gov with credit to Detroit Publishing Co.

“… 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

Jesus and Mary Magdalene After Resurrection, adapted from image at loc.gov

“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: 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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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “From Fear to Faith on Easter Morning” – Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope

Jesus and Mary Magdalene After Resurrection, adapted from image at loc.gov

“… Like most of the resurrection accounts, John’s version paints a portrait of a journey that some of the early disciples have to make: out of fear and into faith. It shows the need to experience the resurrection and then come to understand it more deeply. While the Gospel account begins with Mary Magdalene, the focus quickly shifts to St.

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