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

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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?  I’ve heard this new dimension called ‘resurrection-life.’  Jesus founded the Church and instituted the sacraments for the purpose of pouring that same resurrection-life into us.  At baptism he gives us our initial influx of it.  By baptizing people at the Easter Vigil, the Church is reminding us that, because of our own baptism, we participate in the same divine life that raised Jesus from the dead and that spiritually restores us after the death of sin. …”

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

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View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River

“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: Catholic Mass Readings: Monday in the Octave of Easter 4.17.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb,
fearful yet overjoyed,
and ran to announce the news to his disciples.
And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.
They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
and there they will see me.’ …”

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

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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. John; let’s study his journey. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Archbishop Chaput: The Triduum and Easter 2017” – Catholic Philly/Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

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

“… This year and every year, Holy Week is a time to remember that, as the late Cardinal Augustin Mayer once said, ‘nothing great is ever achieved without suffering.’ Discipleship always has a cost. No Christian ever lives the Gospel without eventually encountering the cross. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: The Resurrection of the Lord: The Mass of Easter Day 4.16.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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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.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter 4.15.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
And behold, there was a great earthquake;
for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven,
approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
… the angel said to the women …
‘Do not be afraid!
I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified.
He is not here, for He has been Raised just as He said.
… go quickly and tell His Disciples,
“He has been raised from the dead,
and He is going before you to Galilee …’ …”

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FAITHLINK: “From An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday” – Vatican

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Sacred Heart: Jesus Christ with Right Hand Raised in Blessing

“What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God has died in the flesh, and the underworld has trembled.

Truly he goes to seek out our first parent like a lost sheep; he wishes to visit those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. He goes to free the prisoner Adam and his fellow-prisoner Eve from their pains, he who is God, and Adam’s son.

The Lord goes in to them holding his victorious weapon, his cross. When Adam, the first created man, sees him, he strikes his breast in terror and calls out to all: ‘My Lord be with you all.’ And Christ in reply says to Adam: ‘And with your spirit.’ And grasping his hand he raises him up, saying: ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. …”

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Liturgical Readings: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion 4.14.17 – USCCB/NABRV

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“… So they took Jesus, and, carrying the cross Himself, He went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. …”

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