CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “CATALYTIC CONVERTER” – Presentation Ministries

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

“… We recognize the risen Christ when: Jesus opens our ‘minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,’ Jesus breaks bread with us (Lk 24:35), that is, gives Himself to us in Holy Communion, we receive the Holy Spirit in a new Pentecost, and we witness for Jesus (see Acts 1:8; Lk 24:48). …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “‘He stood in their midst and said to them: ‘Peace be with you'” – DailyGospel/Saint John Paul II

Saint Pope John Paul II file photo, adapted from image at archives.gov

“‘He stood in their midst and said to them: ‘Peace be with you”‘ More than ever before we need to hear these words of the Risen Christ: ‘Fear not!’ (Mt 28:10). For people today, who never cease being afraid in their inmost selves and not without reason, it is a necessity… It is an equal necessity for all peoples and

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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

File Image of Resurrection of Christ by Raphael, adapted from image at loc.gov

“‘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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