Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 2nd Sunday of Easter Cycle C
Introduction On April 30, 2000, His Holiness John Paul II, in response to the wishes of the Christianfaithful, declared that “the 2nd Sunday of Easter henceforth throughout the Church will also be called Divine Mercy Sunday.” The desire for this celebration was expressed by Our Lord to Saint Faustina as can be found in her […]
Holy Saturday<br>At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Reading 1 gn 1:1-2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw how good the light was.
SON-RISE SERVICE – One Bread, One Body, Apr 20, 2014
Easter Sunday Romans 6:3-11 (Vigil Readings) | Acts 10:34, 37-43 | Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 | Matthew 28:1-10 | Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 | John 20:1-9 “Since you have been raised up in company with Christ…” —Colossians 3:1 Happy Easter! As the heavenly messengers said, let us “remember what” Jesus told us to expect after the cross (see Lk 24:6): “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, who will put Him to death, and He will be raised … More
Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
Reading 1 is 52:13-53:12 See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him— so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of man— so shall he startle many nations, because of him kings shall stand speechless; for those who have not been told shall see, those who have not heard shall ponder it. Who would believe what we have heard
VERY BURIED? – One Bread, One Body, Apr 19, 2014
Holy Saturday (no eucharistic readings) | Today, we recall that Jesus was buried. God, the Creator of earth, was buried and entombed in the earth, His own creation