"This is the night of which it is written:
The night shall be as bright as day, dazzling is the night for me,
and full of gladness. The sanctifying power of this night
dispels all wickedness, washes faults away,
restores innocence to the fallen,
and joy to the mourners,drives out hatred,
and joy to the mourners,drives out hatred,
fosters concord, and brings down the mighty."
From Exultet, intoned during Easter Vigil
(beautiful full text linked below)
Click here: Paschal Proclamation (Exsultet) • Recording Easter Proclamation -Holy Saturday
Click here: Paschal Proclamation (Exsultet) • Recording Easter Proclamation -Holy Saturday
"Poor death, where is your sting?
Poor hell, where is your triumph?
Christ steps out of the tomb and you are
reduced to nothing!
Christ rises and the angels are wild with delight.
Christ rises and life is set free.
Christ rises and graves are emptied of dead.
Oh yes, for He broke from the tomb like a flower,
a beautiful fruit: the first fruit of those already gone.
All glory be His, all success and power . . .
forever and ever."
St John Chrysosotom
Excerpt from Easter homily
Excerpt from Easter homily
387 AD
From Easter 2023 homily of Pope Francis:
"Dear brothers and sisters, let us follow Jesus to Galilee, encounter
Him, and worship Him there, where He is waiting for each of us.
Let us revive the beauty of that moment when we realized that He is
alive and we made Him Lord of our lives. Let us return to Galilee,
to the Galilee of first love. Let each of us return to his or her
own Galilee, to the place where we first encountered Him .
Let us rise to new life!"
Christ is risen to go before us:
our Brother to the Father,
our Priest to the Altar.
our Saviour to the world!
Christ is risen!
our Brother to the Father,
our Priest to the Altar.
our Saviour to the world!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen!
Christ is risen!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and to an inheritance which is . . . kept in Heaven for you. - 1 Pet 1:3
By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and to an inheritance which is . . . kept in Heaven for you. - 1 Pet 1:3
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Divine Mercy Novena Day #3
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