It is believed Jesus rose from the dead on this day, and the day stands for His victory over death. The triumph of the Lord and Son is widely considered to be God’s plan to save people from sins and wrongdoings. Easter eggs are considered as symbols of new life or spring, in which the outside seems dead but the inside is full of life.
On this day
We wish all our esteemed users a Blessed and Glorious Easter
We pray that the blessings of Easter spreads thoroughly to all our users continually.
Amen.
On being alerted by Mary Magdalene, Peter and John run to the Lord’s tomb to see if the body had been stolen by someone-a hypothesis that was ruled out by what they saw there. They re-read the event in a new way, in the light of Scripture (John 20:1-9)
The liturgical assembly on Easter day exults in realizing all the hopes of the messianic people of God-the hope of liberation, of entering into the Promised Land, of restoration of justice, of new earth and new heavens. The faithful of Christ have entered into this new reality and live and move in its light. The real newness is Christ who came into the world lived with humans, died and rose again and is ever present.
It is in him that the interior human being is renewed every day (2cor 4:6). The exterior man, the old reality, needs to be broken to open up the way for the birth of the new human reality, the fruit of redemption in Christ. “To put on Christ” is one of the many expressions coined by St Paul to present this mysterious reality of grace. To put on Christ means to enter into him and to live in him so that our life becomes hidden in him and with him in God. Thus, “anyone who is in Christ is a new creature. The Christian is dead to sin and risen with Christ to new life.
When we truly love a person from the depth of our heart, we will respect that person and will not want to cause the person pain. Our attitude to life should either show God that we love Him and have Him as our one and only God or that we are interested in other gods. We show God that we love Him by keeping His commandments and by respecting the sacredness of the temple of which we are and represent.
We must not let our familiarity with God's house breed contempt, instead, we must try to show God respect by doing that which will please Him and give glory to His name.
Learn to separate between the secular and the sacred, and always work hard to build up yourself in such a way that respect to God and His commandments comes first above every other thing you may desire in this life.
Let Us Pray:
Lord Jesus, may my acceptance of your cross bring me everlasting joy. Amen.
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