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The Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord ~ Easter Sunday.
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we don’t know where they have put him.” So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen clothe lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloths lying on the ground and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. The fifty days from the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated with joy and exaltation as one feast day, indeed as a 'great Sunday'. These are the days above all others in which the Alleluia is sung. General Norms on the Liturgical Year and the General Roman Calendar, 22. Wenow that Christ has truly risen from the dead. Yes, Indeed! This is the fundamental core of the profession of our faith; this is the cry of victory which unites us all today. And if Jesus is risen, and is therefore alive, who will ever be able to separate us from him? Who will ever be able to deprive us of the love of him who has conquered hatred and overcome death? The Easter proclamation spreads throughout the world with the joyful song of Alleluia. Let us sing it with our lips, and let us sing it above all with our hearts and our lives, with a manner of life that is "unleavened", that is to say, simple, humble and fruitful in good works. The Risen One goes before us and he accompanies us along the paths of the world. He is our hope. He is the true peace of the world. Pope Benedict XVI. Almighty and ever living God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord's Resurrection, may. through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the light of life. See also: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter https://www.christianiconography.info/goldenLegend/resurrection.htm |