Easter Sunday

For Christians, Easter is associated with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ approximately two thousand years ago. Jesus Christ, the true Messiah, was crucified and rose from the dead at the time of the Jewish Passover.

On Easter Sunday the message that “Jesus is Risen from the dead” resounds over the whole world.  Jesus has done all that he has promised.  There is hope.

Creating a Sacred Space in your home can help focus on the sense of the sacred

There are so many readings that we could choose from for Easter Sunday.

Perhaps we could look at Psalm 118 

Response:         This day was made by the Lord: We rejoice and are glad

1.     Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: “His love has no end.”

2.    The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; His right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds.

3.     The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes.

Reflection on the Word of God

On Easter Sunday morning we celebrate the fact that Jesus is risen and is alive.  We have travelled with Jesus through this Lent in a way that none of us have ever known before.  Little did we know that on Ash Wednesday we would have experienced such turmoil, such upheaval, such uncertainty.  It was a Lent like no other.

Our ways are not God’s ways and God’s thoughts are not our thoughts!  Where we see failure and sickness triumph, God sees the faithfulness of Jesus and the values of the Kingdom reign supreme.  Through the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus, God has shown and offered us a new way of living and confronting evil. 

In the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic we have seen such an outpouring of goodness, generosity, heroism and sheer goodness and generosity. 

All of these have been signs of great hope. These are Gospel values and we have demonstrated them in abundance this Lent and into Easter and beyond.

We believe that having shared in the suffering of Jesus, we will now, or in the future, share in his new and everlasting life.  This is the  real meaning of Easter.

As you reflect back over the past few weeks when things were very unsettling and fearful think of ONE person you know who has shown great kindness and generosity. 

Try to see this as a sign of hope, as a sign of resurrection.