Christ the Lord is risen

"Now let the heavens be joyful,
Let earth her song begin:
Let the round world keep triumph,
And all that is therein;
Invisible and visible,
Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord is risen,
Our joy that hath no end."

--John of Damascus

Baptized in Christ

 "All you who have been baptized in Christ have put on Christ, alleluia."

--from the Mass of Easter Saturday

Easter Friday

"Without love, everything is painful, everything is tiring, everything is burdensome.  The Cross, taken up hesitantly, is crushing;  taken smilingly, by free will, and with love, it will carry you much more than you carry it.  Love makes time eternal by giving a divine value to everything."

--Father Jean C. J. d'Elbee in I Believe in Love

His marvelous light

"Ye people whom God hath purchased, declare the virtues, alleluia, of Him Who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, alleluia."

--from the Mass of Easter Thursday

Easter Wednesday

Awake, thou wintry earth -

Fling off thy sadness!

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth

Your ancient gladness!

Christ is risen!

--Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

Love

 
"Love is, above all, the gift of oneself."

--Jean Anouilh

Easter Sunday

 

 "Brethren, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God: mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.  For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with Him in glory."

--Epistle for the Mass of Easter Night

May Almighty God grant you and your loved ones, dear readers, a holy and happy Easter;  and may Our Blessed Mother protect you always.