Easter Sunday REFLECTION. Origin of word Easter

EASTER SOLEMN BLESSING

EASTER SOLEMN BLESSING

May almighty God bless you through today’s Easter Solemnity and, in his compassion, defend you from every assault of sin.
Amen.
And may he, who restores you to eternal life in the Resurrection of his Only Begotten, endow you with the prize of immortality.
Amen.
Now the days of the Lord’s Passion have drawn to a close, may you who celebrate the gladness of the Paschal Feast come with Christ’s help, and exalting in spirit, to those feasts that are celebrated in eternal joy.
Amen.
And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, † and the Holy Spirit, descend upon you and remain with you for ever.
Amen.

Scupltor and photo credit: Francisco Romero Zafra