HAPPY EASTER!
OUR EASTER PRAYER AND GREETING TO YOU ALL!
After the 40-day Lenten preparation, we have finally arrived at this day commemorating Our Lord’s Resurrection, a fundamental truth of our Faith, in which God the Son has triumphed over death, sin, and evil, thereby gaining for us a new life in Him and opening us the gates of heaven.
Our Lord showed us the way to follow which leads to eternal life and happiness: the way of Love, which is the lesson He teaches us not only with His Passion and Death, but with His entire life. His Love which knows how to suffer, to humble one’s self, to renounce one’s self, and bear physical and moral pain, all for the sake of the beloved.
A Love like His is the Love which is not only stronger than death but also transcends it. With Our Lord’s Resurrection, Christ overcame death, dispelled all wickedness, triumphed over sin and the devil, washed our faults away, restored innocence to the fallen, joy to the mourners (Cfr. Easter Proclamation) and regained for us the life of grace which was lost due to the original sin of Adam and Eve.
It is the most important feast of our Catholic Faith which gives meaning to Christmas and is its culminating point with which Jesus opened the gates of heaven.
As Pope Benedict XVI said:
“In the incarnation, the Son of God became one with human beings – with Adam. But only at this moment, when he accomplishes the supreme act of love by descending into the night of death, does he bring the journey of the incarnation to its completion. By his death he now clasps the hand of Adam, of every man and woman who awaits him, and brings them to the light.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Homily, 7 April 2007)
With his life, Jesus gave us a way to follow and firmly tread upon with the help of this grace, assured that He is with us and never abandons us. His unconditional love needs to be corresponded for He loved us first.
Hence, may we live our life in accordance with His Life, without being afraid of the Cross, but knowing how to convert pain, sorrow, suffering and sacrifice into love. For only then shall we share in the glory of His Resurrection.
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.
A Blessed and Happy Easter to you and your loved ones! Fr. Rolly Arjonillo
SEE AS WELL: EASTER SUNDAY. THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Summary vid + full text in
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