Happy Easter and Blessed Easter should ring from our lips all week long! Easter is more than today; the date fixed on the calendar this year to celebrate Resurrection Sunday. The Church, in her holy wisdom, tells us that Easter is an Octave; we celebrate all the glory of Easter all week long, all the way to next Sunday.
Each and every Mass, all the liturgies of the next week, will be Easter liturgies. The same alleluias will ring out, sprinkling rites are common and daily Mass takes on a more Sunday feel.
For each of us who profess the Resurrection of Our Lord, we must live that Easter joy all week. Many of us may not be able to make daily Mass or pray the Divine Office. We should, in our own prayer life, recall the glory of this Easter Day and then live, work, play with our fellow man as a witness to the Resurrection.
On top of everything Easter, what a wonderful week ahead of us. We celebrate the Feast of St. Mark, one of the Gospel authors, along with great Saints like Peter Chanel and St. Catherine of Siena. When we arrive at the weekend the 8th day of the Octave is Divine Mercy Sunday. I'll have more on that later in the week. And if all of this is not enough, on Divine Mercy Sunday we will witness the Beatification of Pope John Paul II.
So celebrate Monday - next Sunday with all the fervor of Easter glory because it truly is Easter day!!
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