Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. (Short celebration) -Year A - Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. (Short celebration) -Year A - Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. Year A - Sunday, April 9, 2023

Readings for Sunday, April 9, 2023 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. Year A
FIRST READING: Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23. "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad."
SECOND READING: Colossians  3:1-4  (OR  1 Cor 5:6-8)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (1 Cor 5:7b-8a). Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our Paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord.
GOSPEL: Jn 20:1-9  (or Matt 28:1-10)  

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Illustration Contributor: IOSIF CHEZAN
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. Year A - Sunday, April 9, 2023, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/fhl-easter-sunday-morning-w-johns-gospel-master-copy-2023/s-0eXz0fU9Glh

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Prologue

Happy Easter everyone !

 

and I pray and hope that God's blessing  and peace are with you; and with all your family and friends on this Easter morning  - and indeed thoughout the whole  Easter Season.  

 

We are very much united in Christ – who is indeed the resurrection and the life and who is with us always to the end of time

The Lord is truly risen, alleluia.

To him be glory and power, for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia.

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Christ is risen; as he said!!  
His resurrection is the first fruit of the eternal life promised to all who entrust themselves to him.

Easter, more than any other feast tells us that God has the last word in all things definitively…. and that word is a profoundly positive and definitive "YES" - first and foremost, a YES to his beloved son…Jesus Christ. Who is God the son; and all that he did and taught in his ministry… and a profound and absolute YES to life…., and to us, as his eternally cherished sons and daughters… Yes to forgiveness of sin for all who are bowed down by the past…. Yes to faithfulness no matter what trials and tragedies befall us in life…….>

- Easter… and the message of the Resurrection is about life, hope, love, and forgiveness…

- The irony of the cross and the message of today's wonderful feast means that it is rather fitting on this Easter celebration to hark back to the beginning of our journey towards this moment…... For I believe that Easter could be summed up by the rather intriguing saying … "The only things that we truly possess (things that have abiding and eternal value)… are the things we gain by giving them away… the only things worth possessing are the things that only make sense when given…. Which achieve very little if merely stored up….… things like love, (given freely without expectation), kindness and forgiveness (without expectation of return)…. acts of charity, (not for recognition or approval), random acts of kindness (that no one will ever know who is responsible for them)/…/ I read a quote once saying… that "there is an odd economic principle associated with love -- the more love you give away, the more love you have. It defies all other economic principles."  Our Lord Jesus, in his life, his suffering and death, and his resurrection… is the perfect example of all these wonderful qualities… and even more wonderfully, he invites us all to share in this way of living….

- This Easter, is a special time for giving thanks for and remembering and hopefully getting opportunities to share time with family and friends…

- And Easter is also about reminding us that our God is the God of New starts… and new beginnings….. 

- We also remember prayerfully, all those who have gone before us.. the Resurrection gives us peace in the belief that the lord of the resurrection is faithful to his children.. and raises them up to new and eternal life in heaven… where one day we will all be reunited in joy…

- At Easter, we think of people who are struggling.., and those who feel hopeless. ….and also those who feel they will never be good enough, or worthy enough… and those who fear they can never be forgiven… For today's feast says… YES>>>> God is with us, God will never abandon us… God truly does want to renew us and give us new hope .. new life… and indescribable mercy….

- Jesus is an unequivocal "yes" to self-sacrifice and service, and love, compassion, mercy and generosity of spirit… of thinking more of others and less of ourselves… - May God bless us and renew us in his astounding love… and ever-abiding faithfulness… and eternal care… and may our lives be more and more marked by these wonderful qualities with every new day….. 
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References:

Fr Paul W. Kelly

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed.  Illustration - Magdalena and Jesus Resurrection. Stock Illustration ID: 101936632

Illustration Contributor: IOSIF CHEZAN

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection. Year A  (Sunday, April 9, 2023)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{May God's grace strengthen your love and hope and faith, and may God's love surprise you even in the trials and challenges of the week.}}

Coming together as brothers and sisters in Christ, let us prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries by recalling our sins and remembering Christs greater mercy.
Lord Jesus, you have revealed yourself as the way to the Father: Lord, have mercy//You have poured out on your people the Spirit of truth: Christ, have mercy//You are the Good Shepherd, leading us to eternal life: Lord, have mercy.//
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.  Amen.
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Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23. "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad."

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (1 Cor 5:7b-8a). Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our Paschal sacrifice; let us feast with joy in the Lord.

 

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Easter Sequence  (Jerusalem Bible version)

 

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Memorial Acclamation
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
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PREFACE: Preface I of Easter
Euch prayer III



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Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" -  By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria,  Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.

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"Quiet Time."  Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.


Sound Engineering and editing -  P.W. Kelly.

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May God bless and keep you.
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