Daily Lenten Reflections

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter Sunday

Reflection

REJOICE! ALLELUIA! CHRIST HAS RISEN! CELEBRATION! These are all words we use to remember Easter each year. We know the story well because we have heard it over and over again. As children we might not have understood the significance but we did have celebrations.

Maybe an early Easter Sunrise service as well as Mass, a basket of candy or an Egg Hunt or a big meal with family and maybe even new clothes. So clearly the word Celebration was evident.

And today as adults? Do we understand Easter, the scripture readings and what it was like for Mary Magdalene and Peter and the disciples as they lived through these events?

We know the on-going story, not just what is shared with us in today’s scripture readings but how each person who was gifted with seeing Jesus through the next day and weeks began to understand and believe all that Jesus had been telling them. They began to realize they had been chosen to teach what Jesus had taught them and that they each had gifts to share with the community. They had been given the ability to keep the message of Jesus alive. And so they did!

And each of us? Is the message that Easter brings to us really alive in our daily activities? Might these Easter days and weeks give opportunity to see or feel God’s Presence by spending a few moments, each day, asking God to be with us in new ways during this Easter Season? Could it be that we will feel God calling us to new opportunities?

Prayer

Whatever this Easter Season brings to each of us, may we believe that each new day is “a day the Lord has made”. May “we rejoice and be glad” and share the gifts we have been granted to help to bring Blessings and Peace to all. Happy Easter!

Sr. Lindora Cabral, RSM, Sister of Mercy

Scripture

First Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

Gospel: John 20:1-9

Daily Scripture readings can be found online at the USCCB website

Mission of Edmundite Campus Ministry

The Mission of Edmundite Campus Ministry at Saint Michael’s College is to share the Good News of the Gospel with the College community by facilitating encounter with Jesus Christ. We do this through the celebration of the Church’s Liturgy, in programs promoting knowledge of the Catholic faith, by developing ecumenical and interreligious relationships, and providing retreats and other opportunities for personal spiritual growth.

The Catholic and Edmundite tradition upon which the College was founded is grounded in the conviction that all women and men are created in the image and likeness of God providing a special dignity unique to each person. Such dignity requires human life to be respected in all of its stages recognizing that we are all children of God.

Therefore, in its pursuit of furthering the Reign of God, the Edmundite Campus Ministry staff seeks to interact with and support every member of the College community in their search for Truth, contributing to the “enhancement of the human person and to the advancement of human culture in light of the Catholic faith.”