Friends of the Rosary,

Jesus is Risen, is Risen, indeed!

Today, April 5, is Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, the basis of our Christian faith and the Solemnity of Solemnities, when we banish all traces of sadness and express the motive for our joy: Easter means sin destroyed, death overcome, divine life brought back to us, redemption obtained, and the resurrection of our body which is promised immortality.

All the mysteries commemorated from Advent until now have pointed toward Easter.

By His Death, Christ the Lord destroyed our death and by His Resurrection restored our life.

Jesus, who had died on the cross on Good Friday, was raised from the dead by his Father on Easter morning. He returned to heaven in full glory. There, as God and Man, he pleads for us at the right hand of the Father until the day when he who redeemed all men will come to judge them all.

St. Peter, in his first discourse to a Gentile, makes the resurrection the basic doctrine and the crowning proof of the truth of the Christian faith.

As St. Paul says: “If Christ has not risen, vain is our preaching, vain too is your faith.” (1 Cor 15:14). And like Paul, St. Peter stresses the truth of the resurrection by citing witnesses, including himself, who had not only seen the risen Jesus but had spoken to him and actually eaten with him.

From the Gospel of the Mass on Easter Day, we read:

“Then the angel said to the women in reply, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.” (Matt 28:5-7)

Repeated often during Easter, the Alleluia, which in Hebrew means “praise ye the Lord,” is an expression of our joy and gratitude for all that God has done for us.

Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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