Is our behaviour a real sign of the Risen Lord? Is our tongue a real sign of the Risen Lord? Are we ready to become witnesses of the Risen Lord?ĭear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, real Easter celebration means dedicating our time, effort and attention to bring God’s light into our respective communities, both in our outreach to our fellow Christian brothers and sisters, as well as to all those who have yet to know God. We do this through what we say, how we behave. Pope Francis said that, “Christianity is not a school of ideas or a collection of beautiful temples and lovely art it is a living people who follow Jesus and give witness to him every day.” The Pope challenged Christians with the question, “Am I a Christian giving witness to Jesus or am I a simple numerary of this sect, unable to let the Holy Spirit drive me forward in my Christian vocation?”ĭear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, as Christians, our main task is to bear witness to Christ. Jesus tells Mary to go and tell the others about the good news of the resurrection.

Jesus had resurrected but Mary could not recognize Him up until later when Jesus revealed himself to Mary. In the Gospel reading today we are told that Mary Magdalene went back to the tomb of Jesus. We get this from the interaction which Jesus had with Mary Magdalene. The readings that we have today invite us to embrace the main Easter responsibility.

The Church wants us to reflect deeply into this resurrection event and get the real meaning of it for our lives. The Gospel readings during this period of eight days or octave period are about the resurrection event. So for eight whole days, it is still actually Easter Day. The Resurrection is so important that one day is not enough to celebrate it. For the entire week after Easter Sunday, the Church celebrates what is called an octave.

TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER REGINA CAELI CATHOLIC CHURCH, KAREN PARISH APRIL 14, 2020ĭear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, today is Tuesday of Easter Octave.

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