Easter 2016:
.This past Sunday, March 27, 2016 was Easter Sunday, the most significant Holy Day on the Christian liturgical calander. St. Paul tells us in 1Corinthians 15:14, "If Christ has not been raised then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain." The Resurrection is proof of Christ's Divinity!
Easter came a little earlier this year than last year. The Council of Nicea in A.D. 325 set the formula for choosing which day to celebrate Easter each year.
Pope Francis pointed out that Easter is a time of hope. Jesus by His resurrection overcomes sin, suffering and death. From this we make take hope for ourselves and for the world.
Pope Francis tells us:
"To those in our society who have lost all hope and joy in life, to the elderly who struggle alone and feel their strength waning, to young people who seem to have no future, to all I once more address the words of the Risen One: “See, I am making all things new… To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life” (Rev 21:5-6). May this comforting message of Jesus help each of us to set out anew with greater courage to blaze trails of reconciliation with God and with all our brothers and sisters."
So, go forward with hope in your heart. Jesus has made all things new.
Happy Easter!
God Love You!
Easter came a little earlier this year than last year. The Council of Nicea in A.D. 325 set the formula for choosing which day to celebrate Easter each year.
Pope Francis pointed out that Easter is a time of hope. Jesus by His resurrection overcomes sin, suffering and death. From this we make take hope for ourselves and for the world.
Pope Francis tells us:
"To those in our society who have lost all hope and joy in life, to the elderly who struggle alone and feel their strength waning, to young people who seem to have no future, to all I once more address the words of the Risen One: “See, I am making all things new… To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life” (Rev 21:5-6). May this comforting message of Jesus help each of us to set out anew with greater courage to blaze trails of reconciliation with God and with all our brothers and sisters."
So, go forward with hope in your heart. Jesus has made all things new.
Happy Easter!
God Love You!
