Easter Season
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This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
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"O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigns. Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave. For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. To Him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages."
- Saint John Chrysostom
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"Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth her song begin:
Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein;
Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord is risen, Our joy that hath no end."
- Saint John of Damascus
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What is Easter?
To view the USCCB season themed resource page, click here.
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Light of Christ! Thanks Be To God!
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The 'Service of Light' begins the Easter Vigil. The video entitled "Light Undimmed" captures this opening service consisting of the blessing of fire, followed by the blessing and lighting of the Paschal Candle, and capped with the chanting of the Easter Proclamation often referred to as the Exsultet. The presider at the 2021 Easter Vigil Mass for the then MACH1 Parish Grouping (later to becom Mary, Queen of Saints Parish) as celebrated in St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church located in Center Township, PA, was Fr. Jean-Luc Zadroga, OSB. The cantor was Br. Cassian Edwards, OSB. (recorded on 4/3/2021)
+For more information, read "The Exsultet: Christ Our Light" by Father Michael J. Flynn.
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Via Lucis: The Way of Light
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Stations of the Resurrection, also known by the Latin name 'Via Lucis' (translated into English as 'Way of Light'), are a form of Christian devotion prayer, encouraging meditation upon the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and some of His post-Resurrection appearances as well as other episodes recorded in the New Testament.
In December 2001, the Holy See promulgated a Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, which commended the Via Lucis devotion. "Following the model of the Via Crucis, the faithful process while meditating on the various appearances of Jesus – from his Resurrection to his Ascension – in which he showed his glory to the disciples who awaited the coming of the Holy Spirit (cf. John 14, 26; 16, 13-15; Lk 24, 49), strengthened their faith, brought to completion his teaching on the Kingdom and more closely defined the sacramental and hierarchical structure of the Church. Through the Via Lucis, the faithful recall the central event of the faith – the resurrection of Christ – and their discipleship in virtue of Baptism, the paschal sacrament by which they have passed from the darkness of sin to the bright radiance of the light of grace (cf. Col 1, 13; Eph 5, 8)."
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Via Lucis: The Stations of the Resurrection
in Times of Pandemic
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The Way of Light -
Via Lucis
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Via Lucis -
The Stations of the Resurrection
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Rejoice, O Mary, Your Son has risen!
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REGINA CAELI
Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
V.) Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
R.) Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus. Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui Domini nostri Iesu Christi, mundum laetificare dignatus es: praesta, quaesumus, ut, per eius Genetricem Virginem Mariam, perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae. Per Christum, Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
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QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son you merited to bear, alleluia,
Has risen as He said, alleluia.
Pray to God for us, alleluia.
V.) Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R.) For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, Who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech You, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Hymns of Praise
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Easter
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Blessings!
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