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RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE EASTER LITURGY/THEOLOGY
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Lent takes 40 days; from the Resurrection to Pentecost, Easter season is 50 days. Joy always triumphs over sadness.
This is why, if the Holy Week Triduum is a “3-Day Day,” Easter is an “8-Day Day”!
The Church’s liturgical catechesis is sensible—the first part of Easter’s daily Mass Gospels is from John 3 and 6 (aka, Baptism and Eucharist). The second part is what Beethoven would have called the Lebewohl, the “Farewell Discourse” from John 14-16.
Other than the Easter season, the only times the Paschal Candle is lit is for baptisms and funerals. Think about it, and see the connection.
Would we have had the courage (or the strength of heart) to accompany the women to the tomb that morning?
“My Lord and my God!” What does this exclamation from the Apostle Thomas mean for us personally, in our lives? Do they make a difference? If so, how and where?
“Glorified wounds”—really? What can that actually mean to us?
26 December is known as “Boxing Day” in England, presumably since then all gifts are boxed up to be returned or exchanged. On this analogy, shouldn’t Easter be known as “Unboxing Day”?
The 2nd Sunday of Easter is also designated as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” But in fact every Sunday (every day of the year) is a day of Divine Mercy. If Mother Julian of Norwich is right that “Love is Our Lord’s meaning,” mercy is the expression of that love; it’s the basis of Jesus’ words in the Upper Room— “Peace be with you.” What empowered the Apostles? Mercy.
Let me repeat: if the Resurrection is true, then the Incarnation is true, and the Eucharist is true. And I can pretty well demonstrate to you that the Resurrection is true. “They came to know Him in the breaking of the bread.” Do we?
