Singing the first gloria of the Easter season --
Welcoming the Alleluia back into the liturgy and into our hearts --
Listening to the joyful Easter proclamation, the Exsultet --
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God's throne! Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation!
The Easter Vigil Mass was beautiful as always. I love watching RCIA candidates be fully initiated into the Catholic Church. There were 11 or 12 at my home parish this year, but I heard the church here at school received about 30 new members, half of whom were children. It's such a powerful testament, first and foremost to the generosity of Our Lord, but also to the witness given by the members of the parish community.
It's difficult not to gorge on the items I had been fasting from during Lent. Much Easter candy has been consumed and more than a few hours spent catching up on blogger news. But long after the novelty of these indulgences wears off, I will still be carrying an alleluia in my heart and proclaiming the joy of the risen Christ!
One of my favorite aspects of the Easter season is the concluding blessing at the end of every Mass that reminds us of the continued glory of these 50 days:
Go in peace, alleluia alleluia!
Thanks be to God, alleluia alleluia!
Listening to the joyful Easter proclamation, the Exsultet --
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God's throne! Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation!
The Easter Vigil Mass was beautiful as always. I love watching RCIA candidates be fully initiated into the Catholic Church. There were 11 or 12 at my home parish this year, but I heard the church here at school received about 30 new members, half of whom were children. It's such a powerful testament, first and foremost to the generosity of Our Lord, but also to the witness given by the members of the parish community.
It's difficult not to gorge on the items I had been fasting from during Lent. Much Easter candy has been consumed and more than a few hours spent catching up on blogger news. But long after the novelty of these indulgences wears off, I will still be carrying an alleluia in my heart and proclaiming the joy of the risen Christ!
One of my favorite aspects of the Easter season is the concluding blessing at the end of every Mass that reminds us of the continued glory of these 50 days:
Go in peace, alleluia alleluia!
Thanks be to God, alleluia alleluia!
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