April 9
“Now let the heavens be joyful; let earth her song begin;
Let the round world keep triumph, and all that is therein!
Let all things seen and unseen their notes of gladness blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen, our Joy that hath no end!”
-St. John of Damascus
April 8
“Glory be to You, who laid your Cross as a bridge over death that souls might pass over it from the dwelling of the dead to dwelling of life.”
-St. Ephrem the Syrian
April 7
“Christ’s resurrection is the strength, the secret of Christianity... the new effort of evangelization can begin only from a renewed experience of this Mystery, accepted in faith and witnessed to in life.”
-St. John Paul II
April 6
Easter Monday
“Tis the spring of souls today: Christ hath burst His prison;
And from three days’ sleep in death as a Sun hath risen.
All the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying
From His light, to whom we give laud and praise undying.
Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts comes its joy to render!”
-St. John of Damascus
April 5
Easter Sunday
It is Easter morning.
Christ unwinds the burial bands
and lays them by:
April 4
Holy Saturday
“I saw too the reverence that everyone must have for a sinner; instead of condoning his [or her] sin, which is in reality [their] utmost sorrow, one must comfort Christ who is suffering in [them]. And this reverence must be paid even to those sinners whose souls seem to be dead, because it is Christ, who is the life of the soul, who is dead in them; they are His tombs, and Christ in the tomb is potentially the risen Christ...”
-Caryll Houselander
April 3
Good Friday
BEFORE A CRUCIFIX
Who is this who waits
With arms extended
And wide open hands?
It is Christ, Our Lord.
April 1
Spy Wednesday
“Where Christ is, Judas is. There always has been and there always will be a bloody hand to take the thirty pieces of silver. But it is curious that Christ is doubted because He is consistent, and does not change, but remains true in every detail to His Passion and its circumstances.”
-Caryll Houselander
March 31
“The Passion of Christ is being lived over and over again in the world.”
-Caryll Houselander
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