ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! ALLELUIA!
We celebrate today the fullness of the salvation that Christ has promised to us. We rejoice in the fullness of the hope of glory that has been revealed to us in the Resurrection. We welcome all those who have traveled in the RCIA process into the fullness of the Church. We meditate upon the fullness of life that is ours who bear the brand of the Cross in their flesh by the waters of baptism.
The joy we express today cannot be summed up in candy, eggs, festive dinners or the enjoyment of those things which we gave up for forty days. Rather, the joy we feel and express as the Body of Christ is felt within each member, in our hearts and souls, and fully expressed in the celebration of the Paschal Mystery – the celebration of the Mass.
This is our day . . . this is our day in which we gain a glimpse of what has been promised to us by Christ. This is our day to truly share in the foretaste of the heavenly banquet. This is our day to know the Risen Christ in ways that are too profound and too intimate for words. This is our day to celebrate. “This is THE DAY the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad!”
RESURREXIT, SICUT DIXIT! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA!
