Quote/s of the Day – 5 April – Easter Thursday Fifth Day in the Easter Octave
Speaking of the Resurrection
“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.”
St John Chrysostom (347-407) Father & Doctor of the Church, Easter Homily
The Lord’s triumph, on the day of the Resurrection, is final.
Where are the soldiers the rulers posted there?
Where are the seals that were fixed to the stone of the tomb?
Where are those who condemned the Master?
Where are those who crucified Jesus?
He is victorious and faced with His victory,
those poor wretches have all taken flight.
Be filled with hope:
Jesus Christ is always victorious.”
St Josemarie Escrivá (1902-1975), The Forge, 660
“Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that,
there is a future for every human being;
the cry for unending life,
which is a part of the person, is indeed answered.”
Pope Benedict XVI, Benedictus, 128
“The Gospel of Easter is very clear:
we need to go back there, to see Jesus risen
and to become witnesses of His Resurrection.
This is not to go back in time;
it is not a kind of nostalgia.
It is returning to our first love,
in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world
and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.”
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