Readings:
Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4
or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9
or Lk 24:1-12
or Lk 24:13-35
Reflection: Today is the high point of the entire Church
year. Our Lord has risen again. Our Lenten time of prayer, fasting, and
almsgiving culminates in a beautiful celebration of life! Because of Jesus’ rising to new life we can
now look toward the glory of heaven after we leave this earth. While the journey and anticipation of Lent is
over, our journey of faith has just begun.
How did your Lenten journey change your relationship with God? Will you continue to maintain those changes increased
prayer in your daily routine so that you might continue to grow closer to God
with every passing day? Jesus exists and
He has risen, let us shout it from the roof tops and share His love and His
story with everyone we meet!
Big
Picture: He is risen!
Discussion
Starters:
Younger
saints: What
day is today? What are we celebrating
today? Is today about celebrating candy
or the Easter bunny, or is it about celebrating that Jesus rose from the
dead? Where will we get to go one day
because Jesus died and rose again?
Older
saints: Reflect back
on your journey of faith and sacrifice this Lent. Where you more focused on what you “had to
give up” than you were on how that sacrifice brought you closer to God? What did you take from your Lenten
experience? What do you think you should
do different next year? Take a few minutes
to think about and offer thanks for Jesus’ rising to new life and what that
means for your soul.
Notes:
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