Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed

Published: Fri, 04/22/11

Happy Easter to all of you!

This is an abbreviated edition, with emphasis on the resurrection
of Jesus.

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EASTER SUNDAY READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/

Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4;
Jn 20:1-9

R. (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
"His mercy endures forever."

"The right hand of the LORD has struck with power;
the right hand of the LORD is exalted.
I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the LORD."

The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.

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MEDITATION ON SCRIPTURES
-
http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html

Today's Gospel's scene opens in the dark as Mary of Magdela moves
toward the tomb. It is empty and Mary is left in the dark about
where He has been taken. At this point, Mary does not know and so
she does the natural thing, she makes up a reasonable story which
makes it somehow understandable. In a way it is the beginning of
the rabbit and chicken thing.

Peter and John listen to Mary's story, but run to see for
themselves. Peter went in first and saw the burial wrappings
arranged. John entered, saw and believed. They did not yet
understand, but believed and so did not begin coloring Easter Eggs
to make sense of it all.

It is said easily that the sun rises each morning, but we now know
that the earth rotates in such a patterned way that it only appears
that the sun peeks over the eastern horizon each morning. That sun
gives warmth and life to the surface of the earth, but we don't
know exactly how it all works. We do see the results. We see the
sun and can see other things by the sun's light. We are not so
comfortable in the dark and even less when we do not understand.
The life, death and resurrection of Jesus is all an invitation to
enter the emptiness of the tomb. We tend to believe when we are
visibly impressed. We so fear being fooled, tricked or deceived.
The tomb was empty while the sun was rising that first Easter day.
We so would want our minds and our heads not empty, but filled with
understandings which would make it all easier to grasp.

We are then, empty-headed believers who are waiting for the light
of the Son to comfort our souls as we live toward our rising from
our tombs of darkness. The Resurrection of Jesus is the
continuation of God's original statement, "Let there be light!"

"In Him was life, and the life was the light of all. The light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (Jn.
1, 4-5)

- by Larry Gillick, S.J.

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BOOKS ON THE RESURRECTION

"Jesus is Risen!"
- https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/33561 (various ebook
formats)

Free download.

In this booklet, it is emphasized that the foundational conviction
for a Christian's attitude is belief in the resurrection of Jesus.
We examine the evidence for the resurrection and show how we can
encounter the risen Christ today--how we can make sense of pain and
problems, and learn to live the risen life.

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"Jesus Alive in Our Lives"
-
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/jesus-alive-in-our-lives/11780728
(paperback)
- https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41961 (various ebook
formats)

This work bundles together three related works previously published
for different purposes.
Part One - "The Meaning of the Resurrection," examines the evidence
of the Resurrection and then treats its implications for the life
of the believer.
Part Two - "Encountering the Risen Christ," reflects on meeting
the risen Christ in his four modes of present to us:
personal/historical, communal, sacramental and cosmic. Part Three -
"The Gift of the Spirit," notes the decisive role of the Holy
Spirit in the lives of early Christian believers, and in our own as
well. The theme running through these three parts is that Jesus of
Nazareth is risen, and that we can come to know him and give
evidence of his life and love in our own as well.

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