And they remembered his words

Greetings on this the Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Readings: (see below)

Summary

And they remembered his words (Lk 24:8).

The extensive readings given at the Easter Vigil cover the entirety of the faith from the beginnings to the triumph of the Resurrection so we may remember what God has done for us!

1. Genesis – The Story of Creation.
2. Psalms 104 – Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
3. Genesis – The Testing of Abraham.
4. Psalms 16 – You are my inheritance, O Lord.
5. Exodus – Crossing the Red Sea.
6. Responsorial from Exodus – A song of praise by Moses and the People for their rescue. One of the oldest known song-texts of ancient.
7. Isaiah – The New Zion.
8. Psalms 30 – I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
9. Isaiah – An Invitation to Grace.
10. Responsorial from Isaiah – You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
11. Baruch – Praise of Wisdom (Holy Spirit).
12. Psalms 19 – Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
13. Ezekiel – Regeneration of the People.
14. Psalms 42 – Like a deer that longs for running streams, my soul longs for you, my God.
15. Epistle – Freedom from Sin; Life in God. From the letter to the Romans.
16. Psalms 118 – Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. A critical psalm to express you, the people, speaking! In OCIA dialogical form (side A and side B).
17. Gospel of Luke – The Resurrection of Jesus.

Reflection

The readings today are all about remembering. Remembering the promises, the works, the wonder of the one called Jesus the Christ. He helps us remember who we are in relation to the divine.

Remembering:

1. What and Why I am.
2. How I am.
3. What my final end is.

Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken (Jn 2:22).

The great remembering is the anamnesis of the Holy Mass.

I let A.I. give me a nice summary here:

Personal Reflection

It has been an amazing Holy Week. So many blessings and remembering! O how the Lord loves us!

In the Latin Church, the traditional greeting on Easter morning and throughout the Easter Octave is: Christus surréxit! – Surréxit vere, allelúja (“Christ is risen!” – “He is risen indeed, Alleluia!”). From the wiki.

The Easter Proclamation

See teaching: https://deacongerrypalermo.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/a-short-teaching-on-easter-proclamation.pdf

This year our new Cantor will be singing the Exultate (traditionally sung by a deacon but this guy has an amazing voice and is a treasure for our parish!).

Traditional Closing of Mass during the Easter Octave

I’m not this good… but here is the dismissal …

Sacred Readings Full text: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041925.cfm

Peace be with you,
Deacon Gerry