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This sermon is read by the Byzantine Rite, according to custom, every Easter during Matins prayer:
Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God?
Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival!
Is there anyone who is a grateful servant?
Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord!
Are there any weary with fasting?
Let them now receive their wages!
If any have toiled from the first hour,
let them receive their due reward;
If any have come after the third hour,
let him with gratitude join in the Feast!
And he that arrived after the sixth hour,
let him not doubt; for he too shall sustain no loss.
And if any delayed until the ninth hour,
let him not hesitate; but let him come too.
And he who arrived only at the eleventh hour,
let him not be afraid by reason of his delay.
For the Lord is gracious and receives the last even as the first.
He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, as well as to him that toiled from the first.
To this one He gives, and upon another He bestows.
He accepts the works as He greets the endeavor.
The deed He honors and the intention He commends.
Let us all enter into the joy of the Lord!
First and last alike receive your reward; rich and poor, rejoice together!
Sober and slothful, celebrate the day!
You that have kept the fast, and you that have not, rejoice today for the Table is richly laden!
Feast royally on it, the calf is a fatted one. Let no one go away hungry.
Partake, all, of the cup of faith.
Enjoy all the riches of His goodness!
Let no one grieve at his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed.
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.
Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free.
He has destroyed it by enduring it.
He destroyed Hades when He descended into it.
He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh.
Isaiah foretold this when he said,
You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below.
Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with.
It was in an uproar because it is mocked.
It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed.
It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated.
It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive.
Hell took a body, and discovered God.
It took earth, and encountered Heaven.
It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.
O death, where is thy sting?
O Hades, where is thy victory?
Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!
Christ is Risen, and the evil ones are cast down!
Christ is Risen, and the angels rejoice!
Christ is Risen, and life is liberated!
Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead;
for Christ having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
To Him be Glory and Power forever and ever. Amen!
"In the general resurrection of all souls and bodies, My Son shall take the bones and rise them up, knitting them and uniting them, and placing upon them incorruptible flesh, for death will be conquered. Pain shall be no more. Sin shall be no more. Joy will abound. Charity will abound--goodness, mercy, kindness, and all the goodness created by the Eternal Father." - Our Lady of the Roses, August 5, 1975
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as described by Veronica Lueken
Veronica
- Now I see five soldiers. They have on short dresses, but with metal sections
coming down from the waist. And over their heads are metal hats, silver-colored
metal hats that cut down to a V-shape on their foreheads. They're standing there
by the rock with long spears in their hands.
Now they are going back; they're walking backwards in fright. They are
frightened! They're walking backwards, because there's a great light; it's
seeping through the cracks. There's a great light. It's seeping through the
cracks, and the light is pushing, pushing the rock forward. Now the rock is
going over; the light is forcing the rock over to the side. The soldierstwo
are running, running up the hill. One is covering his face with his arms. He
can't look, the light is so bright.
Now coming through the light are two large figures. Beautiful! Very large.
Beautiful! Oh, they are angels. I can't see their faces, but theiroh,
they are so large! Now one is standing there. He's raising his hand. He says:
"He is risen!"
Now two soldiersone
now is getting up; he's running. And the other one is sitting there; he's fallen
to the ground in shock. Oh! Inside the cave it's very bright, very bright.
I see now . . . the armoh,
I see it, an arm. Oh! That slabit
has the cloth lying on the slab . . . . And walking out through this tremendous
lightit's
Jesus. Oh! He's now coming out of the light, though; He's not glowing, like
inside the light by the cave.
Now He's coming out, and He's got slippers on His feet. And He now has a
robe on Him; it's white. It's very soiled looking, but it's a white robe. And I
notice these bandages are hanging from the slab, the rock, onto the ground. The
ground is dirt, dirt; it's just dirt on the ground inside the cave. I can see
now, because the light now has left the cave. And Jesus now has started to walk.
He's going up the hill; He's walking very slowly up the hill.
Mary Magdalene at the tomb
And nowoh,
there's a lady; she's coming down to the side of the cave. And she's looking in,
and now she says, "Oh!" And she runs over now, and she's picking up the pieces
of the cloth. And she's looking around the cave, and she's running out now.
And she's running up the hill. And she's running overoh,
"Where have they taken Him? They have stolen Him from us." And shenow
she's reaching out, and she's fallen down on her knees and saying: "Please!
Where is He?" Now
Jesus - "Don't . . . do not place your hands upon My garments. I have not ascended in the Father."
Veronica - Now the lady is looking up, and she's smiling. And now Jesus is placing His hand over her head, and He says:
Jesus - "Go, Mary, and tell all what you have seen."
Veronica - Now Jesus is walking; He's climbing up the hill. And Mary now isshe's fallen on her face, just like she's praying. Nonow she's getting up, and she's running down the hill. And I can see hershe's running down the hill now, and she's running towards these buildings. There are one, two . . . five buildings. They don't look like regular buildings; they look like houses made from clay, or like a hut, sort of like clay. And now she's running into one.
- April 21, 1973
Tell
us Mary, thou our herald be,
What in passing thou didst see?
"Empty tomb, where Christ, now living, lay,
Angels saw I in bright array,
Shroud and vesture loosely cast aside
Prove clear: He is risen glorified."
(Sequence, Easter Sunday)
Directives from Heaven
D1 - The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass PDF
D2 - The Holy Eucharist PDF
D5 - The Holy Priesthood PDF
D66 - The Passion of Christ (Part 1) PDF
D67 - The Passion of Christ (Part 2) PDF
D87 - Divinity of Jesus Christ PDF
D119 - Jesus Christ, Redeemer PDF
D120 - Resurrection PDF
D198 - Kneel Before Your God PDF
D228 - Consecrated Hands PDF
D292 - Way of the Cross PDF
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April 25, 2011