In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Let us pray

O Jesus I Surrender myself to You, You take over. Amen

The Day we Have Waited For - Alleluia

On Good Friday we began the final part journey with Jesus 

through the final 3 Stations of the Cross.

Our journey of course has a triumphant ending when on Easter Sunday today 

we reflect on the lesser known Station - the Resurrection of Jesus

15 Jesus is raised from the Dead

Prayer

My Saviour thank you.

Thank You for so much endless love that helps me rise out of my own sinfulness.

I will try again to live a better life.

Help me always to remember that love You showed to me.

Mary Mother of our risen Lord

Teach me to be like you

and in my love for others, love Him in return.

Reflection of Mary

I could only be most grateful

for the sacrifice of my son for us.

Yet what emptiness I felt,

trying to live without him, Whom I loved.

But only two days later that emptiness

was filled beyond belief.

He had risen!

Our Saviour opened the doors to a new life.

That is the way it had to be.

because his underlying love for us

would not stop anything less.

I could rejoice forever,

but certainly ...... not in silence.

Prayer to Our Lady Of Sorrows

O most holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ: by the overwhelming grief you experienced when you witnessed the martyrdom, the crucifixion, and death of your divine Son, look upon me with eyes of compassion, and awaken in my heart a tender commiseration for those sufferings, as well as a sincere detestation of my sins, in order that being disengaged from all undue affection for the passing joys of this earth, I may sigh after the eternal Jerusalem, and that henceforward all my thoughts and all my actions may be directed towards this one most desirable object.

Honour, glory, and love to our Divine Lord Jesus, and to the holy and immaculate Mother of God.

Thank you for making this journey through lent on the sufferings and death of Our Lord to His eventual triumph and resurrection.

What a wonderful God we have!

May the blessing of this Easter Season come down on you and remain with you forever. Amen

MORNING PRAYER

Jesus Christ is risen today

Alleluia.

TODAY WE CELEBRATE

Easter Sunday

Alleluia, alleluia!

Christ, our passover, has been sacrificed:

let us celebrate the feast then, in the Lord.

1Cor5:7-81Cor5:7-8

Other saints: 

Saints Marcellinus, Vincent and Domninus (- 374)

St Beuno (- 640)

St. Agnes of Montepulciano OP (1268 - 1317)

The Word of God

John 20:1-9  -  He must rise from the dead

It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’

 So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

God of peace and love 

bring us all together in your name. 

Do not let the gates of hell consume us. 

We all believe in God and his Word 

and accept Jesus as our Saviour. 

Send your Spirit to lead us to accept each other 

and our differences and that one day 

we will be one in Christ.

Amen.

Always remember - Jesus loves you.