![]() ![]() Faustina in Poland and expressed his desire for a feast celebrating his mercy. Mankind’s need for the message of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in the twentieth century, when civilization began to experience an “eclipse of the sense of God,” and therefore, to lose the understanding of the sanctity and inherent dignity of human life. Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one." (1 Cor 15:36-37, 42-49) As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly. The first man was from the earth, earthly the second man, from heaven. But the spiritual was not first rather the natural and then the spiritual. So, too, it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being," the last Adam a life-giving spirit. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body. It is sown dishonorable it is raised glorious. It is sown corruptible it is raised incorruptible. "What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind …So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is characterized, above all, by the joy of glorified life and the victory over death expressed most fully in the great resounding cry of the Christian: Alleluia! All faith flows from faith in the resurrection: "If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching empty, too, is your faith." (1 Cor 15:14) There are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pentecost. It is a way of prolonging the joy of the initial day. The octave of Easter comprises the eight days which stretch from the first to the second Sunday. The season of Easter is the most important of all liturgical times, which Catholics celebrate as the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. The Easter Vigil is the "Mother of All Vigils" and Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays. ![]() It is kept near the ambo throughout Easter Time and lit for all liturgical celebrations. The Paschal Candle used during the Easter Vigil is a central symbol of this divine light, which is Christ. The word "Easter" comes from Old English, meaning simply the "East." The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true Light of the world. ![]()
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