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Friends, our Easter Gospel contains St. John’s magnificent account of the Resurrection. 

There are three key lessons that follow from the disquieting fact of the Resurrection. First, this world is not all there is. The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead shows as definitively as possible that God is up to something greater than we had imagined.We don’t have to live as though death were our master and as though nihilism were the only coherent point of view. We can, in fact, begin to see this world as a place of gestation toward something higher, more permanent, more splendid.

Second, the tyrants know that their time is up. Remember that the cross was Rome’s way of asserting its authority. But when Jesus was raised from the dead through the power of the Holy Spirit, the first Christians knew that Caesar’s days were, in point of fact, numbered. The faculty lounge interpretation of the Resurrection as a subjective event or a mere symbol is exactly what the tyrants of the world want, for it poses no real threat to them.

Third, the path of salvation has been opened to everyone. Jesus went all the way down, journeying into pain, despair, alienation, even godforsakenness. He went as far as you can go away from the Father. Why? In order to reach all those who had wandered from God. In light of the Resurrection, the first Christians came to know that, even as we run as fast as we can away from the Father, we are running into the arms of the Son.

Let us not domesticate these still-stunning lessons of the Resurrection. Rather, let us allow them to unnerve us, change us, and set us on fire. 

Lent Reflections

Daily Lent Reflections from Bishop Barron

Easter Octave

Sunday

March 31

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Easter

Holy Week

Saturday

March 30

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Holy Saturday

Friday

March 29

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Good Friday

Thursday

March 28

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Holy Thursday

Wednesday

March 27

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Tuesday

March 26

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Monday

March 25

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Sunday

March 24

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Palm Sunday

5th week of Lent

Saturday

March 23

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Friday

March 22

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Thursday

March 21

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Wednesday

March 20

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Tuesday

March 19

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St. Joseph

Monday

March 18

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Sunday

March 17

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4th week of Lent

Saturday

March 16

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Friday

March 15

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Thursday

March 14

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Wednesday

March 13

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Tuesday

March 12

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Monday

March 11

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Sunday

March 10

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3rd week of Lent

Saturday

March 9

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Thursday

March 7

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Thursday

March 7

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Wednesday

March 6

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Tuesday

March 5

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Monday

March 4

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Sunday

March 3

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2nd week of Lent

Saturday

March 2

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Friday

March 1

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Thursday

February 29

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Wednesday

February 28

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Tuesday

February 27

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Monday

February 26

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Sunday

February 25

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1st week of Lent

Saturday

February 24

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Friday

February 23

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Thursday

February 22

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Wednesday

February 21

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Tuesday

February 20

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Monday

February 19

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Sunday

February 18

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Week of Ash Wednesday

Saturday

February 17

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Friday

February 16

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Thursday

February 15

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Wednesday

February 14

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