EASTER

EASTER

We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we to might live in newness of life. Rom. 6:4


When you are betrayed how do  you feel?
When people whom you love betray you how do you feel?
When friends and your loved ones abandon you how do you feel?

When you are hated for doing good how do you feel?
When you are wrongly accused how do you feel?
When you are lonely and needed some comfort but left all by yourself, how do you feel?
When you are mocked at by those you helped, how do you feel?
When you are misunderstood how do you feel? etc
Christ suffered it all yet he loved us so much, he did good while on the way to Calvary,
He forgave, he prayed and gave it all for you and I.

SONGS
HAIL THOUS STAR OF OCEAN
LIKE THE DEAR
COME TO ME MY BELOVED

Thanking God for sending Christ to redeem us.  The love of God for mankind compelled him to send His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for us.

GOOD FRIDAY

GOOD FRIDAY

Christ Death

When Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come to be, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not belonging to this creation, he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.  For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes can sanctify those who were defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God........... Hebrew9:11-28

Mais Christ est survenu, grand prêtre des biens à venir. C’est par une tente plus grande et plus parfaite, qui n’est  pas œuvre des mains – c’est-à-dire qui n’appartient pas à cette création-ci, et par le sang, non pas des boucs et des veaux, mais par son propre sang, qu’il est entré une fois pour toutes dans le sanctuaire et qu’il a obtenu une libération définitive.

Car si le sang de boucs et de taureaux et si la cendre de génisse répandre sur les   êtres souillés les sanctifient en purifiant leur corps, combien plus le sang du Christ, qui, par l’esprit éternel s’est offert lui-même à Dieu comme une victime sans tache, purifiera-t-il notre conscience des œuvres mortes pour servir le Dieu vivant ……….. Hébreux 9 :11-28    

PICTURES OF THE SUFFERING LORD  

 The Following songs for prayer and meditation is taken from the Catholic Hymn Book and Psalm 126(125) of the Holy Bible.

Man of Sorrows Wrap in Grief  
My God I Love You
Ceux Qui Sement  

EASTER TRIDUUM - HOLY THURSDAY

Easter Triduum

 AT THE LAMB'S HIGH FEAST

At the Lamb’s high feast we sing

Praise to our victorious King,

Who hath washed us in the tide,

Flowing from his pierced side,

Praise we him whose love divine,

Gives the guest his blood for wine,

Gives his body for the feast,

Love the victim, love the priest.

Where the Pascal blood is poured,

Death’s dark angel sheathes his sword,

Israel’s hosts triumphant go,

Through the waves that drowns the foe,

Christ, the Lamb whose blood was shed,

Pascal victim, Pascal bread,

With sincerity and love,

Eat we manna from above.

PALMS SUNDAY (PASSION SUNDAY)

PASSION SUNDAY

ALTAR RED

Rejoice heartily, O daughter of Zion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.  See, your king shall come to you, a just saviour is he, meek and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass.  Zec.9:9

Tressaille d’allégresse, fille de Sion! Pousse des acclamations, fille de Jérusalem! Voici que ton roi s’avance ver toi : il est juste et victorieux, humble, monté sur un âne, sur un ânon tout jeune.

 Zacharie 9:9

FEAST OF ST. PATRICK

SAINT PATRICK

When you cannot go on with the burden and challenges of life let this be a reflection, and call for repentence. We must pay for all our actions or those of other people.  Let this passage be your reflection.                                                                           

                                                                                                                                        Deuteronomy 32

                                                                The Song of Moses

Earth and sky hear my words, listen closely to what I say.

My teachings will fall like drops of rain, and form on the earth like dew.

My words will fall like showers on young plants, like gentle rain on young plants.

I will praise the name of the Lord and his people will tell of his greatness.

The Lord is your mighty defender, perfect and just in all his ways.

Your God is faithful and true he does what is right and fair.

But you are unfaithful, unworthy to be his people, a sinful and deceitful nation.

Is this the way you should treat the Lord etc.

God is not unjust he permit us to bear the consequences of our actions

WEEK FIVE OF LENT

FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

‘‘Come now, let us reason together,’’ says the LORD.  ‘‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool’’. Isaiah 1:18

‘’Venez et discutons,’’ dit le  SEIGNEUR.  ‘’Si vos péchés sont comme l’écarlate, ils deviendront blancs comme la neige ; s’ils sont rouges comme le vermillon, ils deviendront comme de la laine’’. 

Ésaïe 1 :18

‘’I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remember your sins no more.’’  Isaiah 43 :25

Moi, cependant, moi je suis tel que j’efface, par égard pour moi, tes révoltes, que je ne garde pas tes fautes en mémoire.  Ésaïe 43 :25

 

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts.  Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.  Isaiah 55:7

Que le méchant  abandonne son chemin, et l’homme malfaisant, ses pensées.  Qu’il retourne vers le SEINGNEUR, qu’il lui manifestera sa tendresse, vers notre Dieu, qui pardonne abondamment.

Ésaïe 55 :7

 

PRAYER PSALM 24

            PRIЀRE 

            PSAUME 24

                                      

Au SEIGNEUR, la terre et ses richesses

le monde et ses habitants

C’est lui qui l’a fondée sur les mers

et la tient stable sur les flots.

Qui gravira la montagne du SEIGNEUR ?

Qui se tiendra dans son saint lieu ?

L’homme aux mains innocents et du cœur pur,

qui ne tend pas vers le mal

et ne jure pas pour tromper.

Il obtient du SEIGNEUR la bénédiction,

et de son Dieu sauveur la justice.

Telle est la race de ceux qui le cherchent,

qui recherchent ta face : c’est Jacob !

Portes, levez la tête !

elevez-vous, portails antiques !

Qu’il entre le roi de gloire !

Qui est le roi de gloire ?

Le SEIGNEUR, vaillant a la guerre.

Porte, levez la tête !

levez-la, portails antiques !

qu’il entre, ce roi de gloire ?

Qui est-il, ce roi de gloire

Le SEIGNEUR, le tout-puissant,

c’est lui le roi de gloire.

                                                                              PSALM 24