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He is Risen!
http://the-american-catholic.com/ ^ | April 20, 2014 | Donald R. McClarey

Posted on 04/20/2014 7:24:13 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

Those who are Aristotelian devotees of reality stand by the Lesser Truth that A is A, and that A is never Not-A. But the Lesser Truth descends from, and depends upon, the Greater Truth, which is this:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Yesterday the light shone in the darkness. Today the light shines in the darkness. Tomorrow the light will shine in the darkness. And the darkness will never, ever, overcome it.

It is not a story, it is The Story, it is the oldest story, it is the true story from which all other stories flow. Light versus dark. And despite the darkness that surrounds us, that pervades us, that haunts us, the light of all mankind is winning.

That is why, all around the world this morning, there are millions of men and women who will greet each other with three simple words of hope and truth and triumph.

Christ is risen!

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Oh God, Who this day by Your only-begotten Son vanquishing death, has unlocked for us the gate of eternity, help us to attain the desires to which You have led us by Your inspirations. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Oh God, as we renew our Baptismal vows, help us to be made worthy of Eternal Life, that we may always seek to do Your will in our hearts and minds, that we may show others Your saving grace and Your love. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Oh God, who makes the faithful to be of one mind and will, grant that we, Your people; may love what you command and desire what You promise so that, amid the changing things of this world, our hearts may be fixed where true joys are to be found. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

1 posted on 04/20/2014 7:24:13 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet

He is risen indeed.


2 posted on 04/20/2014 7:26:31 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: NKP_Vet

He has risen indeed


3 posted on 04/20/2014 7:27:07 AM PDT by paradoxical
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To: paradoxical

Beat ya! :^)


4 posted on 04/20/2014 7:27:35 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: NKP_Vet
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5 posted on 04/20/2014 7:53:59 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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“The Cross had asked the questions; the Resurrection had answered them….The Cross had asked: why does God permit evil and sin to nail Justice to a tree? The Resurrection answered: That sin having done its worst might exhaust itself and thus be overcome by Love that is stronger than either sin or death. Thus there emerges the Easter lesson that the power of evil and the chaos of any one moment can be defied and conquered for the basis of our hope is not in any construct of human power but in the power of God who has given to the evil of this earth its one mortal wound – an open tomb, a gaping sepulcher, and empty grave.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Cross-Ways)


6 posted on 04/20/2014 7:58:59 AM PDT by NKP_Vet ("It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died;we should thank God that such men lived" ~ Patton)
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He has risen indeed!


7 posted on 04/20/2014 8:10:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Herr Obama cannot divert resources from his war on Americans!)
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