Living the Easter Season

"'Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.' The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb... Its discovery by the disciples was the first step toward recognizing the very fact of the Resurrection. This was the case, first with the holy women, and then with Peter. The disciple 'whom Jesus loved' affirmed that when he entered the empty tomb and discovered 'the linen cloths lying there,' he saw and believed. This suggests that he realized from the empty tomb's condition that the absence of Jesus' body could not have been of human doing and that Jesus had not simply returned to earthly life as had been the case with Lazarus."

- Catechism of the Catholic Church #640

The purpose of Holy Week and Easter is to celebrate in a special way the Paschal mystery: the mystery of Christ's suffering, death, and Resurrection. When the disciples of Jesus went to his tomb on the third day following his death, they found it empty. But that wasn't the end of the story! Jesus himself appeared to them afterward to affirm that he had raised himself from the dead as he had said he would: "For this reason the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me: but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received of my Father." (Jn 10: 17-18)

Below, we offer some resources that we hope will help you enter into and live fully the Easter season this year. We want you to know that God is calling you to something special - to share his blessed life with him for all eternity! Easter is a great time to get to know God and make steps toward answering his call.