Raised from the Dead (SERMON/HOMILY FOR EASTER SUNDAY YEAR A APRIL 2023
Homily for Easter Sunday. Year A. Acts 10:34a,37-43. Psalm 118:1-2,15c-17,22-23. Colossians 3:1-4. John 20:1-9. Theme: Raised from the Dead Today, we celebrate the central fact of history, namely, the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Easter is the greatest feast of the Christian year. There is none like it. The birth of Jesus at Christmas is incredibly magnificent. But Christmas is only "mission begun," while Easter is "mission accomplished." "Therefore, Easter is not only one feast among others, but the "Feast of feasts," the "Solemnity of solemnities," just as the Eucharist is the "Sacrament of sacraments" (The Great Sacrament). St. Athanasius calls Easter the "Great Sunday," and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week the "Great Week." The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ crush death, permeates with its powerful energy our old time, until all is subjected to him" (CCC 1169). As Jesus emerg...