The 3rd Sunday of Easter: A 2026

The 3rd Sunday of Easter: A 2026

From Pastoral Reflections by Msgr. Don Fischer

April 19, 2026

About this episode

Msgr. Don Fischer reflects on the significance of the 3rd Sunday of Easter and the importance of understanding both the Old and New Testaments in the Christian faith.

Pastoral Reflections 4-19-26 - The 3rd Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Original Airdate: April 26, 2020 Acts 2:14, 22-33 | 1 Peter 1:17-21 | Luke 24:13-35   May your people exalt forever, oh God, a renewed youthfulness of spirit so that rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, amen.   There’s something consistent about the message that God has placed before the human race, and nothing seems more important than for those of us who call ourselves Christians to follow the story as it is written. And for me as a Catholic priest, the story was in the New Testament, and until recently, I looked to that place for my fullness of understanding of who God is.  I learned more about who Christ is than I did learn about who God is in the New Testament, and so it was my beginning, after my retirement, of really studying the Old Testament — not that it wasn’t there in the readings ever since I was ordained.  After the council, we…

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Host: Msgr. Don Fischer

Topics covered

  • Easter
  • Christianity
  • Old Testament
  • New Testament
  • Faith
  • Spiritual Growth

Keywords

  • Easter
  • Christianity
  • Old Testament
  • New Testament
  • Msgr. Don Fischer
  • Faith
  • Spirituality

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Books & works: Acts, 1 Peter, Luke

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