Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday

Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday

From St. Monica Catholic Church by Father Stephen Hamilton

April 7, 2026

About this episode

This episode discusses the significance of the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday, focusing on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and its implications for Christian life.

Easter Vigil & Easter Sunday 4 & 5 April 2026 Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10  On this holy [night/day] the Church ushers in the greatest of solemn feasts, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This great feast comes after the long preparation of penance in Lent. In Lent, by the means of penance and more serious striving, we seek to die to the things that weigh us down and that keep us bound to the fallen nature of this world. We seek to die to those things, to our sins, so that we, too, might celebrate a rising to new and deeper life in Christ. By his resurrection, our Lord is ushering in a new creation. We are invited to be part of that new creation. He “makes all things new” (cf. Rev. 21:5), the Scriptures say. In fact, we need to be part of that renewing work in Christ if we are to ultimately rise in the only way that matters: rising after our own bodily death and rising such that we are rescued from that death that is called eternal. This participation in the new creation of the Risen Lord is the foundation for the serious opportunity and obligation that we have for Sunday worship each week. What the Lord did on the day of his resurrection…

Topics covered

  • religion
  • spirituality
  • christianity
  • Easter
  • resurrection

Keywords

  • Easter Vigil
  • Easter Sunday
  • Resurrection
  • new creation
  • Mary Magdalene

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scriptures, The Book of Genesis, Genesis

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