Quotes About Paschal

The hymn,' with which the Paschal Supper ended, had been sung. Probably we are to understand this of the second portion of the Hallel, [5818] sung some time after the third Cup, or else of Psalm cxxxvi., which, in the present Ritual, stands near the end of the service.

We must never forget that the paschal mystery does not expose that which man has done to offend God but that which God has done to redeem man. Lent is never about me, no matter how much I may have wronged the Lord; Lent is always about Christ Jesus and his sacrificial love.

The central paschal event - Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension - is something Christians participate in: God "made us alive with Christ," Paul insists (Eph. 2:5). He "raised us up with Christ" (Eph. 2:6; Col. 3:1). The result of this sharing in Christ is that believers participate in heavenly realities. We are seated with Christ "in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:6; Eph. 1:3).

Holy Saturday is a day of joy and sadness intermingled; it is the close of the season of Lent and penance and the beginning of paschal time, which is one of rejoicing.