"The Lord is truly risen, alleluia." From the silence of the Empty Tomb emerges the Good News that we must proclaim to the world: Jesus is alive!

"Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here." The Sacred Paschal Triduum concludes with the Easter Vigil in which our RCIA Elect are received into the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation.

"Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured." The Sacred Paschal Triduum continues with the solemn celebration of the Lord's Passion.

"We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered." One might think that a Eucharistic hymn might serve as an Entrance chant for Holy Thursday, but the Church chose a text that sings of the fullness of the three days of the Sacred Paschal Triduum.

"When the centurion who stood facing [Jesus] saw how he breathed his last, he said: Truly this man was the Son of God!" Even in the face of suffering and death, may we always be so bold to proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise." As our RCIA Elect make their final preparations for the Easter sacraments, they are inspired by Martha's profession of faith.

"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified..." The end of our Lenten journey beckons. The Cross lies ahead!

"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." May Christ shine in our lives!

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son..." Let us rejoice in the saving love of God, a love proven by Jesus' embrace of the Cross.  

"Sir, give me this water so that I may not be thirsty." We pray for our RCIA Elect as they encounter Jesus and journey with him toward the living waters of baptism.