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da\ Wafl I. lid in tin- sepnlchie wheie Hi 1
, -.a
ml I .orly
! ted during the whole of Saturday. Fl was not until
tin- third day, that is mi the mm inn; of ,
He KOSI-: A<;AIN I-KOM mi DI-:AI>.
Sunday, tli.it
<iod willed this order
of events so that man should he ledeeined on the same
day as that on which he had been ic.ded namely, the
sixth day of the week. Saturday was teally the day of
red lr oni divine Lord, and Sunday by
the resurrec
tion ol Him who i, in truth the liHit of the woild,
hee;ime the lust day of the new ( reation.
Not only the day of the week, hut also the season oi
(he yeai 1
time l
1.1 1 1 1 loni/.es with the festival of Kastcr. At this
the \-ear all nature hi -ne.dh the influence of the
MIII \akens to renewed life. Soon WC shall see
the i i 1 pern nl the hai \ esl .ind >l
1}.;
I he li nit s of t he e.irl h.
In this \ve ha\ e a sensible imaj .e ol the effects of the n-
smre<ti(n of Jesus <
hii,|
in Hie souls of His faithful
disciples.
Dminj; the I as. hal season, in
|.ai 1 1. ular. tin- sun! >l
the Christian should be filled with a wholly SUIMCRNA-
i I K.M
|v at the triumph of Jesns Christ, f01 t his 1 1 inmph
has |)io( uie<l hu it true life. I hen, lieem!;
itself bom
all eaithly bondage, lenonm -in/; even natural alleelion.
the soul should endea\ onr to unite itself intimately to its
(od.The I aschal ( ommmiioi^ enjoined on all Christians,
is the chief means of attaining to t his ml miale union;
not only it is an act of religion and of obedieiuc, it
is moieovi i
(he
most efficacious way of receiving the
graces of the KYsmiect inn. The special glares at tached
to this mystery will brin^ to full maturity the vir
tnes which during; .\d\-ent were implanted in the soul
and which, developing dining the Christmas season.
attained to flourishing j;iowth dmiiif; the penitential
season of Lent.