Easter Greetings

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! At the Easter Vigil, after blessing the new fire, the priest solemnly carves the cross and symbols into the Paschal Candle, praying:

Christ yesterday and today / the Beginning and the End / the Alpha and the Omega / All time belongs to him / and all the ages / To him be glory and power / through every age and for ever. Amen.

Then, placing the five grains of incense into the cross, he prays: By his holy and glorious wounds, may Christ the Lord guard us and protect us. Amen.

As we light the Paschal Candle at the liturgies during this Easter Season, we pray that the light of Christ shine ever more in your life and those of your loved ones each day.

Mother Mary of the Sacred Heart, O.P. and Sisters