Category: Easter
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Friendliness – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Central idea: God is love and wants us to love one another. Doctrine: The virtue of friendliness. Practical application: Becoming friendlier.
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Conscience – Fifth Sunday of Easter
Central idea: Christ is the vine and we are his branches. Doctrine: Conscience. Practical application: Formation of conscience.
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The good shepherd – Fourth Sunday of Easter
Central idea: Christ is the good shepherd. Doctrine: Responsibilities of a good shepherd. Practical application: Supporting one’s bishop.
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Christ is the key to interpreting Scripture – Third Sunday of Easter
Central idea and Doctrine: Christ is the key to interpreting all Scripture. Practical application: Praying the Psalms in the light of Christ.
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Second Sunday of Easter
Central idea: Christ’s Resurrection and the promise of our own. Doctrine: Our new birth in the Resurrection of Christ. Practical application: Cooperation in growing in the new life Christ offers us.
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The Resurrection of Christ
Here is a link to four outlines for Easter, one for the Vigil Mass and three others based on Homiletic-Directory-suggested themes. Go to this page and then scroll down until you reach Easter Sunday.
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The Most Holy Trinity
Living like the Blessed Trinity.
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Pentecost Sunday
Doctrine: Love and the Holy Spirit. Practical Application: A prayer to the Holy Spirit. Lectionary 63. Doctrine: Love and the Holy Spirit “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit” (Rom 5:5). (CCC 733) The first effect of this love is the forgiveness of sins, restoring “to the baptized the divine…
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Pentecost and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Central idea: Pentecost. Doctrine: Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Practical application: The Gift of Piety. Lectionary 63. Central Idea: Pentecost, the Gift of the Holy Spirit Reading 1 Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like…
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Pentecost – Mass during the day
The connection among the Resurrection, Pentecost, and the Eucharist.
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Christ’s Prayer for Us: Seventh Sunday of Easter
Children of God. The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus. The Lord’s Prayer.
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The Ascension of the Lord
The Ascension and our status as children of the Father.