Easter Grace: Daily Gospel Reflections
Overview
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Easter is the most important celebration in the life of the Church. With this book of daily reflections for the season, readers will unearth a renewed and refreshed spirit in their walk with Christ.
These Gospel readings during the Easter season are taken mainly from the Gospel of John, according to a tradition that goes back to the first centuries of the Church. With this book, followers of Jesus are invited to share with members of the Daughters of St. Paul a prolonged meditation on the deep joy of Easter.
These reflections are based on a “lectio divina” (“holy reading”) prayer method, in line with the Pauline tradition and the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul, Blessed James Alberione.
For even more helpful devotional resources, see the The Daughters of St. Paul Reflections on the Daily Readings Collection (6 vols.).
Key Features
- Filled with gospel centered meditations
- Utilizes the “lectio divina” prayer method
- Focuses on the celebration of Easter
Top Highlights
“Today we open the doors of our hearts and let in hope and healing, like the sun’s rays coming through the clouds. Today the Holy Advocate comes to fill us with wisdom, fortitude, and zeal. The Spirit brings all these things to our minds. He strengthens our resolve to live as true followers of Christ, and he fills our heart with fire.” (Page 131)
“Belief is a matter of life and death, not of understanding. His Flesh and Blood are the medicine of immortality.” (Page 48)
“May my life become a means of encounter with you, Lord, for all the people that I meet. Seeing me, may they see you. And if they are not able to accept me, or if they are unkind in any way, let me unite myself even more deeply to you, Lord, asking your mercy for them. Let me forgive them as you would forgive them, Lord, and love them as you would love them.” (Page 87)
“Jesus, some aspects of my thinking, behaving, and loving bother me. They are not ‘reborn from above.’ No matter how hard I try, I seem unable to change them. Send into my life your gentle yet mighty Spirit to raise me up with you. Accomplish in me yourself all that you desire of me. Amen.” (Page 25)
“The strength of the call lies in the one who calls—not in the one who answers. My seemingly bottomless need for reassurance, signs, and consolation is challenged—but always met—by God’s infinite gift of his own life shared in Eucharist and daily experiences of grace.” (Page 43)
- Title: Easter Grace: Daily Gospel Reflections
- Author: Daughters of Saint Paul
- Publisher: Pauline Books & Media
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 133
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Gospels › Devotional literature; Catholic Church › Prayers and devotions; Eastertide › Prayers and devotions
- Resource ID: LLS:EASTERGRACEDGR
- Resource Type: Calendar Devotional
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:38:21Z