This article reflects on the joy, renewal, and mission of the Easter season throughout its fifty-day celebration of the Resurrection.
This Easter resource contains the Liturgy of the Word and Communion in the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest.
The celebration of the Pentecost Vigil can help the parish's new members, and the entire assembly, recall the joyful Easter Vigil celebration that was held seven weeks earlier, through the use of similar symbols of light and water. Pentecost can also be linked to Easter through music, by using the Gloria, Gospel acclamation and hymns sung during the season.
The article explains how the fifty days of Easter continue the Paschal celebration and call the Church to live as Easter people.
Dr Veronica Rosier, OP, invites us to ponder the significance of the 50 days of Easter, a festival that overflows with Paschal joy.