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Bible Studies for the Parish
The series of Bible Studies was conducted during Advent.
The intention is to keep this event going for the foreseeable future.
Details to follow on the theme for the coming months..
The intention is to keep this event going for the foreseeable future.
Details to follow on the theme for the coming months..
Thoughts from Father Zeb
EASTER: The Meaning
The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better as one "great Sunday". These, above all others, are the days for the singing of the Alleluia.
The Church in her wisdom gives us forty days of fasting, but fifty days of feasting. This tells us something important about the Christian faith: it is more about joy than about sorrow.
The victory of the Resurrection surpasses the power of sin. Christ has not just won the battle. He has vanquished the foe. The gift of Christ outweighs the offence of Adam, and overflows so much that the scales henceforth are always tipped in favour of humanity. A sense of paschal abundance is at the heart of the Eucharistic sacrifice at all times, but especially at Easter.
Like the feast that welcomes home the prodigal son, the Eucharistic banquet is more than we deserve, yet it is freely offered by our loving Father, who is ecstatic at his children's return.
Christ's Passion, death, and Resurrection have won us back. A new life opens before us. Fifty days of feasting is hardly enough time to celebrate this overwhelming gift.
The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast day, or better as one "great Sunday". These, above all others, are the days for the singing of the Alleluia.
The Church in her wisdom gives us forty days of fasting, but fifty days of feasting. This tells us something important about the Christian faith: it is more about joy than about sorrow.
The victory of the Resurrection surpasses the power of sin. Christ has not just won the battle. He has vanquished the foe. The gift of Christ outweighs the offence of Adam, and overflows so much that the scales henceforth are always tipped in favour of humanity. A sense of paschal abundance is at the heart of the Eucharistic sacrifice at all times, but especially at Easter.
Like the feast that welcomes home the prodigal son, the Eucharistic banquet is more than we deserve, yet it is freely offered by our loving Father, who is ecstatic at his children's return.
Christ's Passion, death, and Resurrection have won us back. A new life opens before us. Fifty days of feasting is hardly enough time to celebrate this overwhelming gift.
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BIBLE STUDIES & SPIRITUAL LIFE for the PARISH
The Oldest English Speaking Catholic Parish in Brussels
email pastor@olm.be
phone via parish center 02 354 53 43
phone via parish center 02 354 53 43
Fr Zeb
Head of Spiritual Life Commission
Head of Spiritual Life Commission