Getting Ready to Pray                     

As parents prepare to bring a newborn into the world and into their homes, so we are preparing to take home from these Easter liturgies the new life and spirit flowing from the Resurrection.

As a new baby asks wordlessly for attention, room, time, and nurturing, so the Risen Christ asks for the same in our lives.

Some Thoughts                     

We prepare for this liturgy by reflecting upon the impact of the celebrations of the Easter Vigil and the Easter Day liturgy.

We have opportunities to give Jesus room as did the early Church and the frightened apostles. We can attend to his invitations to our being sent from the Eucharist.

We can nurture his body by giving our flesh to his Spirit in our interactions of life. We prepare for our celebrating his resurrection by living his new life in our old skins.