Christ Is Risen
Anything I might have to say on this most blessed day of the year would be at best superfluous. I do, however, want to draw attention to the beautiful collect in the Old Mass. Many of these prayers are capable of inspiring a good deal of reflection, if we pause a moment to consider them: Deus qui hodierna die per Unigenitum tuum, aeternitatis nobis aditum, devincta morte reserasti, vota nostra, quae praeveniendo aspiras, etiam adjuvando prosequere. Per eundem Dominum etc. This is Englished in various ways, but this version, drawn from the Father Lasance Missal, puts the gist of it...