Monday in the Octave of Easter

We pray Monday in the Octave of Easter and offer the day to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We hear Melito of Sardis proclaim the Paschal mystery as fulfilment in Christ, from the Passover lamb to the risen Lord who destroys death.\n\n• opening prayers and morning offering for intentions, sin, and union with the Mass\n• Melito of Sardis on the Paschal mystery as old and new, passing and eternal\n• the shift from type to reality as the law gives place to the word and grace\n• Christ as Lamb and Lord who suffers, rises, and triumphs over hell and death\n• the invitation to receive forgiveness and live the faith we profess\n• closing prayer for perseverance and devotions to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Guadalupe\n\nIf you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.

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Melito On The Paschal Mystery\n

Christ’s Triumph Over Death\n

Promise Fulfilled And Closing Prayer\n

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Monday in the octave of Easter. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the remission of my sins, for the intentions of my family and friends, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen. From an Easter homily by Melito of Sardis, Bishop. We should understand, beloved, that the Paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the law, it is old. In terms of the word, it is new. In its figure it is passing, in its grace it is eternal. It is corruptible in the sacrifice of the Lamb, incorruptible in the eternal life of the Lord. It is mortal in his burial in the earth, immortal in his resurrection from the dead. The law indeed is old, but the word is new. The type is transitory, but grace is eternal. The lamb was corruptible, but the Lord is incorruptible. He was slain as a lamb, he rose again as God. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, yet he was not a sheep. He was silent as a lamb, yet he was not a lamb. The type has passed away, the reality has come. The lamb gives place to God, the sheep gives place to a man, and the man is Christ, who fills the whole of creation. The sacrifice of the lamb, the celebration of the Passover, and the prescriptions of the law have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Under the old law, and still more under the new dispensation, everything pointed toward him. Both the law and the word came forth from Zion and Jerusalem, but now the law has given place to the word, the old to the new. The commandment has become grace, the type of reality. The Lamb has become a son, the sheep a man, and man God. The Lord, though he was God, became man. He suffered for the sake of those who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty, buried for those who lie in the grave. But he rose from the dead and cried aloud, Who will contend with me? Let him confront me. I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from their graves. Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the Christ. I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven. I am the Christ. Come then, all you nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins that defile you. I am your forgiveness. I am the Passover that brings salvation. I am the Lamb who was immolated for you. I am your ransom, your life, your resurrection, your light. I am your salvation and your king. I will bring you to the heights of heaven with my own right hand. I will raise you up, and I will show you the eternal Father. By raising Jesus to life, God has been true to the promise he made to our fathers. It is Christ Himself, whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and the dead. God has made him Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you nailed to the cross. It is Christ Himself, whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and the dead. Grant that your servants may hold fast in their lives to the sacrament they have received in faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen. Let us praise the Lord and give Him thanks. All that I have and all that I am, I give to your hands, Jesus, through the heart of Mary, your blessed mother. Amen. Sacred heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. If you found this time of prayer and reflection fruitful and would like more opportunities to grow in your faith, consider joining the Cristeros and purchasing our publications now available on Amazon.com. The Cristeros app is available on the Apple app and Google Play Store. More information on the Cristeros can be found at theCristeros.org.