The Sixth Sunday of Easter

We pray the Sixth Sunday of Easter and let Saint Cyril of Alexandria widen our hope until resurrection feels like a present promise. We hear Saint Paul’s message that Christ makes us new and entrusts us with reconciliation that reshapes daily life. 
• Opening prayers that steady the heart for worship 
• Morning Offering through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, uniting the whole day to the Mass 
• Hope guaranteed by the Spirit, treating the future as real now 
• Freedom from corruptibility through Christ’s righteousness 
• Christ’s death and Resurrection as the end of death’s rule 
• “If anyone is in Christ, he becomes a completely different person” as a lived conversion 
• Access to the Father through Christ and the call to the ministry of reconciliation 
• Closing Easter collect and devotional prayers to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Guadalupe 
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Transcript

Morning Offering Through Mary

St Cyril On Resurrection Hope

Reconciled Through Christ Alone

Closing Prayer And Devotions

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The sixth Sunday of Easter, in the name of the Father and of the Son, 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 the commentary on the second letter to the Corinthians by Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop. Those who have a sure hope, guaranteed by the Spirit, that they will rise again, lay hold of what lies in the future as though it were already present. They say, outward appearances will no longer be our standard in judging other men. Our lives are all controlled by the Spirit now, and are not confined to this physical world that is subject to corruption. The light of the only begotten has shone on us, and we have been transformed into the Word, the source of all life. While sin was still our master, the bonds of death had a firm hold on us. But now that the righteousness of Christ has found a place in our hearts, we have freed ourselves from our former condition of corruptibility. This means that none of us lives in the flesh any more, at least not insofar as living in the flesh means being subject to the weaknesses of the flesh, which include corruptibility. Once we thought of Christ as being in the flesh, but we do not do so any longer, says St. Paul. By this he meant that the word became flesh and dwelt among us. He suffered death in the flesh in order to give all men life. It was in this flesh that we knew him, before, but we do so no longer. Even though he remains in the flesh, since he came to life again on the third day and is now with his Father in heaven, we know that he has passed beyond the life of the flesh, for having died once, he will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. His death was a death to sin, which he died once and for all. His life is life with God. Since Christ has in this way become the source of life for us, we who follow in his footsteps must not think of ourselves as living in the flesh any longer, but as having passed beyond it. Saint Paul's saying is absolutely true that when anyone is in Christ, he becomes a completely different person. His old life is over and a new life has begun. We have been justified by our faith in Christ, and the power of the curse has been broken. Christ's coming to life again for our sake has put an end to the sovereignty of death. We have come to know the true God and to worship him in spirit and in truth, through the Son, our mediator, who sends down upon the world the Father's blessings. And so Saint Paul shows deep insight when he says, This is all God's doing. It is he who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, for the mystery of the incarnation and the renewal it accomplished could not have taken place without the Father's will. Through Christ we have gained access to the Father, for as Christ Himself says, no one comes to the Father except through Him. This is all God's doing, then. It is He who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. We rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained our reconciliation. Hallelujah. It pleased God that all perfection should dwell in Christ, and through him God chose to reconcile all things to himself, through whom we have gained our reconciliation. Hallelujah. Grant Almighty God that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relive in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do, 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.