His wounds open us to mercy…His wounds break our wounded hearts open to receive the mercy that flows from him…How striking that mercy and forgiveness of sins is connected to Jesus’ Resurrection…There is no life says the Risen One without mercy and forgiveness…This message must continue to be voiced and lived by all Jesus’ disciples and that includes us.

Christ is Risen!  Truly, He is risen.

May the light of Christ fill your hearts this Easter Day.

There is no better chant to describe the power of this day than the Exultet.  Listen to the Easter Proclamation sung by Sr Gertrude, last night at our Easter Vigil.  Read more for the text of this ancient hymn.

Walk with the Community of Redwoods in our celebration of the Triduum.  Each day, from Holy Thursday until Easter, we will update this post with new details of our liturgy. Have a very Blessed Holy Week.  

May Christ's gift of self-giving love console and strengthen our hearts especially in this time of great suffering.

In today’s liturgy we behold Jesus’ self-gift in the washing of the feet ritual and in the Eucharist where Jesus offers his body and his blood for the world. Self-giving is an act of agape: unconditional love, the highest form, the deepest form of love…This is the diptych of today’s two rituals and of what we will be participating in.

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