Mass on Easter Sunday is the most splendid and exuberant celebration of the Church. For this is the Sunday of Sundays, the day of Resurrection of Christ, the center and foundation of our faith. Thus Easter is the pinnacle of all feasts of the Church year, which began with Advent, or the expectation of the coming of the Messiah, sent by God to provide the means for our salvation. The culmination of the entire liturgy is the Easter feast. Families who attend Mass on Easter Day join millions of Christians all over the world-past and present-in joyous affirmation of our redemption through the love of Christ, our hope of salvation, and our faith in the resurrection from the dead and the life of the world to come. Although the Easter Vigil and Mass fulfills the obligation for Easter Mass, the Easter Day celebration is a highlight that many will not want to miss, and it is permissible to attend both.
The Easter Egg is a symbol of the Resurrection. The shell represents the tomb which could not contain the Resurrected Lord. The chick that 'burst forth'from its lifeless shell is a metaphor for the mystery of Christ's Resurrection.
The Easter Egg is a symbol of the Resurrection. The shell represents the tomb which could not contain the Resurrected Lord. The chick that 'burst forth'from its lifeless shell is a metaphor for the mystery of Christ's Resurrection.
