Spirituality for Beginners

Fr. Bede's almost-daily reflections. When it comes to the spiritual life, we're all beginners. I also send these out by email. Contact me at bcamera@anselm.edu. God bless!





Sunday, March 27, 2016

Three words for Easter

Easter Sunday and Monday 2016

Three words for Easter:

They’re in Latin. Latin often uses an economy of words where we need to use several more in English. One of my favorite Easter phrases comes from the Marian antiphon we sing after Compline during the Easter Season. “Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia!.” There is a beautiful 3-word phrase in the antiphon that I offer for your meditation today and tomorrow. Here it is:

Resurrexit sicut dixit.

He rose (was resurrected) just like he said he would!

If you want to learn how to pronounce it correctly, look it up in Google. It’s worth the effort.
Let that be your mantra throughout the Easter season. If you keep repeating it, it will yield layers of meaning to you throughout the season. Basically, among other things, the message is this:

It Really Happened.

If you want, you can use those three words instead. I tend to prefer the Latin—but that’s just me.


Blessed Easter and Easter season to you!

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