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The Easter Season
2024 Schedule:Easter Sunday - March 31st
Divine Mercy Sunday - April 7th
The Annunciation - April 8th
St. Mark the Apostle - April 25
St. Joseph the Worker - May 1
Sts. Philip & James - May 3
The Ascension - May 12
St. Matthias - May 14
Pentacost - May 20
Trinity Sunday - May 26
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The Easter Season lasts 50 Days. It starts with Easter Sunday, continues through the Octave of Easter, through the Ascension and ends on the Feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit comes upon the apostles, Mary and the first followers of Christ.
How long is the Easter Season?
"The 50 days from the Sunday of the Resurrection of Christ, to Pentacost Sunday are celebrated as one feast day, indeed as one 'Great Sunday'," according the the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). "These are the days above all others in which the Alleluia is sung."
The USCCB calls Easter "the most important of all liturgical times. It celebrates Jesus's victory over sin and death and salvation for mankind. It is God's greatest act of love to redeem mankind."
How long is the Easter Season in the Traditional Roman Rite?
In the traditional Roman Rite, the Easter Season was longer. It was made up of three seasons, the Season of Easter, Ascensiontide, and the Octave of Pentacost. The Season of Easter was from the Easter Vigil through the afternoon of the Vigil of the Ascension. Ascensiontide would begin the evening before Ascension with First Vespers of the Feast and end the afternoon of the Vigil of Pentacost - marking this time as a novena. The Octave of Pentacost is an extension of the Feast of Pentacost ending the following Saturday. The following Sunday being Trinity Sunday.
Reflections for during the Easter Season
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Meditations for Daily Readings:
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14 hours agoSaturday, March 15, 2025 Deuteronomy 26:16-19 | Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 | Matthew 5:43-48“You are to be a people peculiarly His own.” —Deuteronomy 26:18The Lord owns everything because He created it...
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yesterdayFriday, March 14, 2025 Ezekiel 18:21-28 | Psalm 130:1-8 | Matthew 5:20-26“You say, ‘The Lord’s way is not fair!’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways...
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2 days agoThursday, March 13, 2025 Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 | Psalm 138:1-3, 7-8 | Matthew 7:7-12“Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, likewise had recourse to the Lord.” —Esther C:12Esther was alone...
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3 days agoWednesday, March 12, 2025 Jonah 3:1-10 | Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19 | Luke 11:29-32“The people of Nineveh believed God.” —Jonah 3:5Although the Ninevites were an extremely wicked and perverted...
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4 days agoTuesday, March 11, 2025 Isaiah 55:10-11 | Psalm 34:4-7, 16-19 | Matthew 6:7-15“...so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but shall do My will, achieving...
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5 days agoMonday, March 10, 2025 Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 | Psalm 19:8-10, 15 | Matthew 25:31-46“You did it for Me.” —Matthew 25:40What are we to do? Sometimes we “stand by idly when” our “neighbor’s life is at...
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6 days agoSunday, March 9, 2025First Sunday of LentDeuteronomy 26:4-10 | Romans 10:8-13 | Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15“If You are the Son of God...” —Luke 4:3, 9Why do we fast forty days during Lent? We fast to imitate...
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