He is Risen and Goes Before UsA Reflection on Easter

By. Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270 Aurora, IL 60507(630) 892-2371 info@misacor-usa.org

Our faith is not in one who is

dead, but rather in one

who has overcome

death and is alive!

Christ is our light in the darkness.

Christ is the word made flesh.

Christ is the beginning of a new creation,

regenerating waters of new life.

Christ is the food of the paschal banquet of freedom and reconciliation.

We receive his forgiving love for us in Baptism and

pass with him from death to life.

Our true destiny is to live in the

image and likeness of God;

to be light for the world.

Our call is to contemplate the word of God and to give it flesh; to live it!

Our baptismal call is to be a

holy, prophetic,

priestly and royal people.

Our sharing in the paschal banquet

calls us to give our lives to feed, free and reconcile all peoples.

Humanity isseeking

desperately tore-discover itsdivine heritageand final end.

The risen Lord calls us to

believe what he has told us;

to open the eyes of our hearts to see him;

and to follow himwho goes before

each of us toGalilee - to the

world

and givewitness to

him.

We hope you enjoyed this reflection.

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The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270 Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371 info@misacor-usa.org

Happy Easter

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from Microsoft.

Photos are for illustration only.

Photo Credits• Slide 9: Photo © Florea Marius Catalin via

istockphoto.com/mariusFM77• Slide 10: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon; Photo ©

Dennis Hoyne via www.istockphoto.com• Slides 11: Image from Microsoft Office Images, used with

permission from Microsoft.• Slide 12: Photo by Daniel Wagner, nephew of Br. Joseph Tesar, MSC

(taken in Papua New Guinea) • Slide 13: Photo © james steidl via www.istockphoto.com/jgroup• Slide 14: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon• Slide 15: Image from www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon• Slide 16: Image of the Sacred Heart, from Missionaries of the Sacred

HeartPhotos are for illustration only.

Photo Credits• Slide 17: Image from Microsoft Office Images, used with permission

from Microsoft.• Slide 18: Photos are of members of the Missionaries of the Sacred

Heart (All Rights Reserved): – Upper right: Fr. Richard Kennedy, MSC teaching English to Grade 12 students

in Papua New Guinea– Lower left: Frank Natale, MSC and Br. Jim Miller, MSC, help organize books to

be donated– Lower right: Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC distributes emergency food supplies to

families in Colombia affected by the heavy flooding (January 2012)

Photos are for illustration only. The photos on slide 18 depict members of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province.